a—s—t—r—a open vol.4
23.01 – 02.03.2024
CCI Winzavod, 4th Syromyatnichesky Lane, 1/8, page 9, entrance 22
On January 23, the fourth edition of the annual project a—s—t—r—a OPEN - a series of group exhibitions (winter and summer) of artists, during which the gallery space becomes a place of institutional debut, testing of new ideas and a platform for artistic dialog - will be opened.
Within the framework of this initiative a—s—t—r—a gallery continues the main line of its activity - discovery of new names, experimentation and testing of hypotheses. The gallery does not set any formal restrictions, which makes it possible to gather interesting combinations of participants and present both completely unknown names and show works by established authors.
A fragment of Igor Ponosov's work "Fence Cartography" was chosen for the poster: a collective image of a typical PO-2 fence, the individual elements of which were shot in different cities. The likeness of a map of the country in the format of a single tile, which is assembled gradually, fragment by fragment, in space is combined into a single portrait. And so a—s—t—r—a open vol.4 is a project that gathers a multitude of voices, separate independent elements, into a single image - a cross-section of the new, young, relevant. From issue to issue of a—s—t—r—a open the gallery changes, forming its own new layer.
As part of a—s—t—r—a vol.4, the gallery invited external curators - the newnow team - to work together, in collaboration with whom a—s—t—r—a gallery added a different lens, changed the angle of view a bit and brought different facets into a single structure.
There were 764 applications for the open call announced in November. Since one of the objectives of a—s—t—r—a OPEN is to show in practice that it makes sense to send out portfolios and improve the artist statement, a—s—t—r—a gallery is trying to invite as many participants as possible, limiting the space.
At a—s—t—r—a open vol.4 will present 22 artists: Olga Makhno, Polina Savina, Arina Frank, Daria Goncharova, Evgeniya Bolyukh, Alexei Nepetrovich, Egor Voskresensky, Ivan Lebedev, Tatiana Elizarova, Maria Stadnik, Margarita Gushchenets, Mikhail Kropin, Anton Yakovlev, Svetlana Kononova, Anastasia Kulikova, Igor Ponosov, Alexei Gromov, Rinat Mustafin, Alexandra Demidova, Konstantin Chirkov, Anastasia Charugina, Viktor Piperov.
Also within the framework of the STATEMENT program (a cycle of solo exhibitions in the format of manifesto + one work), Polina Savina's project with the manifesto "Life and Life" will be shown.
It is important for me to create opportunities within my projects. a—s—t—r—a open is being held for the fourth time and clearly demonstrates that with meaningful work on one's career, respect for one's talent and hard work, one can move step by step towards one's goal.
Over the five years of the gallery's operation and the thousands of submissions that I always personally review, I can see how the general level of artists' self-presentation is growing, how their statements are becoming more mature and bold, and how there are more original artists who do not follow fashion but try to express their ideas in their own language. It's incredibly inspiring. I'm glad that the gallery gives artists a chance to make their first appearance on the art market, their first sales and in some cases the start of a career - isn't that what a gallery is all about?
I thank the artists for their interest in a—s—t—r—a - it was a pleasant shock to me and the whole team when we received 830 applications for a—s—t—r—a open vol.3 in the summer and thought it was a fluke. This open call received 764 submissions and it makes me think about changing, expanding the format and introducing new options. I hope to tell you more about it soon.
— Alina Kryukova, founder of a—s—t—r—a gallery
We truly believe in the power of collaborations and collaborations. They broaden your perspective and loosen your psyche. But co-curatorship and inclusion in an outside project is a task with an asterisk, and we love that. a—s—t—r—a open is a project-research, a project-experiment, invented by the gallery to find new things for itself and its audience, to form a dialog with new participants, to find topics that are interesting to talk about. But the experiment continues in building its own view of the pool of artists who responded to the open call - that's where we come in.
This is the fourth edition of a—s—t—r—a open, and it is clear that interest among young artists is growing. Having joined the final stage of the selection process, we had to put together an exhibition of 150 participants. It was a fascinating experience - having different visual and semantic preferences, to find a topic of conversation that is not set. Unusual, but scarily interesting. The search for rhymes, intersections, coincidences and oppositions is a multifaceted construct that can transform and change. And the a—s—t—r—a × newnow collaboration promises to be interesting in the future.
— team newnow
Voskresensky Egor
The author works with the artistic heritage of the past, occasionally borrowing some artistic techniques and, afterwards, transforming them into something closer to himself. The author is also often inspired by the thinking of neural networks, sometimes completely unpredictable.
Born in 1997 in St. Petersburg, where he currently lives and works.
Graduated from St. Petersburg Repin Academy of Arts, Faculty of Theory and History of Art (2022).
The author interacts with the artistic heritage of the past, occasionally borrowing some artistic techniques, and then transforming them into something closer to him. Egor is often inspired by the thinking of neural networks, sometimes completely unpredictable. Each work of the artist is multi-layered. It begins with a tonal substrate created using various pigments, solvents and inks, after which traditional materials such as watercolor, pastels and others are added.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- 2019 — (Non)Perfect Forms, FossArt Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2019 — Reflections on Form, GB Gallery, St. Petersburg
GROUP PROJECTS:
- 2024 — blazar, , a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
- 2024 — St. Petersburg Art Fair “1703”,, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Manezh, St. Petersburg
- 2024 — KONTUR Graphics Fair, , a—s—t—r—a gallery, Nizhny Novgorod
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 4, , a—s—t—r—a gallery, Winzavod, Moscow
“I call my work interdisciplinary research. Being both an artist and an art historian, I play several roles at once. This allows me to occupy a kind of middle ground between a philosopher and a creator of the material. Since childhood I have been attracted and mesmerized by the art of the past, including Christian art. It is in biblical motifs that I have always felt some special aesthetics, energy that is very close to me. I have always been drawn to research. And my own art for me is always research, discovery, it is always global reflections on culture, philosophy, life as such. Inspired by the art of the past, I have created a special visual language. It is multifaceted, it is unique. There are many rules within it, there are certain constructions, schemes. However, I am the only one who knows about their existence. The viewer, perceiving, “listening” to my language, always finds his own meanings, translations, “transcriptions”. Creating a full-fledged universe within my own work has always been and remains a very special task for me. The most important goal for me is to mystify and mythologize the content of my pictorial universe. For me, every work, every graphic sheet is always a portal to another world, it is always a genuine artifact. If a work can be perceived as an artifact, then it is a good work. And I strive for my work to be good.”
Egor Voskresensky
St. Petersburg Art Fair “1703”, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Manezh, St. Petersburg
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Artguide - Year three: the results of the art fair 1703
- Forbes - Results of St. Petersburg Art Fair “1703”
- BURO - Social Art, Dreams and Mountains: Where to Go and What to See in Museums in February
- Art Flash - Group project a-s-t-r-a OPEN vol.4. A Fresh Look at Contemporary Art
- INTERIOR+DESIGN - New names in the fourth edition of the Open project at a-s-t-r-a gallery.
- NOW - What to do this weekend: January 27-28
- MOSCOW24 - Project a-s-t-r-a OPEN vol.4 started at Winzavod
- BURO - A-s-t-r-a OPEN vol.4 group project opened at Winzavod
- Playbill - a-s-t-r-a open vol.4
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Воскресенский Егор
ES SE Н ОМ О from "Almost Biblical" series, 2025
Бумага, смешанная техника, чернила, растворители, пигменты, акварель, темпера, пастель, земля
100 х 80 cm
Воскресенский Егор
ES SE Н ОМ О from "Almost Biblical" series, 2025
Бумага, смешанная техника, чернила, растворители, пигменты, акварель, темпера, пастель, земля
70 х 50 см
Воскресенский Егор
ES SE Н ОМ О from "Almost Biblical" series, 2025
Бумага, смешанная техника, чернила, растворители, пигменты, акварель, темпера, пастель, земля
70 х 50 см
Воскресенский Егор
ES SE Н ОМ О from "Almost Biblical" series, 2025
Бумага, смешанная техника, чернила, растворители, пигменты, акварель, темпера, пастель, земля
70 х 50 см
Lebedev Ivan
Born in 1990 in St. Petersburg.
Russian artist, teacher of drawing and silkscreening printing at the Ilya Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Creates his works in printing techniques such as lithography and silkscreen. Along with large format works and contemporary materials.
Born in 1990 in St. Petersburg.
Russian artist, teacher of drawing and silkscreening printing at the Ilya Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Creates his works in printing techniques such as lithography and silkscreen. Along with large format works and contemporary materials.
The artist dedicates his work to the human body in all its manifestations and forms. And if there is a body, there is also a soul, thought, consciousness and subconsciousness, about which one can endlessly talk and think. His works embody the complexity of the human soul, its metamorphosis and interaction with the surrounding space, as well as its boundless loneliness. Curved, tense bodies are often contrasted and connected to absolute all-consuming darkness, which vividly contrasts with the whiteness of the background.
EDUCATION:
- 2007 - 2012 — Nizhny Novgorod Art School (artist - painter)
- 2012 - 2018 — St. Petersburg Ilya Repin Academy of Arts (graphic artist)
- 2018 - 2023 — Assistantship at the St. Petersburg Ilya Repin Academy of Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 — Blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
- 2024 — St. Petersburg Art Fair “1703”, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Manezh, St. Petersburg
- 2024 — KONTUR Graphics Fair, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Nizhny Novgorod
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 4, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CSI Winzavod - Moscow
- 2019 — Laureate of the competition and participant of the exhibition "Nature Class", Museum and Exhibition Center "St. Petersburg Artist", St. Petersburg
- 2018 — International exhibition "Russia Italy", Rome, Italy
- 2018 — International exhibition "Russia Italy. Raphael Hall of the Repin Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2018 — International exhibition "Overcoming", Manezh, St. Petersburg
- 2016 — Laureate of the Internet contest "Igor Minakov Prize" "Love Will Save the World" in the nomination "Graphics"
- 2015 - 2016 — International exhibition IV GABALA International Art Exhibition "SPORTS! BEAUTY! LIFE!", Gabala, Azerbaijan
- 2015 — Exhibition "St. Petersburg in the Space of World Culture", Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2015 — Laureate of the IX exhibition "Youth of St. Petersburg" in the nomination "Graphics", St. Petersburg
- 2015 — Exhibition "Essay on the Body" as part of the 25th Festival of Documentary Films "Message to Man", Open Film Studio "Lendok", St. Petersburg
- 2015 — International exhibition "THE SENSE OF THE BODY", First International Festival of Schools of Art and Design, Italy
Exhibition a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 4, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CSI Winzavod, Moscow
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Mustafin Rinat
Rinat Mustafin was born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, in 1991. He received a higher education in Moscow as an architect. Since 2011 is engaged in artistic practices in the field of modern art, combining with with projects in the field of curatorship, scenography, architecture and design. In 2020, together with the team of the creative association WIP, he opened an experimental gallery, where he took the position of chief curator.
His works are a part of the collections of the Nakovalnya Gallery Foundation, the private collection of artist Aidan Salakhova.
Rinat Mustafin was born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, in 1991.
In Moscow he received a higher education in the specialty of Architect. Since 2011 is engaged in artistic practices in the field of modern art, combining with with projects in the field of curatorship, scenography, architecture and design. In 2020, together with the team of the creative association WIP, he opened an experimental gallery, where he took the position of chief curator.
His works are a part of the collections of the Nakovalnya Gallery Foundation, the private collection of artist Aidan Salakhova.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 — Entropie des menages, L galerie Paris, Париж
- 2023 — "Territory", Cube Gallery, Moscow
- 2022 — "Zenith", Anvil Gallery, Moscow
- 2022 — Performance "Shell", Mutabor club, Moscow
- 2022 — Performance "Shell", WIP Gallery, Moscow
- 2021 — "Forma", Kommunalka Gallery, Moscow
- 2021 — Vdeo art installation "Rain", WIP gallery, Moscow.
- 2021 — Abstract Meanings in Visual Forms, WIP Gallery, Moscow
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 — Fair |catalog| December, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2024 — Fair blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2024 — Shimmering, Art&Brut, Moscow
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 4, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CSI Winzavod, Moscow
- 2023 — "Loading", Art Kvartal, Erevan
- 2023 — "Rinat & Segotchka", Object Gallery, Tbilisi
- 2019 — "Good Weather", Užupio Meno Incubatorius, Vilnius
- 2016 — "Alternative Theories of Evolution", Dravidian Museum, Moscow
"I believe in perfect form, colour and composition. The silent power of visual art leaves me in awe, and the emergence of ever new media and tools makes me mesmerised by the vividness of the visual world. In my works I explore: the relationship between new and old technologies, in which lies the beauty of human thought, new signs and symbols that replace the old without changing their nature, themes of humanism and anti-humanism. Based on the experience, principles and discoveries of modernists and postmodernists of the 20th century, I try to use new approaches and develop original techniques. I do not see myself outside the context of my time. I am in love with the era I'm living in."
Rinat Mustafin
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Playbill - Rinat Mustafin. Zenith
- Cube - Rinat Mustafin's solo exhibition “Territory”, 159F Gallerie
- Anvil - “Zenit” - Rinat Mustafin's solo exhibition
- Interior + Design - Rinat Mustafin's exhibition at Anvil Gallery
- ArtTube - Rinat Mustafin “Zenith”
- ARTvoda - Rinat Mustafin
- Raan - Rinat Mustafin
- Design District DAA - Exhibition “How long ago, dear friend?” in Abramova Gallery
- Gallery on Kashirka - Questions of Art
- Modern Megapolis - Neuroel desires and digital kokoshnik for Kristina Asmus
Works
Kropin Mikhail
Born in 1998, lives and works in Yaroslavl.
Practising architect-designer. The author's artistic journey began in 2021 with the transfer of his ideas and thoughts onto canvas. But the desire to create was long before that moment. The first experience of presenting works for public viewing was at a contemporary art fair at the Winzavod site. Feedback from visitors and fellow artists gave confidence, and the impetus to continue this endeavour. The type of art in which the artist works is painting, in the direction of conceptualism.
Born in 1998.
Practising architect-designer.
The author's artistic journey began in 2021 with the transfer of his ideas and thoughts onto canvas. But the desire to create was long before that moment. The first experience of presenting works for public viewing was at a contemporary art fair at the Winzavod site. Feedback from visitors and fellow artists gave confidence, and the impetus to continue this endeavour. The type of art in which the artist works is painting, in the direction of conceptualism.
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - Open-call-exhibition "How I will spend this summer" in the N.A. Nuzhin Hall, Yaroslavl
- 2023 - Open-call-exhibition within the festival "A3-Art. Art is Here", "I am an artist, I see it this way", Moscow
- 2022 - Participation in the winter market of contemporary art "WIN-WIN" at Winzavod, Moscow
- 2021 - Participant of the TNT "Battle of Designers"show, Moscow.
"All my experiences and the influences of the surrounding world are woven together in my subconscious to create something unified. This is how my ideas for paintings are born. They are expressed by a worldview, scraps of thoughts containing experiences, irony, conjectures and rethinking of things that have arisen in the head for a moment but never leave it. This image, which appeared in the mind for seconds, acquires clearer features only on the canvas. It is a note, a sketch of a thought that impressed me. But they can be interpreted in different ways: twist, turn and turn, but what was originally there is already imprinted on the canvas as a monument. And even if it is not always rainbow-coloured, life is made up of different periods, and that is its beauty."
Mikhail Kropin, an artist
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Elizarova Tanya
Born in Krasnoyarsk, lives and works in Moscow.
In her practice, Tatiana addresses themes of self-determination and control in a rapidly changing world. The artist is interested in communication in an unsupported society and the human response to the constant change in the context of life. In her works, Tatiana captures the continuous struggle of man for self-determination, attempts to maintain balance, addressing the essence of man and his values. Often her research is based on her own experience and experiences.
Born in Krasnoyarsk, lives and works in Moscow.
In her practice, Tatiana addresses themes of self-determination and control in a rapidly changing world. The artist is interested in communication in an unsupported society and the human response to the constant change in the context of life. In her works, Tatiana captures the continuous struggle of man for self-determination, attempts to maintain balance, addressing the essence of man and his values. Often her research is based on her own experience and experiences.
As a foundation, the artist uses classical materials and techniques (etching, metal work), combining them with the plastic possibilities of new media.
SOLO GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
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2023 Читатели вещей, галерея Соль, Москва, Россия
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2023 "Contexts of Time", exhibition of contemporary prints, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ulyanovsk, Russia
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2023 "Memory of the Body", Izmailovo Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2023 Mini Print International, Fundació Tharrats d'Art Gràfic, Pineda de Mar (Barcelona), Spain
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2023 "Open, Close, Repeat", CTI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
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2023 "View Features", MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
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2023 Mini Print International, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain
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2023 "Dark Room", CTI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
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2022 "On the Edge of Graphics", Art Maison Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2022 "Femina", Molbert Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
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2022 "Moscow 22", curator A. Steiner, Renova Lab, Skolkovo, Moscow, Russia
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2022 "Harmony", Molbert Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
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2022 "On the Edge of Graphics", Cultural and Exhibition Centre, Smolensk, Russia
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2022 International Biennale of Printed Graphics "Kubachinsk Tower", Makhachkala, Russia
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2022 "On the Edge of Graphics", Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts, Volgograd, Russia
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2022 Future, Gallery A3, Moscow, Russia
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2021 IV International Biennale of Printed Graphics, State Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia
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2021 "Starfall", Here on Taganka, Moscow, Russia
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2021 Mini Print International, galerie d'art contemporain L'Étangd'Art, Bages, France
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2021 Mini Print Internacional, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spai
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2021 "Watching the Earthlings", curated by A. Bartenev, Here on Taganka, Moscow, Russia
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2021 "Skies", Colors of Humanity Gallery, US
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2021 "Graphia", curated by T. Karaffa-Korbut, Innovative Cultural Centre, Kaluga, Russia
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2020 "CURARTA". Cube. Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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2019 "Moscow 360", Trekhgorka Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2019 "In M...city", Exposed Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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Gromov Alexey
A multidisciplinary artist originally from St. Petersburg. His work involves images of the past and present with ironic, often dark connotations. He recycles information from the fields of contemporary and social media, entertainment industry and personal childhood memories to create non-linear narratives that reflect the situation of today's technologically oriented world.
Born in 1988 in St.Petersburg.
Multidisciplinary artist exploring the crisis of technology. Studied at Berlin's Weizensee Hochschule für Kunst (KHB), took personal master classes with Fabio Viale (Italy) and Sarah Esser (Germany). Participant of international exhibitions. His works are kept in private collections in the USA and Europe. Currently lives and works in Moscow.
EDUCATION:
- 2006 - 2012 - St. Petersburg Academy of Art and Industry
- 2011 - 2012 - Berlin Higher School of Art Weizensee (KHB)
- 2003 - 2006 - St. Petersburg Art Academic Lyceum
SOLO PROJECTS:
- 2021 - Ammo/tool, Private Space Gallery, Moscow
- 2015 - Lithe, Erarta Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg
- 2013 - Blindfolded, Erarta Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - Ivory Tower III, Radio House, St. Petersburg
- 2023 - Collector's track, Noodome, Moscow
- 2022 - At the Fingertips, Inart Gallery, Moscow
- 2019 - Plastic Mask, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
- 2015 - Game Changes, Erarta Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2014 - Spuren, Pavilon am Michov, Berlin
- 2014 - Contemporary Russian Art, Erarta Gallery, London
- 2011 - Alle, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
- 2011 - Ich Haise, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
In his work, the artist aims to move away from romanticising technology and to put this attitude under critical analysis. The author asks whether it is possible to overcome the idealised image of technology through its deconstruction and to what extent technology can transform and define our lives. The artist reflects on the boundary between the virtual and the real, which is increasingly being blurred. The impossibility of complete control over the flows of generated information is also one of the themes the author deals with.
The artist creates objects using a combination of advanced digital printing technologies and traditional sculpture techniques. The author combines recognisable elements of industrial aesthetics as well as materials that are not typical of high-tech approaches, such as plaster, steel, concrete and nitro-enamel. Through the formal breakdowns and shifts thus manifested, a critique of stereotypes about the refined and perfect image of new technologies is made. Polemising with the ideological myth of their dominance, the author resorts to the deconstruction of industrial artefacts, disrupting their function and diverting them from associations with the direct purpose of the object.
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Goncharova Daria
In her works, the artist reflects on the fragile constructions that exist both within society and on its periphery. The theme of the trace left behind and the contact with it, as well as the area of involuntary memory, interests her as an opportunity for spontaneous, almost random convergence.
In her works, the artist reflects on the fragile constructions that exist both within society and on its periphery. The theme of the trace left behind and the contact with it, as well as the area of involuntary memory, interests her as an opportunity for spontaneous, almost random convergence.
In the author's practice, participatory methods are the key and used to build a dialog with the outside world, which can influence the overall course of the process and allow for elements of chance.
EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES:
- 2022 - 2024 Joseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art
2011 - 2015 Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- 2022 - "Other", Museum-Residence "Art-communal, Erofeev and others", Kolomna
- 2022 - "Worlds i [i]", Centre for Contemporary Culture "Zero Room", Samara
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - Exhibition "ART WEEKEND 2.0", DKC Pomorandza, Podgorica, Montenegro
- 2023 - Exhibition "Quantum critic" in metaverse space, Helsinki, Myymälä 2 gallery, Finland
- 2023 - Final exhibition of the Art Residency at the Grad Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2023 - "On the Other Side of the River", Silk Factory Museum-Lab, Kolomna2023 - "Pulsating Matter", CTI Fabrika, Moscow
- 2023 - Instant exhibition "Frontier: Home", Bishkek
- 2022 - "Single color", Reloft Gallery, Moscow
- 2022 - "Waiting", exhibition space of "Thursday" Foundation, Moscow
- 2022 - Marathon of group exhibitions, Arts Square Gallery in collaboration with Sturm curatorial group, St. Petersburg.
- 2022 - "Evolutionary Symphony", Elektrozavod Gallery, Moscow, 2022
- 2021 - Exhibition within the framework of the All-Russian Art Festival "Youth of Russia", New Tretyakovka Museum, Moscow, 2021
- 2021 - "Nature in the City. Nonhuman Heterotopias", Nordic Festival, Kunsthalle nummer sieben gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- 2021 - "Pavilion Russie", Haze Gallery, Berlin
- 2021 - Exhibition based on the results of the laboratory "Episode", exhibition space Liniya, St. Petersburg
- 2021 - "Own Game", International festival "Cut da glue fest", gallery "On Peschanaya", Moscow, Russia
- 2021 - Finalist of the contest for the concept of art object for Naro-Fominsk Silk Factory
- 2021 - Sensitive Art Exhibition "Takt", Liniya Exhibition Space, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2021 - "Data 6" at Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- 2018 - Winner of the Samara of the Future competition in the Urban Project category, Samara
- 2017 - Curating and participating in the group exhibition "Avant-garde. New Interpretation" in the House of Architect, Samara
- 2016 - Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Department of TCM "Vyunosti", Togliatti
RESIDENCES:
- 2023 - online residency Virtual Belgrade AIR Paris Programme, Centre 424
- 2023 - residency at KC Grad space, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2022 - residency "Art Communal, Erofeev and others", Kolomna, Moscow region, Russia.
- 2022 - residence "SHKAF. ACT I", library and art residence "SHKAF", St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2021 - participation in the residency "Youth of Russia" from the ARF, in the direction "New Forms"
AWARDS:
- 2021 - The concept of the object "Point of Presence" was among the 3 finalists of the competition for the concept of an art object for the Naro-Fominsk Silk Factory
- 2018 - Winner of the Samara of the Future competition in the Urban Project category
- 2018 - The implemented project of Michurin Square in Samara was included in the All-Russian TOP of the best improvement projects implemented in the Russian Federation and competitively selected by the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation. https://sgpress.ru/news/143061
"Considering everyday processes as an area of emotional, deeply personal, private living that is difficult to enter without a personal invitation, I modulate different situations. I use them to understand how flexible and receptive this boundary can be. For example, in the project "Strangers" I built communication with strangers through a mediator, and in the project "Worlds i [i]" I worked with anonymous data from libraries in different cities. Such processes at the same time allow me to experiment with my own boundaries."
Daria Goncharova, an artist
Works
Goncharova Daria
Tactile model 3 from the "Unfamiliarity" project, 2021
Semi-porcelain, epoxy resin
16,3 х 14 х 2,3 см
Goncharova Daria
Tactile model 2 from the "Unfamiliarity" project, 2021
Semi-porcelain, epoxy resin
16,3 х 14 х 2,3 см
Goncharova Daria
Tactile model 1 from the "Unfamiliarity" project, 2021
Semi-porcelain, epoxy resin
18 х 18 х 2,5 см
Goncharova Daria
Tactile model 4 from the "Unfamiliarity" project, 2021
Semi-porcelain, epoxy resin
18 х 18 х 2,5 см
Bolyukh Evgenia
Evgenia Bolyukh is an interdisciplinary artist, born in 1983 in Moscow, where she lives and works. She is currently studying at the MMOMA Free Workshops for the "New Art" program. She took the Fundamentals of Fine Art course at the British Higher School of Design, studied analog photography at the Complutense University in Madrid, self-taught in UNITY and learned programming skills at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Creative Coding (generative art).
Evgenia Bolyukh is an interdisciplinary artist, born in 1983 in Moscow, where she lives and works. She is currently studying at the MMOMA Free Workshops for the "New Art" program. She took the Fundamentals of Fine Art course at the British Higher School of Design, studied analog photography at the Complutense University in Madrid, self-taught in UNITY and learned programming skills at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Creative Coding (generative art).
EDUCATION:
- 2023 - present. - MMOMA Free Workshops, Contemporary Art
- 2022 Creative coding - NYUx
- 2020 British Higher School of Design - Fundamentals of Fine Art (Yulia Reznikova, Natalia Kondratova)
- 2018 Academy of Photography - Theory and practice of digital photography (I and II stages)
- 2004 Complutense University of Madrid (ERASMUS), Media & Communication Science (marketing, advertising, photography)
- 2001 MGIMO - Commerce and Marketing
- 2023 Contemporary Sculpture - Art Academy at Gallery 19 DEVYATNADTSAT'
- 2021 Teaching Models - Bauhaus Open Studios (Project of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in cooperation with IGUMO)
- 2020 Workshop on Conscious Coincidences, Cosmoscow Foundation in cooperation with Voronezh CSI
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - Out of town, Gallery 19 DEVYATNADTSAT', curated by Anna Tagantseva-Kobzeva, Moscow
2023 - One-One, Gallery on Peschanaya, curated by Mikhail Levin and Olga Makhno, Moscow - more details
2022 - While the grown-ups are talking, U-Contemporary (CSI Winzavod), curated by Olga Makhno, Moscow
2022 - META CREATIVE as part of Russian Creative Week (NFT section), curated by Stella Labuzhskaya and Elena Levitt - SAS Metagallery
2022 - DeCIPRland - NFT art exhibition within the framework of the CIPR conference, Nizhny Novgorod
2022 - Poetry of Space. Point in[s]move. - Digital Art & NFT Expo, Third Place NFT, St. Petersburg
2021 - Unreal Bonfires, Svetlobna Guerrilla & Noks Collective international video art festival, curated by Weronika Morawiec and Robert Sochacki, Slovenia
2021 - Watching the Earthlings, Gallery Here on Taganka, curated by Andrei Bartenev, Moscow
"We are living the period of an anti-utopia in real time and the deconstruction of reality as a method comes to the fore, gives the author an opportunity to make some understanding of this most unfamiliar present. As Don Juan taught in his mythology, to see and understand how a leaf falls from a tree, one should tilt one's head differently and perhaps realize that it moves in other planes and trajectories. The desire to deconstruct and reassemble the symbols of time is aimed at trying to understand them and to find points of support, whether it is belonging, detachment or escape from new images and meanings. For some it is support, for others it is rejection, as a starting point for one's reflection on this very "here and now" and finding one's own personal coordinates.
I work with objects, installations, cyclic animations and participate in performative practices. My work is based on deconstructing images and reflections on dichotomies, conformism and trauma."
Bolyukh Evgenia, an artist
Frank Arina
The important theme for the author is memories that have disappeared due to traumatic experiences. Violent subjects become the basis for the creation of the works. It is a reality that we face every day but rarely notice.
Born in 2001 in Tver, where she works and lives.
The artist uses various mediums, particularly painting and graphics.
The main task for the author is to increase the visibility of women, to draw attention to the problems of adults and children who have experienced or are experiencing violence.
The important theme for the author is memories that have disappeared due to traumatic experiences. Violent subjects become the basis for the creation of the works. It is a reality that we face every day but rarely notice.
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 — TUPIC Fair
- 2023 - present — Residency at Garage Museum workshops
- Solo exhibition at ART4 Museum "Mum, where are you?"
"The figures in my works are deconstructed, some parts of them becoming a gentle, innocent gradient. In places a pile of muscle flying fast in the air. A strong frame ready to fight for their body right now. Often the women's extremities are torn off and their faces are blurred, a sense of oppression and helplessness that comes from the suppression of will. The background is made up of parts, similar to a stained glass window. It can act as the ground beneath your feet, which is about to collapse and suck you in, or the inner chaos that destroys the figure and its perception from within.
My artistic practice is not focused on the application of one painting technique. The colours and mediums I use are dynamic. For me, the flexibility of the medium is another way of reflecting on events and conveying their content."
Arina Frank, an artist
Charugina Anastasia
Anastasia Charugina was born in 1984 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow State Academic Art School in memory of 1905 (theatre and decoration department) in 2004.
Anastasia Charugina was born in 1984 in Moscow.
Graduated from the Moscow State Academic Art School in memory of 1905 (theatre and decoration department) in 2004.
Graduated from Moscow State University of Printing (Faculty of Graphic Arts) in 2010.
Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (book graphics section).
Designer at AST Publishing House, Moscow.
Since 2001 participates in art projects, exhibitions and festivals in Russia and abroad.
Lives and works in Moscow.
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2019 — "Image of the Book", Exhibition Hall Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow
- 2018 — ""AR|T|BAT 525", Omelchenko Gallery, 2018, Moscow
- 2016 — "Golden Bee", Central House of Artists, Moscow
- 2014 — "El Greco: Toledo 1614- Moscow 2014", Instituto Cervantes, Moscow
- 2013 — Youth Exhibition of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
- 2013 — "Nunez de Balboa. To the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean", Instituto Cervantes, Moscow
- 2013 — "Art Salon 2013", Central House of Artists, Moscow
- 2012 — Cultural Centre "Kristalljin" together with A. Charugin, Mol, Belgium
- 2012 — "Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude. 45 years of the novel - 45 views from Russia", Instituto Cervantes, Moscow.
- 2012 — "Typomania" exhibition hall Flacon, Moscow
- 2011 — "Artesania", New Manege, Moscow
- 2011 — Design Week, Milan
- 2011 — "Kartonia", Moscow
- 2010 — Moscow Design Week, Moscow
- 2010 — "Golden Bee", Central House of Artists, Moscow
- 2010 — "Family Values", New Manege, Moscow
- 2009 — "Binnal de Art del Desecho", Castillón, Spain
- 2007, 2009 - "Moscow Book Artist"
- 2008 — "Long Hands", Moscow
- 2006 — "Open Stage" Theatre Centre on Strastnoy, Moscow
- 2001 — Cultural Centre 'Gettou' together with A. Charugin and E. Kornilova, Mol, Belgium. Kornilova, Mol, Belgium
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Kulikova Anastasia
Born in 1991 in Moscow.
Member of the TCAA since 2021.
The artist chooses techniques, mediums and materials based on the theme and idea of the project. She works in graphics, mixed media, painting and ceramics.
Born in 1991 in Moscow.
Member of the TCAA since 2021.
The artist chooses techniques, mediums and materials based on the theme and idea of the project. She works in graphics, mixed media, painting and ceramics.
EDUCATION:
2023 ART BOOST, Резиденция Gel art fit
2008 - 2015 Russian State Stroganov University of Industry and Applied Arts
1999 - 2005 Moscow Central Art School at the Russian Academy of Arts
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - ART Maison Gallery, Moscow
- 2022 - Artplay, Moscow
- 2021 - Albert Gallery, Moscow
"Through art projects, I reflect on and express my views on human relationships. I am interested in man and his perception of the world. I strive to reveal for myself and others the structures of the human structure, simplifying, removing unnecessary things in order to come to the essence, to generalise."
Anastasia Kulikova, an artist
Savina Polina
Born in 2001 in Engels, Saratov region.
Since childhood she took lessons in painting and drawing from teachers in private studios, after moving to Moscow she studied at the art school and at the preparatory courses of MAKhU 1905. - the main emphasis during her studies was on academism. At the age of 17 she started independent creative activity, in addition to individual projects she realised collaborations with artists and photographers, and at the age of 21 she entered the course "New Art" of the Free Workshops of MMOMA: at the moment she is a resident of the Open Studios of Winzavod.
Born in 2001 in Engels, Saratov region.
Since childhood she took lessons in painting and drawing from teachers in private studios, after moving to Moscow she studied at the art school and at the preparatory courses of MAKhU 1905. - the main emphasis during her studies was on academism. At the age of 17 she started independent creative activity, in addition to individual projects she realised collaborations with artists and photographers, and at the age of 21 she entered the course "New Art" of the Free Workshops of MMOMA: at the moment she is a resident of the Open Studios of Winzavod.
EDUCATION:
- 2023 - 2024 Open studios of Winzavod
2022 - 2023 "Free Workshops" at MMOMA, "New Art" course, "Contemporary Painting" department - 2016 - 2017 Studied in the workshops of teachers of MAHU 1905
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - Participant in "The Wrong Biennale", meta-universe Spatial
- 2023 - Group exhibition "Memory of the Body", Izmailovo Gallery
- 2023 - Group exhibition "Open, Close, Repeat", CTI Fabrika
- 2023 - Solo exhibition "Past perfect", space Mentality
- 2023 - Group exhibition "Workshop", MMOMA
- 2023 - Group exhibition "Untitled So Far", Mukha Gallery
- 2023 - Biennale "I Will Be Near", CTI Fabrika
- 2023 - Group exhibition "Sky", SI19 gallery
- 2023 - Group exhibition "It Didn't Happen", Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Tchaikovsky Conservatory
- 2022 - "Podvypodvert izpodvypodverta", group exhibition of students of MMOMA and Rodchenko School in the Gamma space.
- 2022 - "Lesnoe 11" resident, summer season
"I like to pay attention to the places where contradictory phenomena converge, I like to follow how they confront and match. I look for such points of intersection between past and present, reality and fiction, myth and documentation. In this context, I work with themes of memory, its authenticity, the interaction between the individual and his simulation, his place in the digital environment, and the construction of a personal epic. Each of these points is an occasion for creative enquiry and an invitation to discussion."
Polina Savina, an artist
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