Ania Shestakova
Based Online.
aniashestakova@gmail.com

Education

2010–2018 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Class of Textual Sculpture with Prof. Heimo Zobernig
Additional studies in:
Figurative Painting (Amelie von Wulffen, Silke Otto-Knapp)
Post-Conceptual Art Practice (Marina Gržinić)
Performative Sculpture and Public Space (Monica Bonvicini)
Object Sculpture (Julian Goethe)
2007–2009 Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Moscow
New Media Faculty organized by Alexei Shulgin & Aristarkh Chernyshev (Electroboutique)
Conceptual Photography with Vladimir Kupriyanov
2006–2008 Higher School of Graphic Design, Moscow

Teaching

2017 Assistant Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2019–2020 Guest Lecturer, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Solo Exhibitions

2020
Raspberry Rave, UGOL, Moscow
2016
Shifting Expectations, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow
Winner of Summer Ateliers Prize, Department of Culture, Moscow
2015
Unpredictable Rise of Self-Esteem, curated by Antonina Baever, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow

Duo Exhibitions

2012 Enjoy Your German, with Julian Goethe, invited by Lucie Stahl, Lotion Licker, Vienna

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Creators HUB, Devcon SEA, QSNCC, Bangkok
Play the Infinite Game of Ethereum, ETHIndia, KTPO, Bengaluru
2022
Collaboration, curated by Heike Eipeldauer & Franz Thalmair (with Marina Abramović, Yoko Ono, Heimo Zobernig, et al.), MUMOK, Vienna
KITES & FCKUPS*, invited by STAFETT Group, Kunstverein Kärnten, Klagenfurt
2020
Blazar Fair for Young Contemporary Art (VII Moscow Biennale for Young Art), Museum of Moscow
Archive, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow
2019
Close Call, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen
Vaginale – International Feminist Art Festival, Vienna
MISS READ: Berlin Art Book Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
INVITED BY, Solyanka Gallery, Moscow
Paper Taste, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2018
Living Together, Savina Gallery, Moscow Manege
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso
2017
MAD COW, SCAG Contemporary, Vienna
Diet Mountain Dew, Wiener Kammeroper, Vienna
Tiefe Kirschen, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna
Dollhouse of a Poem, Praterstrasse 32, Vienna (with Clegg & Guttmann, Franz West, Heimo Zobernig, Daniel Richter, et al.)
Preparatory Portrait of a Young Girl, Plato OSTRAVA, Czech Republic
2016
Gelitin Karaoke Machine, Donaufestival, Krems
Ohne Titel, invited by Heimo Zobernig, Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz
Off the Coast of Me, Pop-Up, Vienna
BALKANIZATION, Friday Exit, Vienna
…and numerous earlier exhibitions from 2008–2015 in Vienna, Moscow, Berlin, and London.
(Full list in PDF version.)

Residencies & Grants

2024 Kismet Casa, Bangkok
2019 Kultur in Bewegung, Goethe Institute Moscow
2019 Gender Awareness Program, Heinrich Böll Foundation Moscow
2015 Strange Teaching, New York, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (featured in PARSE Journal, The New Yorker)
2009 Art-O-Thlon, Lithuanian National TV, Vilnius European Capital of Culture

Awards

2016 — Winner, Summer Ateliers Prize, Department of Culture, Moscow
2008 — Nominee, Silver Camera Award, Moscow

Collections

Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna
Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Treviso
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow
Private collections in Russia, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Denmark

Talks & Lectures

2024 — Creators HUB, DevCon, Bangkok, Thailand
2018 — Artist in Tech: Areas of Influence, Nekrasovka Library, Moscow
2017 — On Spirituality and Blockchain, NDA, Moscow
2016 — New Russian Rave: Dance and Politics, The Waag, Amsterdam
2015 — Artist Talk, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow