Hegay Mariya

She was born in 1994.

Russian photographer, graphic artist, designer, author of art objects and video installations. Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia since 2017.

Mariya Hegay is a representative of the generation of the modern era of visual culture, which arose in the context of the rapid development of digital technologies, an abundance of media flows aimed at attracting and actively capturing the attention of viewers. As an artist, photographer and designer, she chooses her own "life drawing", creates her own worlds and shares them with others.

She received an international education in Fine Art, photography and graphic design.

2011 — 2014 DLD College, London - Fine Art; Photography
2014 — 2015 Central Saint Martins University of the Arts, London - Fine Art
2018 — 2019 British Graduate School of Design, Moscow, Graphic Design
2019 — GNOMON, Los Angeles, Design

Maria's series of works in the techniques of classical analog and digital photography reflect the desire for clarity, honesty, and transparency of artistic statements. The main thing for a photographer is to be inspired by vivid emotions, which Maria transforms into art by the power of her talent and creates aesthetic value from emotions. Sharp graphic expressiveness, drama, rhythm of lines and spots, compositions filled with images - and the absurdity of the plots.

"My goal in my work is to reveal the deep essence of a person through the prism of art. I strive to explore the variety of images and meanings hidden in consciousness, manifested in both physical and mental forms (layer, aspect, part) of human nature. My works are an attempt to comprehend (realize, understand) and convey these multi-layered manifestations through various methods and formats: from illustrations to art objects and photographs, each of which carries its own unique semantic load.

Admiration for human nature (personality), its versatility and inconsistency gives rise to complex compositions and deep narratives in my creative method. Each work is a world, carefully constructed and completed, like a well—played play with not always a happy ending. Through these works, I strive to evoke a wide range of emotions in the viewer, to encourage reflections on the nature of man, his inner world and the endless search for meaning. In this dialogue between the artist, the work (his creation, creation) and the viewer, a true philosophy of art is born — a reflection of our own essence."

MAIN EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:

2025 — the EMOTION project. TRANSFORMATION in the framework of ART MOSCOW, Gostiny Dvor
2023 — participation in the INNER PLANET exhibition, Dubai
2021 — participation in the project "Happy Love" by Inna Khegay Gallery as part of the ART MOSCOW exhibition, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow
2019 — exhibition at Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 — Diploma "For contribution to the national fine arts" of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia
2018 — participation in the photo exhibition of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia at the State Geological Museum Vernadsky, Moscow
2017 — participation in the Malibu Art Wave charity exhibition in Malibu, California
2015 — video art installation for the exhibition "History of Russian Ballet", the Museum of the World Academy of Fine Arts with the participation of Moscow museums, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the TV channel "Culture", Moscow
2014 — personal exhibition of photographic works "Life as it is"/"Life as it is" at the ART-SOYUZ Gallery, Central House of Artists, Moscow
2014 — exhibition design and participation in the performance exhibition "My Love", organized by singer Anita Tsoi, DNA Hall of the Central House of Artists, Moscow
2013 — online exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in the section "the best works of DLD College students", London
2012 — participation in the charity exhibition Marithe+Francois Girbaud of the SOS Children's villages charity Foundation (under the patronage of Julia Baranovskaya), London
2015 — work on the project of the Kultura TV channel "Bolshoi Ballet. Behind the Scenes" is a series of photographs dedicated to the Bolshoi Theater, with stars of the Russian ballet: Igor Tsvirko, Daria Khokhlova (Bolshoi Theater), Kimin Kim (Mariinsky Theater), Midori Terada and Koya Okawa (Kazan Opera and Ballet Theater), Mosfilm Film Concern, Moscow