I am a curator and producer working across contemporary art and music since 2013. My practice focuses on creating dialogue between artists and audiences across different cultural contexts, with projects developed in Russia and Europe.
Alongside my curatorial work, I have been involved in interdisciplinary art and technology communities, contributing to exhibitions and collaborative formats presented at ETHIndia and Devcon SEA.
Alongside my curatorial work, I have been involved in interdisciplinary art and technology communities, contributing to exhibitions and collaborative formats presented at ETHIndia and Devcon SEA.
MILLENNIALS, 2016
@ Breite Gasse, Vienna.
This pop-up exhibition emerged from a time-based curatorial project developed in a domestic setting.
The project explored the fragility of emerging creative professionals, with a focus on group dynamics, questions of value, and the relationship between labor and recognition within shifting geopolitical and economic contexts across Europe and the post-Soviet region.
Through a collaborative format, I examined mechanisms of authorship, shared responsibility, and the distribution of agency within a professional environment.
The process emphasized collective decision-making and revealed the complexities and tensions inherent in such structures.
Artists:
Ari Sariannidis, Christian Muhlbauer, Dan Vogt, Philipp Grunewald, Jana Zaharijevic, Myles Starr, Isaac Contreras, Jelena Micic, Pablo Ehmer, Lukas Kaufmann, Kirill Savchenkov
@ Breite Gasse, Vienna.
This pop-up exhibition emerged from a time-based curatorial project developed in a domestic setting.
The project explored the fragility of emerging creative professionals, with a focus on group dynamics, questions of value, and the relationship between labor and recognition within shifting geopolitical and economic contexts across Europe and the post-Soviet region.
Through a collaborative format, I examined mechanisms of authorship, shared responsibility, and the distribution of agency within a professional environment.
The process emphasized collective decision-making and revealed the complexities and tensions inherent in such structures.
Artists:
Ari Sariannidis, Christian Muhlbauer, Dan Vogt, Philipp Grunewald, Jana Zaharijevic, Myles Starr, Isaac Contreras, Jelena Micic, Pablo Ehmer, Lukas Kaufmann, Kirill Savchenkov
INVITED BY/приглашены к участию
INVITED BY / ПРИГЛАШЕНЫ К УЧАСТИЮ, 2019
@ Solyanka Gallery, Moscow
In April 2019, I curated an exhibition accompanied by a live performance program at Solyanka Gallery in Moscow.
The project focused on engaging institutional frameworks through the introduction of diverse perspectives on identity, collective experience, and modes of representation.
Alongside the exhibition, I conceived, designed, and curated an artist publication titled ROMANTIK COLLECTION, exploring themes of desire and perception.
The publication featured contributions from 18 international authors and was produced using risograph printing in the format of double-sided A3 posters.
The publication was presented at MISS READ at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and at Paper Taste at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
This project formed part of my ongoing research into community-based and alternative curatorial practices under the platform INVITED BY / ПРИГЛАШЕНЫ К УЧАСТИЮ.
My focus was on creating dialogue between local and international artists and musicians, and on exploring themes of intimacy, visibility, and collective experience.
The exhibition received strong audience engagement and was followed by a performance program hosted by the gallery.
Dates:
15.04.2019 – 28.05.2019
Opening: 15.04.2019
Live program:
Serezha Golikov — live performance
Adil — conceptual DJ set
Exhibiting artists:
Filip Berg / SOUVENIR, Dan Bodan, Tony Karlsson, Alexandra Karpilovski, Nina Kettinger, Olya Kroytor, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Ira Petrakova, Max Ronnersjo, Pasmur Ruchaiko, Anna Yudakova, Katerina Savina, Artur Lomakin.
Publication contributors:
Olya Kroytor, Filip Samuel Berg / SOUVENIR, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Pasmur Rachuiko, Nino Sakandelidze, Niclas Schöler, Sasha Mademuaselle, Sergey Kostromin, Artur Lomakin, Andrew Kirsanow, Ksenia Mikhailova, Sasha Zalivako, Onur Akyol, Kristina Li, Nadezhda Likhogrud, Artem Stefanov, Katherine Savina.
Credits:
Producer: Katerina Savina
Light and Stage Design: Katya Bochavar
PR: Inna Logunova
Sound: Katya Shirshkova
Logistics and production: Solyanka Gallery team
Supported by Heinrich Böll Foundation.
UNITY AT THE CORE AND CORE AS IN CORE COUNTRY
UNITY AT THE CORE AND CORE AS IN CORE COUNTRY, 2017
@ abandoned bank site NII x Alpbau, Moscow, Russia.
This exhibition was a large-scale realization of my long-standing intention to bring together artists and practices that I value within my home city.
The project explored a range of interconnected themes, including technology (blockchain, Ethereum, DeFi), identity and visibility, social structures, the idea of safe space, migration, performativity, geopolitical and economic conditions, and the relationship between the personal and the public.
The exhibition brought together artists working at different stages of their careers. Several works were developed in response to artistic practices and shifting power dynamics across various local and international contexts.
I presented a 4K video work by Simon Denny focused on DeFi and “onchain” systems. The work was part of his project for the Berlin Biennale 9 and referenced the visual language of emerging digital economies.
A second video by Austrian artist Philipp Timischl featured the artist moving through a Viennese neighborhood in a performative gesture that examined identity construction and representation in public space.
These works resonated with and influenced a new piece by Alexander Obrazumov, who created a large-scale neon text installation engaging with questions of authorship, representation, and cultural narratives in different geopolitical contexts.
Two artists, working independently in Moscow and Belgrade, developed parallel sculptural practices, creating wearable, armor-like forms from recycled post-Soviet materials, reflecting on everyday resilience and material culture.
A large-scale textile work by Rosa Randel, based on a photographic self-portrait, was suspended from the ceiling, introducing themes of embodiment, self-representation, and performativity into the space. Beneath it, an installation by an international artist duo combined gaming devices with artificial floral elements, forming a layered environment that juxtaposed digital and organic imagery.
Another work by Antonina Baever, combined neon and sound to explore the pressures of fixed identity categories and the search for more open, fluid forms of self-expression within contemporary society. The figure of the maternal and its symbolic weight played a significant role in this work.
Exhibition. Works by Artists:
Simon Denny, Min Yoon, Alexei Taruts, Daphne Ahlers, Philipp Timischl, Halvor Rønning, Martyn Reynolds, Ari Sariannidis, Beatrix Curran, Arnold Veber, Evelyn Plaschg, Fabian Leitgeb, Jana Zaharijević, Lilli Thiessen, Rosa Rendl, Ihor Okunev, Buttechno, Shifra Kazhdan, Vika Prokopaviciute, Alexander Obrazumov, Antonina Baever, Artur Lomakin.
Live Performances by:
v17 (VV17CHOU7) Art Crime, Ilia Volum, Lonely Boys* Rosa Randel.
Live broadcast from Berlin same day same time:
Battle-ax, Lonely Boys / Daphne Ahlers.
Support program / Education:
Open mic and QA with artists moderated by curator Andrey Parshikov.
Visa and Diplomatic support provided by Austrian Cultural Forum.
Thanks to NII for providing Quality Sound and hosting us.
@ abandoned bank site NII x Alpbau, Moscow, Russia.
This exhibition was a large-scale realization of my long-standing intention to bring together artists and practices that I value within my home city.
The project explored a range of interconnected themes, including technology (blockchain, Ethereum, DeFi), identity and visibility, social structures, the idea of safe space, migration, performativity, geopolitical and economic conditions, and the relationship between the personal and the public.
The exhibition brought together artists working at different stages of their careers. Several works were developed in response to artistic practices and shifting power dynamics across various local and international contexts.
I presented a 4K video work by Simon Denny focused on DeFi and “onchain” systems. The work was part of his project for the Berlin Biennale 9 and referenced the visual language of emerging digital economies.
A second video by Austrian artist Philipp Timischl featured the artist moving through a Viennese neighborhood in a performative gesture that examined identity construction and representation in public space.
These works resonated with and influenced a new piece by Alexander Obrazumov, who created a large-scale neon text installation engaging with questions of authorship, representation, and cultural narratives in different geopolitical contexts.
Two artists, working independently in Moscow and Belgrade, developed parallel sculptural practices, creating wearable, armor-like forms from recycled post-Soviet materials, reflecting on everyday resilience and material culture.
A large-scale textile work by Rosa Randel, based on a photographic self-portrait, was suspended from the ceiling, introducing themes of embodiment, self-representation, and performativity into the space. Beneath it, an installation by an international artist duo combined gaming devices with artificial floral elements, forming a layered environment that juxtaposed digital and organic imagery.
Another work by Antonina Baever, combined neon and sound to explore the pressures of fixed identity categories and the search for more open, fluid forms of self-expression within contemporary society. The figure of the maternal and its symbolic weight played a significant role in this work.
Exhibition. Works by Artists:
Simon Denny, Min Yoon, Alexei Taruts, Daphne Ahlers, Philipp Timischl, Halvor Rønning, Martyn Reynolds, Ari Sariannidis, Beatrix Curran, Arnold Veber, Evelyn Plaschg, Fabian Leitgeb, Jana Zaharijević, Lilli Thiessen, Rosa Rendl, Ihor Okunev, Buttechno, Shifra Kazhdan, Vika Prokopaviciute, Alexander Obrazumov, Antonina Baever, Artur Lomakin.
Live Performances by:
v17 (VV17CHOU7) Art Crime, Ilia Volum, Lonely Boys* Rosa Randel.
Live broadcast from Berlin same day same time:
Battle-ax, Lonely Boys / Daphne Ahlers.
Support program / Education:
Open mic and QA with artists moderated by curator Andrey Parshikov.
Visa and Diplomatic support provided by Austrian Cultural Forum.
Thanks to NII for providing Quality Sound and hosting us.
Battle-ax and Lonely Boys Live from Berlin
STILL LIVE
Style and and Photography - me/ Poster Design and modeling: Vika Prokopaviciute and Lena Sieder-Semlitsch
STILL LIVE, 2013 @ Bar Du Bois, Vienna.
Palms as a medium of itself.
Artists: Halvor Ronning, Lena Sieder-Semlitsch, Vika Prokopaviciute, Joakim Martinussen.
Palms as a medium of itself.
Artists: Halvor Ronning, Lena Sieder-Semlitsch, Vika Prokopaviciute, Joakim Martinussen.
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