Artist Statement
In my childhood I got seriously ill and this influenced my whole life. I stayed in hospital for a long time and my life changed after that upside down. I had to lie in bed for long time, being home or at hospital. After that I spent all the time with my grandparents. They were in their late 70-s and they were deeply disappointed in life, like the majority of impoverished and displaced elderly people in postsoviet Russia. But they still believed in a good future. It gave them force to live and survive.
At that time I started to understand the problems of old people better. I often feel myself old. And in my pictures I try to talk about topics which are important for me too.
1981 - born, Perm, Russia. Graduated in design in Perm State Technical University (Russia). Obtained PhD degree in philosophy of culture in Saint-Petersburg State University (philosophy of design). Worked as a lecturer at several universities and photography schools in Russia. Moved to Germany in 2011. Since 2011 is PhD student at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), History of Art (research in the field of theory and history of photography). Supervisor - Prof. H. Dickel. Works as a scientific editor of russian website about art and documentary photography Photographer.ru
Publications: Fraction Magazine, Conscientious, Feature Shot, Urbanautica, Le Journal de la Photographie, Digital Photo, TopPhotographyFilms and others.
Grants and competitions
2010, The best young artist of the International Photography Month in Moscow: Photobiennale
2012, Winner of the first round of International Fotofestival Photograffiti, Perm, Russia (TOP-10 in Art photography)
2013, State fellowship for young artists of Russian Photo-union
Personal exhibitions (selected)
2006, Personal exhibition during international documentary film festival “Flaertiana”, Perm, Russia
2010, “Zombies Time”, gallery of contemporary art Green-Art, Perm, Russia.
2010, "Virtual acquaintances", “Na Solyanke” gallery, Moscow (as a part of The Eighth International Photography Month in Moscow: Photobiennale-2010).
2010 «Portraits of a Strangers», creative space “Tkatchi”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2010 “The Others”, Tchaikovsky, Russia
2011 “Needful Things”, as a part of contemporary art festival “Alive Perm”, Perm, Russia
Group exhibitions (selected)
2005, “Art-Perm”, Perm, Russia
2006, “Zivaja fotografija” (Alive photography), Perm, Russia
2006, “Art-Perm”, Perm, Russia
2006, “Young photographers of Perm”, Perm, Russia
2007, Final exhibition of the International summer photoschool, Liptovsky Mikulash, Slovakia
2009, “Life in colour”. Gallery “Art-Object” Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2010 «Aliosha Gorshok: A Contemporary Interpretation of Lev Tolstoy», Parsons the New School For Design, New York, USA (curator Thomas Werner)
2012 International Fotofestival Photograffiti, Perm, Russia
2012 Fotofestival Young Photographers of Russia, Cheboksary, Russia
2012 Young Photography 2012 “Below the Surface”. St-Petersburg, Russia
2012 Minorities, Center of documentary photography Fotodoc, Moscow, Russia
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