bio/cv

I was born and raised in Moscow. Pursuit of knowledge and good education then took me to Boston, USA, and London, York and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. I eventually succumbed to the pull of London, and this is where I now live and work.

Though most of my projects use photography in one form or another, I feel that my recent work clearly marks the shift towards a more diverse contemporary practice that encompasses hybrid analog/digital processes, mixed media, print making, and appropriation strategies. My educational background in Social and Political Studies, with an emphasis on discourse analysis, allows me successfully to combine the critical and the decorative approaches in my art.

My photographic and printing skills initially came from a combination of self-teaching and courses at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design. I have then completed a Graduate Certificate course in Lens-based image making at London College of Communication (University of the Arts London).

At international portfolio reviews in Arles (France) and Birmingham (UK), as well as at other events, my work has garnered high praise from directors, curators and editors of the following organizations and publications:

George Eastman House (US)
National Media Museum (UK)
Gothenburg Museum of Art (Sweden)
The Magenta Foundation (Canada)
FotoFest (US)
Light Work (US)
Camera Austria
Robert Berman Gallery (California, US)
Bonni Benrubi Gallery (New York, US)
Photo-Eye (US)
Camera Press (UK)

Career highlights include:

Aug 2011
Joined Photo-Eye's Art Photographers Index, an invitation-only database of "significant art and documentary photographers from throughout the world".

International Photography Awards -
Honorable Mention, Fine Art - Abstract (Pro)

Jul 13 - Sep 1, 2011
Workshop 2011
annual survey of young artists
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Russian Academy of Arts

Apr 2011
Flash Forward 2011 (Magenta Foundation)
Honorable Mention

for Big Bucks

Apr 2011
Sergey Kuryokhin Award
Shortlisted - Best Curated Project of 2010

for Salt group show (included my specially commissioned Grains of Salt series; curated by Anna Buyvid)

Sergey Kuryokhin Centre is an independent foundation based in St. Petersburg and dedicated to promoting innovation in the arts in Russia. The exhibition was part of the Qui Vive? 2nd Moscow International Biennial for Emerging Art.

Jan 13 - Mar 12, 2011
Big Bangs, Big Bucks
two-artist show
Diemar/Noble Photography
London

Nov 2011
Vanishing Point projection shown at Foto 8 Carousel night @ Blurb London Pop-Up Store, in association with HOST Gallery (London)

Aug 2010
International Photography Awards -
5 Honorable Mentions

Categories:
Fine Art - Landscape (Pro), for Vanishing Point (single image);
Fine Art - Other (Pro), for Vanishing Point (series and single image), and for Big Bucks;
Special - Other (Pro), for Big Bucks.

Jul-Aug 2010
Salt group show
Qui Vive? 2nd Moscow International Biennial for Young Art

Jan 2010
5th annual Black & White Spider Awards -
Nominee

Category: Silhouette - professional
[for an image from the Darkscapes series]

May 2009
Emerging Photographer Fund Grant -
Longlisted

Awarded by Burn Magazine and Magnum Foundation
[for the Vanishing Point portfolio]

Feb-Mar 2009
LANDSCAPE... group show
RuArts Gallery, Moscow
[a top Moscow gallery, exhibited artists include Spencer Tunick, Erwin Olaf, and Ruud van Empel]

Nov 2008
FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique) Distinction; Acceptance List for the Al-Thani International Photography Award; 1 x General Theme, 2 x Special Theme

Oct 2008
Work in the CanChange contemporary art auction for Cancer Research UK

Jun 2008
13th Annual Russian Summer Ball (work featured at the event)
London

May-Jun 2008
The Incredible Holga and Wonder Diana group show
(TimeOut Dubai Feature of the Week)
Jam Jar Gallery, Dubai

Mar 2008
Beck's Art Labels commission -
Finalist

Nov 2007
FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique) Distinction; Acceptance List for the Al-Thani International Photography Award, Category: Color prints

Aug 2007
Photography workshop
Design Museum London

Jun-Jul 2007
Stills 1 ½ personal show
Cultural Information Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Jun 2007
Graduate Show
London College of Communication

May 2007
Connaught Village Festival
London

Apr-May 2007
Stills personal show
Arcotel Allegra, Zagreb, Croatia

Nov 2006
FIAP Distinction; Acceptance List for the Al-Thani International Photography Award, Category: Black & White prints

Nov 2006
Art Below group show
London Underground

Jul-Aug 2006
Samples personal show
Blue Room Cafe, Soho, London


If you would like to contact me, please use this form or email info [at] therealimage.eu. Now go check out the work!