Elena Demidova

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Moscow
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Russia
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ELENA DEMIDOVA

Artist, performer.
Artistic director of the ‘Chuzhie Sny’ theatre (Strangers’ dreams).
Sholokhov Moscow State University for the Humanities.
Design and Visual Arts Department 2006
Contemporary Dance Laboratory ´TSEKH´: classes by Martin Nachbar, Remy Heritier, Jess Curtis 2011
Media Performance Laboratory of Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MoMMA) 2012
‘The Memory Drama’ Laboratory of Joseph Beuys Theatre

Published ‘Lyudi v kraskah’ (people in paints) – the Anthology of Russian Body Art/body painting,
in cooperation with A. Bartenev and I. Isaev, 2004
Award in the category ‘Performance’ at the ‘Ventilator’ Media-Poetry Festival, 2009
Creation of personal educational course: ‘The body-art in contemporary art’, 2009

WORKS:

CURATING
‘laboratory of media poetry’,
at Open Stage venue, Moscow, 2013
‘Art of performance’, at Open Stage venue, Moscow (in cooperation with V. Priklonskiy, N. Krutilina, N. Khrenkova), 2013
‘Performance Nights’, at Open Stage venue, Moscow (in cooperation with V. Priklonskiy, N. Krutilina, N. Khrenkova), 2012

PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS:

INSTALLATIONS:
‘Matreshkaland’ – personal exhibition of objects in Open Stage, Moscow, 2013
‘Matreshkaland’ – personal exhibition of objects in S.T. Konenkov Memorial Museum Studio, MoММA, Moscow, 2013
‘Singing stones” – series of objects; the fifth biennial of contemporary art, special program ‘Art-book-botanica’ exhibition, The State Darwin Museum, Moscow, 2013
The ‘Loose Interpretation’ – series of objects for the Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fare in Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Krasnoyarsk, 2012

PERFORMANCES:
‘Miro’; Hopscotch. A performance festival, MMOMA, Moscow, 2013
‘Zond’; “Performative Art”, ‘Open Stage’ venue, Moscow, 2013
‘Fleshless Searches’ and ’Eva’ at the ‘Evening of performance’,
‘Open Stage’ venue, Moscow, 2012
‘Aberrations’ in cooperation with Natalya Krutilina, Belyaevo gallery, Moscow, 2012
‘His Mother’ in cooperation with Olga Polesovschikova, Belyaevo gallery, Moscow, 2012
’Eva’ in cooperation with Svetlana Babkina within the ‘Breaking the limits’ programme of the Joseph Beuys Theatre and Sakharov Centre, Moscow, 2012
‘Fat and sugar’ in cooperation with Vera Priklonskaya and Lubov Kotova, Belyaevo gallery, Moscow, 2012
‘Immersion’ in cooperation with Yuriy Nagorny and Marina Stepanova, the Festival of Media Performance Laboratory within the Young Art Biennale, MoMMA, Moscow, 2012
‘ProMOZG’ (proMIND) at ‘ART ZAVOD’ International
Contemporary Art Festival in Yekaterinburg, 2009
‘Quote’ at ‘Ventilator’ International Media-Poetry Festival in the Contemporary Art Centre named after S. Kurekhin, Saint-Petersburg, 2009
‘Correspondence’ in cooperation with Lubov Kuzmina. ‘Ulybka’ (smile) Illustrations’ Festival, MoMMA, Moscow, 2009

PHOTOGRAPHY:

The ‘Loose Interpretation’ objects’ exhibition within the ‘Performance Art’ project, ‘Open Stage’ venue, Moscow, 2013
‘Art Virus’ – visual installation within the ‘Art Likbez’ project of the ‘MOZHET!’ (Can!) Festival, Krasnodar. 2013
‘Body and visual’ – photo exhibition in cooperation with Maxim Kalmykov within the programme of the ‘Evening of performance’, ‘Open Stage’ venue, Moscow, 2012
‘Body and visual’ – photo exhibition in cooperation with Maxim Kalmykov within the programme of the ‘Evening of performance’, ‘Open Stage’ venue, Moscow, 2012
‘Inner sight’ photo exhibition in cooperation with Maxim Kalmykov +’ Psychoanalysis’ graphic work for Contemporary and Traditional Art Festival ‘Vera’, Manezh Exhibition Venue, Moscow, 2011
‘Inner sight’ photo exhibition in cooperation with Maxim Kalmykov +’ Psychoanalysis’ graphic work + production ‘Strange Dreams ’ in cooperation with F. Sitnikov and K. Vinogradsky. Young Art Biennale ‘Stoy! Ktoidet?’ (Stop! style=”font-family: Arial, sans-serif;”>Who is coming?), Fast Theatre ‘Justo’, MoMMA, Moscow, 2008
‘Emotions’ photo project in cooperation with Maxim Kalmykov, for Fashion and Style in Photography Exhibition, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, 2007

Works by this author:

Work title Publication Type Year
Polarities Exhibited at gallery or event 2014

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