Sonin Sergey, Samorodova Elena
Sergey Sonin
Born in Smolensk in 1968.
- Artist, director, screenwriter, producer
Studied at Semyon Aranovich's workshop for film directing.
St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television
Elena Samorodova
Born in Moscow in 1973.
- Architect, production designer and photographer.
Studied at Moscow Art School №1. Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute, Experimental Design Group in 1998.
Sergey Sonin and Elena Samorodova (Partnership "Lead and Cobalt") are multimedia artists, working in two capitals: Moscow and St. Petersburg, founders of several art associations. Their works are in the collection of the Museum of Moscow, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center "Peace Square", Multimedia Art Museum and in private collections.
SELECTED PROJECTS:
- 2022 - "Northern Arcadia", solo exhibition, City Sculpture Museum, St. Petersburg.
- 2022 - "Utopia and Uchronia", solo exhibition, Navicula Artis Gallery, St. Petersburg.
- 2019 - "Procession" video premiere, Karo-art, Oktyabr cinema, Moscow
- 2018 - "Razvilka. Personal exhibition, Krokin Gallery, Moscow
- 2016 - "Trapper's Fragment. Russian Stereo". Solo exhibition, Krokin Gallery, Moscow
- 2015 - "Russian Realism XXI century", Museum of Modern History of Russia, Moscow.
- 2015 - "Now&After" video festival. Film "Egyptian flock".
- 2015 - "Kvadratura", - "Strategic Heritage", Tenishev ECC, Smolensk
- 2015 - auction PIASA. Russian & soviet photographs. "Gogol. Rome. From the Third to the First", Paris
- 2015 - "Enrichment of Reality", - "Strategic Heritage", A3 Gallery, Moscow
- 2015 - "Victory as a new epic", - "Strategic Heritage", Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, Moscow
- 2014 - "Gogol. Rome. From the Third to the First", Museum of Moscow. Personal exhibition.
- 2013 - "Egyptian flock", Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, personal exhibition, Krasnoyarsk.
- 2013 - "Shelter for Sniper", Transatlantic Gallery, Moscow, Parallel program of the 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Solo exhibition.
- 2013 - "Strategic Heritage", Polytechnic Museum, Moscow. Solo exhibition.
- 2012 - "Hot Cold. Loft Floors, St. Petersburg.
- 2012 - "Egyptian Pack. Part 1", gallery POBEDA, Moscow. Solo exhibition.
- 2010 - "Divine Wind", Marble Palace, St. Petersburg.
- 2009 - Exhibition "Divine Wind", Museum of Modern Art, Moscow.
- 2007 - "Generals of the 70s", Yakut Gallery, Moscow.
- 2005 - "Generals of the 70s", Festival "Fashion and Style in Photography", Moscow.