Victoria was born in the late 1980s. She was influenced by Pictorial turn ('Ikonische Wende'). Victoria found her artistic way in sophisticated works with light, tactility and metals. Her artworks represent a mixture of different lifestyles defined by the present economic situation of the world, international trends and local heritage.
Victoria was a nominee of The Kandinsky Prize 2012 (Young Artist) and 2014 (Scholarly Work And History and Theory Of Contemporary Art). The Art Newspaper Russia included her in a selection of top 100 emerging Russian artists (2014), also she was included in the Top 100 Russian art market rating by InArt (2017-2019).
Education
The Rodchenko Art School,
class of Video art
class of Video art
2009-2012
Russian State University For The Humanities
2010 - 2013
PhD dissertation 'Languages of Russian and Chinese narrative video art'
PhD dissertation 'Languages of Russian and Chinese narrative video art'
"My artistic theme is being on ruins of glamour and contemporary definition of iconic, I work a lot with shine and illumination".
'After graduation from The Rodchenko Art School in 2012, I was looking for an individual way in art and at the same time I was involved in the group project 'Tremendous Chicks' (2013-2014) playing with media, femininity, and parody of institutional critic. So despite having several projects made until 2014 that I appreciate and usually include in my portfolio, I feel that the main focus and understanding of my way in art was reached in 2014-2015. I always liked to experiment with textures and starting with the 'Be Calm and VIP' project I experimented on them almost in every created piece. Conceptually, I am interested in the magic of gold that people used from ancient times for religious rituals and which became a way of material exchange. Around 2015, I focused on visual research of light and shine, however, in my painterly work, I like both to imitate gold and to research space of formal aesthetic effects'.
Selected exhibitions
Solo
2022
Light And Dark Energy: part 2 (in collaboration with Dimi Kalyn). Art Beyond Space, Zurich
DELAYED What is common between stars and shoes. GUM-Red-Line's Art Storeroom , Moscow
2021
The Golden Sign To Tsarino. Razklon Gallery, Chorbadzhiysko/Tsarino
2015
Every Feeling Sent By God. Parallel program of the 6th Moscow Biennale. Osnova Gallery, Moscow
Be Calm and VIP. Parallel program of the 6th Moscow Biennale. We Art Gallery, Nikolina gora
2014
Overcoming Love. Private Property Gallery, Moscow
Group
2021
New Eve Market. Gum Red Line, art zapasnik, Moscow
Soyuz 4 - 21. Galerie Olivier - Meyer, Nantes
2019
May a lucky star shine upon you. Gum-Red-Line, Moscow
#cassisair. Cassis artist residency, Cassis
The Art of Perfection. Winzavod, Pop-up space, Moscow
A drill, Winzavod.Open 2019. White hall, Winzavod, Moscow
Monsterio. The Museum-Estate of M. N. Yermolova, Moscow
The Rooms. Moscow, site-specific project in different locations
2018
Boa Constrictor Eating An Elephant, Gallery 25 Kadr, Moscow
The National Competition of Shakespeare monuments, Museum Of Moscow, Moscow
2017
44 ideas for viadellafucina16, ViadellaFucina 16, Turin
TAKE OFF Exhibition-Forecast. VDNKH, Gidrometeorology pavillion, Moscow
Tell me Net, Osnova Gallery, Moscow
Le Pli. OVZ Na Kashirke, Moscow
2015
Open Systems. Self-Organized Art Initiatives in Russia: 2000–2015. Garage Museum Of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Art Hotel. The site-specific project in The Red Sail Hotel, Kaluga
2014
Cats In Manege. New Manege, Moscow.
1:0. Manifesta X parallel program. Praktika Theatre, Moscow
2013
The 9th Kaunas Biennale 'Unitext'. M. Žilinskas Art Gallery of National Art Museum of M. K. Čiurlionis, Kaunas
Kod Epohi / Zeitgeist. The All-Russian Museum of Applied and Folk Art
Why Do We Go To See Exhibitions. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2012
The Kandinsky Prize nominee exhibition. Udarnik, Moscow
2022
Light And Dark Energy: part 2 (in collaboration with Dimi Kalyn). Art Beyond Space, Zurich
DELAYED What is common between stars and shoes. GUM-Red-Line's Art Storeroom , Moscow
2021
The Golden Sign To Tsarino. Razklon Gallery, Chorbadzhiysko/Tsarino
2015
Every Feeling Sent By God. Parallel program of the 6th Moscow Biennale. Osnova Gallery, Moscow
Be Calm and VIP. Parallel program of the 6th Moscow Biennale. We Art Gallery, Nikolina gora
2014
Overcoming Love. Private Property Gallery, Moscow
Group
2021
New Eve Market. Gum Red Line, art zapasnik, Moscow
Soyuz 4 - 21. Galerie Olivier - Meyer, Nantes
2019
May a lucky star shine upon you. Gum-Red-Line, Moscow
#cassisair. Cassis artist residency, Cassis
The Art of Perfection. Winzavod, Pop-up space, Moscow
A drill, Winzavod.Open 2019. White hall, Winzavod, Moscow
Monsterio. The Museum-Estate of M. N. Yermolova, Moscow
The Rooms. Moscow, site-specific project in different locations
2018
Boa Constrictor Eating An Elephant, Gallery 25 Kadr, Moscow
The National Competition of Shakespeare monuments, Museum Of Moscow, Moscow
2017
44 ideas for viadellafucina16, ViadellaFucina 16, Turin
TAKE OFF Exhibition-Forecast. VDNKH, Gidrometeorology pavillion, Moscow
Tell me Net, Osnova Gallery, Moscow
Le Pli. OVZ Na Kashirke, Moscow
2015
Open Systems. Self-Organized Art Initiatives in Russia: 2000–2015. Garage Museum Of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Art Hotel. The site-specific project in The Red Sail Hotel, Kaluga
2014
Cats In Manege. New Manege, Moscow.
1:0. Manifesta X parallel program. Praktika Theatre, Moscow
2013
The 9th Kaunas Biennale 'Unitext'. M. Žilinskas Art Gallery of National Art Museum of M. K. Čiurlionis, Kaunas
Kod Epohi / Zeitgeist. The All-Russian Museum of Applied and Folk Art
Why Do We Go To See Exhibitions. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2012
The Kandinsky Prize nominee exhibition. Udarnik, Moscow
Awards
Victoria was a nominee of The Kandinsky Prize 2012 (Young Artist) and 2014 (Scholarly Work And History and Theory Of Contemporary Art). The Art Newspaper Russia included her in a selection of top 100 emerging Russian artists (2014), also she was included in Top 100 Russian art market rating by InArt (2017, 2019).
Creative collaborations
Harpers Bazaar Art, Shaltai-Boltai editions, Art Fazenda Valencia, Art Made