My research revolves around the themes of materiality, destruction and transformation. Focusing on non-traditional methods of art-making such as burning, melting or dissolving, I explore materials’ "potentiality" and their physical properties.
I work mainly with textile, clay and watercolour. Blurring the boundaries between 2D and 3D, I make artworks that are half-painting, half-sculpture, sometimes closer to art installations. Most of my biomorphic objects aim to represent the fragility of life.
Whether it’s holes burnt in fabric or white areas of unpainted surface, I invite the viewer to experience both the image and its own disintegration, life and decay, remembering and forgetting.
Transformation of matter is part of our existence, it’s life itself. — We adapt, thrive and decay in a constant flow of change.
EDUCATION
2016-2019 University of Hertfordshire & BHSAD, BA in Fine Art (First Class Honours)
2007-2012 Russian State University of Cinematography, Specialist in Film Producing
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Anywhere in Between, The Tub Hackney, London, UK
2022 Fragments of intimacy, Glavnyy Prospekt Museum, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2021 5th London Art Biennale, The Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK
2021 168 Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2020 The ING Discerning Eye Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, UK (work selected by David Remfry )
2020 252 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (work selected by Richard Deacon)
2020 Art After Pandemic, Artifact Gallery, New York, USA
2020 Perspectives 2020, CICA Museum, Samdo-ro, South Korea
2019 8th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Soup, Centre ZIL, Moscow, Russia
2019 Essence, Two-Person Exhibition, IZO Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 Where Do The Vines Lead?, Centre Rama, Sevastopol, Crimea
2018 Symbiosis, Espacio gallery, London, UK
2016 Site Responsive Works, Artplay Design Centre, Moscow, Russia
2015 Space, Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
AWARDS
2021 Sculpture Semi-Finalist of "Artist of the Year" Competition, King House Gallery & The Artist Lounge, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK
2020 Watercolour 2nd Prize Of The 168 Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2019 Urban Landscape Award, IZO Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015 Portfolio Competition Award, University of Gloucestershire & INTO scholarship, UK-Russia
AUCTIONS & ART-FAIRS
2022 REA! Art Fair, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
2022 Artists on the Rise: Contemporary Investment Art, Chalkwell Auctions, Essex, UK
2021 Artists on the Rise, Chalkwell Auctions, Essex, UK
2020 Life on Venus, The Auction Collective & The Tub Hackney, London, UK
COLLECTIONS
2022 See-through, Private Collection, Oxford, UK
2022 Study 1, 11, 13 of Letting Go, Private Collections, London, UK
2021 Letting Go III, Letting Go V, Letting Go XV , Private Collections, London, UK
2020 Blurring, CICA Museum, Samdo-ro, South Korea
2020 Essence VI, Private Collection, Padua, Italy
2019 Wine Body, UPPA Winery, Rodnoye village, Sevastopol, Crimea
2018 Heavy Breathing, Private Collection, London, UK