Gruzdeva Maria

Maria Gruzdeva is a photographer, researcher and multimedia artist, who mainly works on long-term projects. Her photographic series have been exhibited internationally with group and solo shows in Russia, Europe, UK, USA, Asia and featured in a number of festivals across the world. Her works are included in the permanent collection of National Museum Wales and are part of the i-mediatheque of Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum.

Maria is a member of the Contemporaries Committee at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. She is the first winner of the biennial Gabriele Basilico International Prize in Architecture and Landscape Photography, Magnum Photos & IdeasTap Photographic Award, Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer and other awards.

In 2016 Maria was named one of the 30 Under 30 by Forbes Magazine in the Arts Category and in 2018 named one of the "It" Photographers in Millenials by IMA Magazine Japan.

Maria's projects have been published into three monographs and also included in Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now published by Thames & Hudson.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2022 — a-s-t-r-a open.vol. 2, a-s-t-r-a gallery, WInzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
2022 — The Lonka Project: Numbered at The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Feb 17th – May 22nd, Moscow, Russia.
2021 — The Ian Parry Scholarship Charity Auction, Artsy & Phillips Auction House, London, UK.
2021 — Helsinki Photo Festival 2021, July 7th - September 30th, Helsinki, Finland.
2020 — Imago Lisboa Photo Festival, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 — Encontros Da Imagem, International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Braga, Portugal.
2020 — Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, Photographic Portrait Prize, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2019 — Women in Focus, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, UK.
2018 — 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Barcelona.
2018 — At the Fringes, Pavilion №64, VDNKh, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Salty Taste of the Black Sea, Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia.
2017 — The Song of Tkvarcheli, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy.
2017 — VICE Magazine Photo Show, House Atype, New York, USA.
2017 — The Song of Tkvarcheli, Fondazione dell’Ordine degli Architetti P.P.C. della Provincia di Milano, Milan, Italy.
2017 — The Song of Tkvarcheli, Fondazione Riccardo Catella, Milan, Italy.