Toma Gerzha

Toma Gerzha (b. 2003) grew up in Moscow, Kolchugino, Lukhovitsy, and still speaks Russian language. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 2009.

She has successfully completed her Photography Studies at the Dutch Academy for Visual Creation in 2019. Gerzha first garnered attention in the gallery world with her project ".ru", featuring photographic works generated through artificial intelligence, which was presented in 2024 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Toma has become widely known for her animation-based reels. Currently she studies Art History at the University of Amsterdam.

Her works are in collection of Cultural Association MoCA, Saint Petersburg State University, Farm Cultural Park, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts.

Since 2023, Gerzha is an artist-resident at the creative studio Treehouse, located on the NDSM-Wharf in Amsterdam.

BA Art History
· University of Amsterdam, 2026

BA (Hons) Photography
· Gerrit Rietveld Academie, 2024
· University of Arts London, 2023

Photography Studies
· Dutch Academy for Visual Creation, 2019

Solo Exhibitions：
2024:
Far Away From Home - 9:16 Gallery, Porto, Portugal

2023:
Kvartirka - Upscale Galerie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Family Tree - Farm Cultural Park, Mazzarino, Italy
ctrl+r - Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2022:
Nameless People, Nameless Country - C-LAB, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Group Exhibitions：
2024:
Young Portfolio - Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan
Carte Blanche Etudiants - Paris Photo, Paris, France
Manifesta'15 - Barcelona, Spain
Rietveld Uncut - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
MUTANTX - Biennale de l’Image Possible, Liège, Belgium

2023:
Regenerate - Noorderlicht Fotofestival, Groningen, Netherlands
Head On Photo Festival - Delmar Gallery, Sydney, Australia
OD Photo Prize - Photobook Café, London, UK
EI: Discovery Awards - Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
Past & Present - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
DOCA - IGUMO, Moscow, Russia
Arte Laguna Prize'17 - Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy
Lieben Belebt - Smol Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Адреса(н)ты - Pentagon, Vorkuta, Russia

2022:
Spiel Allein - Gallery 46, London, UK
8x12 - FLOOR_, Seoul, South Korea