Ania Shestakova1990 Born in Moscow, Russia.Lives and works in Moscow, Russia.aniashestakova@gmail.com2006-2008 Higher School of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia2007-2009 Graduate of Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Moscow, RussiaNew Media faculty organised by Alexei Shulgin and Aristarkh Chernyshev (Electroboutique) and Conceptual Photography with Vladimir Kupriyanov.2010-2018 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (Class of Textual Sculpture with Professor Heimo Zobernig, Performative Sculpture and Public Space with Monica Bonvicini, Object Sculpture with Julian Goethe, Figurative Painting with Amelie von Wulffen and Silke Otto Knapp, Post Conceptual Art Practice with Marina Grzinic)Solo Exhibitions2020Raspberry Rave, UGOL, Moscow, Russia The Village2016 Shifting Expectations, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia (Winner of Summer Ateliers Prize for Young Artist commissioned by Department of Culture and Moscow Centre of Museum Development together with Moscow City Galleries Network) Timeout, Colta, Cultobzor,, Artuzel, The Village2015 Unpredictable Rise of Self-Esteem, curated by Antonina Baever at ISSMAG Gallery, NII DAR, Moscow, RussiaDuo Exhibitions2012 Enjoy Your German, with Julian Goethe invited by Lucie Stahl, Lotion Licker, Vienna, AustriaGroup Exhibitions (Selection)2020Blazar Fair for Young Contemporary Art special project of the VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, satellite of Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia Christies Russia ig, VOGUE, ARTOBSTREL, BLUEPRINTArchive, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia2019Close Call, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen, DanmarkVaginale - International Feminist Art Festival, Vienna, AustriaMISS READ: Berlin Art Book Festival, House of World Cultures, BerlinINVITED BY, Solyanka Gallery, Moscow, Russia artvestiPaper Taste, Moscow Art Book Festival, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia2018Living Together, Savina Gallery, Russian Art and Antique Fair, Manezh, Moscow, RussiaImago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton at Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, ItalyNezhen, Benjamin Gallery, Moscow, Russia2017MAD COW, SCAG Сontemporary, Vienna, Austria video gallery walkDiet Mountain Dew, Wiener Kammeroper, Vienna, AustriaTiefe Kirschen, Lisa Kandlhofer Gallery, Vienna, Austria parnass, pw, Dollhouse of a Poem, Praterstrasse 32, Vienna, Austria (with Clegg & Guttmann, Franz West, Heimo Zobernig, Daniel Richter, Kerstin von Gabain, Alex Ruthner, Nino Sakandelidze and others.) ig hashtag, videoDo You Do, Praterstrasse 25a, Vienna, AustriaPreparatory Portrait of a Young Girl, Plato OSTRAVA, Ostrava, Czech Republic Tzum, press, artycok.tv2016Gelitin, Gelitin Karaoke Machine, Donaufestival, Krems am Donau, Austria performance video, perrotin, Ohne Titel (Projektraum/Plattform) invited by Heimo Zobernig, Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz, AustriaOff the Coast of Me, Neustiftgasse 73-75 organised by Julian Goethe, Anne Speier, Michael Part, Barbara Rudiger, Vienna, AustriaBALKANIZATION, Friday Exit, Vienna, Austria2015#0,10 tribute to The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0,10 with Novitskova Katja and others, Marsovo Pole, St. Petersburg Worker and Kolkhoz Woman. Personal Case, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow, Russia (with Vera Mukhina, Boris Iofan, Dmitry Gutov, Valery Koshlyakov, Aleksander Kosolapov, Alexandra Paperno, Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov, Yuri Avvakumov, Boris Orlov, Dmitry Prigov, Arseny Zhilyaev, Alexander Povzner, Stanislav Shuripa, Leonid Tishkov) Timeout, The Art Newspaper,, m24, artterritory, manege video, Коммерсант, PORT, RUSSIANARTARCHIVE, Газета, ТАСС, Artuzel, BFMThe Slump curated by Rainer Ganahl, Decatur Studios, New York Infinite Swirl-Down curated by Nina Kettinger, The Intimate Project, Berlin, Germany *curated ig profileCAFÉ FLESH at Parallel Vienna, curated by Michal Novotný, Alte Post, Vienna, AustriaTRENDS curated by Antonina Baever and Roman Minaev, Moscow Biennial, Gogol House, Moscow, Russia (with Jonathan Meese, Erwin Wurm, Roee Rosen, Wim Delvoyve, Eva Würdinger, Christian Jankowski, Anna Jermolaewa, San Keller, Boryana Rossa, Deimantas Narkevicius) Glossy,, Timeout, Artuzel, Colta, video walk in2014SOFT NEPOTISM, curated by Rainer Ganahal, Bar Du Bois, Vienna, AustriaSize Matters collateral event of 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, GROUND, Moscow, Russia1:0, Parallel program of Manifesta X, Praktika Theatre, Moscow, RussiaStrange Teaching, curated by Rainer Ganahal, Künstlerhaus HELD, Leipzig, GermanyArt and Shadow, The Czech Centre and NOD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic CZ, Publication,2013Still Live, Bar Du Bois, Vienna, Austria eselVideo Video, Rooftop Projectspace 71-13, London, United KingdomKunst @ Retreat festival, Tragarden, Stockholm, SwedenThe Workers Club, Dream Industries, Moscow, RussiaLook at you!, Gallery Victoria, Samara, Russia Volga.news, sgpress, Новая Самара, Новая газета, Самара ГИС2012Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AustriaSlide invited by Barbara Rüdiger, Alexander Wissel, Josip Novosel, Roland Mathias Gaberz, INSIDE BAR and Ve.Sch, Vienna, AustriaV=ABC, Katarsis Project Space, Tallinn, EstoniaGO WEST! special project of III Moscow Biennale of Young Art, MUZEON PARK OF ARTS, Moscow, Russia SKREW, Smotrim.ru, Диалог Искусств, Артхроника, ГазетаSystems Of Order, Gum Studio, Turin, ItalyNew Woman Feminist Performance Festival, MUZEON PARK OF ARTS, Moscow, Russia YakimankaVarious Artists, HHDM, Vienna, Austria2011Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AustriaPANEL, Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria2009Watch Out, Akadmija Gallery, Vilnius, LithuaniaBeginners, Graduation show at Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Artplay,Moscow, RussiaRemoteControlledArtProduction, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway13th Art Moscow Fair, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia2008CRITI/POP invited by Electroboutique, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia Artforum, Wired50 50 2008 ↓ ↑ Touch My Body,
Seventeen Gallery, London The Bad Vibes ClubThe General Location, Photobiennale 7th International Month of Photography in Moscow, Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Moscow, RussiaResidencies / Grants2019 Kultur in Bewegung, Goethe Institute Moscow2019 Gender Awareness Program, Heinrich Boll Foundation Moscow2015 Strange Teaching New York, Academy Of Fine Arts Vienna (PARSE journal, The New Yorker, Publication)2009 Art-O-Thlon, the first in the world reality show focused on contemporary artists aired on Lithuanian national TV, Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009, Lithuania (promo, week two promo, concept, clip, best of me)Prizes2016 Winner of Summer Ateliers Prize by Department of Culture and Centre of Museum Development, Moscow, Russia2008 Nominee of Silver Camera Award, Moscow, RussiaWorks in CollectionsWorker And Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow, RussiaMuseum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Treviso, ItalyPrivate collections in Russia, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Denmark.Talks and Lectures2019-2020 Guest Lecturer at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia2020 From Traditional Approach to Learning from Nature, Art FootPrint Conference, Online, Interwebnonstop2018 Artist and Tech. Areas of Influence and Platform for Discovery, Nekrasovka Library, Moscow, Russia 2017 On Spirituality and Blockchain, Petrovski Blvrd 17, Moscow, Russia2016 New Russian Rave, Dance and Politics, The Waag, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2016 On Unity and Core Countries Theory and How it Plays Out in Arts, NII x Alpbau, Moscow, Russia2015 Artist Talk, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow, Russia Ania Shestakova1990 Born in Moscow, Russia.Lives and works in Moscow, Russia.aniashestakova@gmail.com2006-2008 Higher School of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia2007-2009 Graduate of Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Moscow, RussiaNew Media faculty organised by Alexei Shulgin and Aristarkh Chernyshev (Electroboutique) and Conceptual Photography with Vladimir Kupriyanov.2010-2018 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (Class of Textual Sculpture with Professor Heimo Zobernig, Performative Sculpture and Public Space with Monica Bonvicini, Object Sculpture with Julian Goethe, Figurative Painting with Amelie von Wulffen and Silke Otto Knapp, Post Conceptual Art Practice with Marina Grzinic)Solo Exhibitions2020Raspberry Rave, UGOL, Moscow, Russia The Village2016 Shifting Expectations, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia (Winner of Summer Ateliers Prize for Young Artist commissioned by Department of Culture and Moscow Centre of Museum Development together with Moscow City Galleries Network) Timeout, Colta, Cultobzor,, Artuzel, The Village2015 Unpredictable Rise of Self-Esteem, curated by Antonina Baever at ISSMAG Gallery, NII DAR, Moscow, RussiaDuo Exhibitions2012 Enjoy Your German, with Julian Goethe invited by Lucie Stahl, Lotion Licker, Vienna, AustriaGroup Exhibitions (Selection)2020Blazar Fair for Young Contemporary Art special project of the VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, satellite of Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia Christies Russia ig, VOGUE,ARTOBSTREL, BLUEPRINTArchive, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia2019Close Call, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen, DanmarkVaginale - International Feminist Art Festival, Vienna, AustriaMISS READ: Berlin Art Book Festival, House of World Cultures, BerlinINVITED BY, Solyanka Gallery, Moscow, Russia artvestiPaper Taste, Moscow Art Book Festival, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia2018Living Together, Savina Gallery, Russian Art and Antique Fair, Manezh, Moscow, RussiaImago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton at Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, ItalyNezhen, Benjamin Gallery, Moscow, Russia2017MAD COW, SCAG Сontemporary, Vienna, Austria video gallery walkDiet Mountain Dew, Wiener Kammeroper, Vienna, AustriaTiefe Kirschen, Lisa Kandlhofer Gallery, Vienna, Austria parnass, pw, Dollhouse of a Poem, Praterstrasse 32, Vienna, Austria (with Clegg & Guttmann, Franz West, Heimo Zobernig, Daniel Richter, Kerstin von Gabain, Alex Ruthner, Nino Sakandelidze and others.) ig hashtag, videoDo You Do, Praterstrasse 25a, Vienna, AustriaPreparatory Portrait of a Young Girl, Plato OSTRAVA, Ostrava, Czech Republic Tzum, press, artycok.tv2016Gelitin, Gelitin Karaoke Machine, Donaufestival, Krems am Donau, Austria performance video, perrotin, Ohne Titel (Projektraum/Plattform) invited by Heimo Zobernig, Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz, AustriaOff the Coast of Me, Neustiftgasse 73-75 organised by Julian Goethe, Anne Speier, Michael Part, Barbara Rudiger, Vienna, AustriaBALKANIZATION, Friday Exit, Vienna, Austria2015#0,10 tribute to The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0,10 with Novitskova Katja and others, Marsovo Pole, St. Petersburg Worker and Kolkhoz Woman. Personal Case, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow, Russia (with Vera Mukhina, Boris Iofan, Dmitry Gutov, Valery Koshlyakov, Aleksander Kosolapov, Alexandra Paperno, Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov, Yuri Avvakumov, Boris Orlov, Dmitry Prigov, Arseny Zhilyaev, Alexander Povzner, Stanislav Shuripa, Leonid Tishkov) Timeout, The Art Newspaper,, m24, artterritory, manege video, Коммерсант, PORT, RUSSIANARTARCHIVE, Газета, ТАСС, Artuzel, BFMThe Slump curated by Rainer Ganahl, Decatur Studios, New York Infinite Swirl-Down curated by Nina Kettinger, The Intimate Project, Berlin, Germany *curated ig profileCAFÉ FLESH at Parallel Vienna, curated by Michal Novotný, Alte Post, Vienna, AustriaTRENDS curated by Antonina Baever and Roman Minaev, Moscow Biennial, Gogol House, Moscow, Russia (with Jonathan Meese, Erwin Wurm, Roee Rosen, Wim Delvoyve, Eva Würdinger, Christian Jankowski, Anna Jermolaewa, San Keller, Boryana Rossa, Deimantas Narkevicius) Glossy,, Timeout, Artuzel, Colta, video walk in2014SOFT NEPOTISM, curated by Rainer Ganahal, Bar Du Bois, Vienna, AustriaSize Matters collateral event of 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, GROUND, Moscow, Russia1:0, Parallel program of Manifesta X, Praktika Theatre, Moscow, RussiaStrange Teaching, curated by Rainer Ganahal, Künstlerhaus HELD, Leipzig, GermanyArt and Shadow, The Czech Centre and NOD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic CZ, Publication2013Still Live, Bar Du Bois, Vienna, Austria eselVideo Video, Rooftop Projectspace 71-13, London, United KingdomKunst @ Retreat festival, Tragarden, Stockholm, SwedenThe Workers Club, Dream Industries, Moscow, RussiaLook at you!, Gallery Victoria, Samara, Russia Volga.news, sgpress, Новая Самара, Новая газета, Самара ГИС2012Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AustriaSlide invited by Barbara Rüdiger, Alexander Wissel, Josip Novosel, Roland Mathias Gaberz, INSIDE BAR and Ve.Sch, Vienna, AustriaV=ABC, Katarsis Project Space, Tallinn, EstoniaGO WEST! special project of III Moscow Biennale of Young Art, MUZEON PARK OF ARTS, Moscow, Russia SKREW, Smotrim.ru, Диалог Искусств, Артхроника, ГазетаSystems Of Order, Gum Studio, Turin, ItalyNew Woman Feminist Performance Festival, MUZEON PARK OF ARTS, Moscow, Russia YakimankaVarious Artists, HHDM, Vienna, Austria2011Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AustriaPANEL, Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria2009Watch Out, Akadmija Gallery, Vilnius, LithuaniaBeginners, Graduation show at Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Artplay,Moscow, RussiaRemoteControlledArtProduction, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway13th Art Moscow Fair, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia2008CRITI/POP invited by Electroboutique, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia Artforum, Wired50 50 2008 ↓ ↑ Touch My Body,
Seventeen Gallery, London The Bad Vibes ClubThe General Location, Photobiennale 7th International Month of Photography in Moscow, Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media Arts, Moscow, RussiaResidencies / Grants2019 Kultur in Bewegung, Goethe Institute Moscow2019 Gender Awareness Program, Heinrich Boll Foundation Moscow2015 Strange Teaching New York, Academy Of Fine Arts Vienna PARSE journal, The New Yorker, Publication2009 Art-O-Thlon, the first in the world reality show focused on contemporary artists aired on Lithuanian national TV, Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009, Lithuania promo, week two promo, concept, clip, best of mePrizes2016 Winner of Summer Ateliers Prize by Department of Culture and Centre of Museum Development, Moscow, Russia2008 Nominee of Silver Camera Award, Moscow, RussiaWorks in CollectionsWorker And Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow, RussiaMuseum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Treviso, ItalyPrivate collections in Russia, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Denmark.Talks and Lectures2019-2020 Guest Lecturer at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia2020 From Traditional Approach to Learning from Nature, Art FootPrint Conference, Online, Interwebnonstop2018 Artist and Tech. Areas of Influence and Platform for Discovery, Nekrasovka Library, Moscow, Russia 2017 On Spirituality and Blockchain, Petrovski Blvrd 17, Moscow, Russia2016 New Russian Rave, Dance and Politics, The Waag, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2016 On Unity and Core Countries Theory and How it Plays Out in Arts, NII x Alpbau, Moscow, Russia2015 Artist Talk, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum, Moscow, Russia