FIREBIRD_012 - Limited Edition of 15 Artwork

Mariia Fedorova works at the intersection of art, speculative design, film production, UI/UX and architecture, exploring a formation of new relational aesthetics throughout the coevolution of humans and technology, a fusion of Environment and Communication, and a confluence of Virtual Reality and Real life. Mariia graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute in 2012 and after worked as an architect at Project Meganom for 3 years mostly on conceptions for competitions. At the same time designed interior objects and lamps for several bars in Moscow and created an experimental film-opera 'NOEX', which took part at Short film corner program organized by the Festival de Cannes. In 2018 Mariia completed MA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in London and as an artist took part in several exhibitions in Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Russia, including the Centre of Astronautics and Aviation at VDNKh, where Mariia's video installation is presented in permanent exposition. In 2019 Mariia's works were exhibited at ХХII Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival at Russian Pavilion within the exposition The Moscow River Age. Same year she was part of 'The New Nor­mal' Research Pro­gramme at the Strelka In­sti­tute for Me­dia, Ar­chi­tec­ture & De­sign. The programme was focused on research and speculative design, exploring the opportunities posed by emerging technologies for interdisciplinary design practices. In 2019-2020, Mariia participated as an artist in exhibitions in Russia and UK, gave lectures about art and technology in galleries and opened educational platforms, and worked as UI/UX designer. Summer 2020 Mariia created online art project Pandemic Chronotope commised by The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes within Together Alone program. The Calvert Journal wrote an article about the work.