OBJECTS OF CONTRASTS Installation

Contact me: maria2012ivanova@gmail.com I graduated from Moscow State Academy of Arts named after V. Surikov(2012) and Institute of Contemporary Art Moscow(2015). Three time winner of the grant to young artists from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2013-15-2017). Selected exhibitions: EMINENT DOMAIN, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA (2018); Objectified 2018, Tsong Institute of Contemporary Art Museum, South Korea (2018); Chrom-art, OXO Tower, London, England (2017); “Modern Mosaics of Moscow”, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia (2017). Works are in the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Collaborated with cinema companies HBO (USA), SMUGGLER (USA). Awards and Grants: - Grant to attend the course at the Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria (2020) - Top-3 artists of the AIR AWARD, Tokyo, Japan (2020) - Laureate of grant for the outstanding young artists by Top-10 the Ministry of Culture Russian - Federation (2013, 2015, 2019) - Top-10 finalists of the open call Alternative Loop Space, Seoul, South Korea (2019) - Finalist,#TRIBE17,Chrome-art,OXOTower,London,UK(2017) Finalist, IV Kazan International Printmaking Biennale, The State Museum of Fine Arts of the - Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia (2017) Finalist, Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, - Shenzhen, China (2015-2016) Collaboration: 2020 - artist, Esquire magazine, Moscow, Russia 2018 - artist consultant, “Black rest” episodic stream, HBO 2017 - artist consultant, Smuggler, “Smile” music video Jay-Z Link Artist statement: I work in different media from video art to installations, sculptures, painting. An important part of my artistic practice is the direct and literal quoting of the urban environment surrounding me. I work a lot with the archetypes of modernist visuality, interpreting them through the aesthetics of minimalism.