Tania Antoshina
Multidisciplinary artist
Born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, RussiaLives and works in Paris
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Education
2019‑2023
– Studied at a Theological School
1987‑1991
– PhD in Fine Arts, Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts, Moscow
1979‑1983
– Master’s Degree in Sculpture and Ceramics, Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Arts, Russia
1974‑1978
– Bachelor’s Degree in Painting, Krasnoyarsk Art School, Russia
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
– Space Ark, Galerie Vallois, Paris
– The Sky is My Land, L-Galerie, Paris
2017
– Cold Land. Northern Tales, ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok
– Reggie-Feminism, or 88 March, Dukley Art Center, Kotor, Montenegro
2015
– Museum of a Woman, Podgorica Museums & Galleries, Gallery Art, Republic Square 1, Podgorica, Montenegro
2014
– Cold Land, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk
2010
– My Favorite Artists, Galerie Vallois, Paris
– Alice and Gagarin, VP Studio, Moscow
2008
– My Favorite Artists, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna
2006
– Space Travelers, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2004
– Museum of a Woman, White Space Gallery, London
2002
– The Voyeurism of Alice Guy, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2001
– Museum of a Woman, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
1999
– April in Moscow, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
1997
– Museum of a Woman, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
– Women of Russia, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
1996
– To Moor, Expo 88, Moscow
1992
– The Hound of the Baskervilles, Regina Gallery, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
– Oui Fountain! Dialogues, Albatros Cultural Center, Paris
2024
– 26th International Biennale of Vallauris / Contemporary Creation and Ceramics, Vallauris
– Hors-les-Murs, Galerie Vallois, First edition of Ceramic Brussels, Tour & Taxis, Brussels
– Oui Fountain!, Albatros Cultural Center, Paris
– Nakhon Sawan International Art Festival, Thailand
2023
– 25!, Zverevsky Center for Free Art, Moscow
2021
– VideoWords, Fifth Special Project by Magmart, Torrance Art Museum, USA
2020
– Fly Away? Fly Away!, I. Kramskoy Art Museum, Voronezh
– Letters and Letters in the Hermitage Collection, The State Hermitage Museum, Main Complex, Arap Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019
– From Non-Conformism to Feminisms: Russian Women Artists from the Kolodzei Art Foundation, The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA), Minnesota
– Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection, Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, Washington, DC, USA (catalogue + article)
– Woman’s Day, The Cube Gallery, Moira, Goa, India
2018
– 18th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, Dhaka
– Silk Journey to Art World Tour Exhibition, Hwa Chong Cultural Centre, Singapore
– Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017
– Image in an Era of Hypermedia, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China
– Longing for the Sky, Parallel Project of the 7th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, ARTPLAY Design Center, Maly Hall, Moscow
– From Pages to Sculpture: Artists’ Books 1430 to the Present, White Space Gallery, London
– 17th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery, Dhaka
2016
– Photo London 2016, White Space Gallery, Somerset House, London
– Olympia Fine Arts International Exhibition & Symposium (OFAIES), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
2015
– 56th Venice Biennale, National Pavilion of Mauritius
– Photo London, Somerset House, London
– Possible of Flights, New Acquisitions to the Collection of the NCCA, Moscow
2012
– Gender Check, MUMOK, Vienna
2010
– The Personal Is Political: Hannah Höch and Interpretations of Her Art, Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn
– Swedish Family, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala
2008
– 3rd European Triennial of Small Sculptures, Galerija Murska Sobota
– Olympic Fine Art, Beijing
– Moscow–NY = Parallel Play, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
– 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Salzburg
– From Non-Conformism to Feminism: Russian Women Artists from the Kolodzei Art Foundation, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2006
– Sight/Insight, Corcoran Art Museum, Washington, DC
2005
– Photo London, Royal Academy, London
2001
– After the Wall, Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Nationalgalerie Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof
2000
– After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Participant in more than 300 exhibitions worldwide.
Curatorial Projects
2023
– Space Ark, Galerie Vallois, Paris
– The Sky is My Land, L-Galerie, Paris
2025
– Oui Fountain! Dialogues — Curatorial project (in collaboration with Maaike Lein) for a group exhibition bringing together 50 international artists, Albatros Cultural Center, Paris
2024
– Oui La Fountain! — Curatorial project for a group exhibition featuring artists from nine countries, Albatros Cultural Center, Paris
2019
– Volume One. The Sky (in collaboration with Gerasim Kuznetsov), as part of the Sixth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Zverevsky Center of Modern Art, Moscow
2015
– The Quest of the Power, 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Special Project – Terra Incognita, expedition to South Siberia to collect ethnic and cultural materials
2013
– Cosmos on Earth and in the Sky (in collaboration with Maaike Lein), S&H De Buck Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2012
– V5: Cosmos as Presence, InteriorDAsein, Berlin, Germany
2011
– An Open-Air Swimming Pool Named After Malevich (in collaboration with Gerasim Kuznetsov), as part of the Fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Open Club Gallery, Moscow
– The Sons of the Great Bear (in collaboration with Gerasim Kuznetsov), CTI PROEKT_FABRIKA, Moscow
1992
– Two Museums, with G. Vysheslavsky, Champino and Velletri, Italy
Conferences
2014
– Garden Flame, conference held within the Women’s Festival during the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
– Gender. Policy. Political Culture: Gender Relations and Gender Systems in the Past and Present, VII International Scientific Conference RAIZHI, S.A. Yesenin State University, Ryazan, Russia
2013
– Gender Experimental School, Park Muzeon, Moscow
– More Light on 8 March, panel discussion within the 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Central Exhibition Hall Manezh, Moscow
– Moscow Trials, joint project by the International Institute of Political Murder, Sakharov Center, and the National Theatre of Weimar, Moscow
2012
– Art and Gender, Femme Fest Women’s Festival, Art Play, Moscow
– Power and Dissent, Szenischer Kongress, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / e-werk, Weimar, Germany
2011
– Gender Check, conference accompanying the exhibition, MUMOK, Vienna
2010
– FEM d’ART. Gender History of Art in the Post-Soviet Space: 1989–2009, conference held with the exhibition, MMOMA, Moscow
2009
– International Conference Women’s Art Project as a Future, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow – Workshop Museum of Women
2002
– Women in Visual Culture: The Problem of Creativity and Authorship, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
Workshops
2016
– Olympia Fine Arts International Exhibition & Symposium (OFAIES), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
2013
– The 1st Changzhou China International Art Workshop and Festival, Hua Xia Baosheng Park Museum, Changzhou, China
– The 1st ECOREA Jeonbuk Biennale and Workshop, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Wanju Art Center, International Beukam Art Museum, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Honors and Awards
– Alternative Prize «Russian Activist Art», First nomination, second place for the work «Blue Cities» (the work was first presented at the exhibition «Rodina», curated by Marat Gelman), 2012
– Olympic Art (gold medal), Olympic Fine Arts, London, 2012
– Olympic Art (Gold Medal), Olympic Fine Arts, Beijing, 2008
– Five Rings Prize, Landscape Sculpture Design Contest, Beijing, 2008
– Magmart, Prizewinner, Naples, Italy, 2006
– Silver Camera, The Museum Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, 2002–2003
– Art Photo. Modern Russia, Photography Competition, Gogolevsky Boulevard Center, Moscow, 2001
– Best Report Award, Theoretical Conference of Postgraduates and Faculty, Moscow State Stroganov Academy, 1989
– Silver Medal, VDNH USSR (Exhibition of People’s Achievements in Economy), Culture Pavilion, 1985
– Best Teacher Award, Krasnoyarsk Art Academy, 1984
Collections (Museum and Private Collections)
Museum Collections:
– The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
– The National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow
– MUMOK, Vienna
– Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
– National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
– The American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
– Omi International Arts Center Collection, New York
– Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
– Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples
– Olympic Fine Arts Museum, Beijing
– Museum of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh
– Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts, Moscow
– Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm
– Krasnoyarsk Cultural Historical Museum Complex, Krasnoyarsk
Other Collections:
– Asia-Pacific Institute of Art & Research, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
– The Francis J. Greenberger Collection, New York
– Kolodzei Art Foundation, New York
– Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, D.C.
– The Sir Elton John Collection, London
– The Ed Sheeran Collection, London
Residencies (Stipendium)
2019
– Resident Artist at CUBE, Moira, Goa, India
2017
– Resident Artist at ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok
2017
– Resident Artist at Dukley European Art Community, Montenegro
2015
– Resident Artist at Dukley European Art Community, Montenegro
2012
– Resident Artist at Mariposa, Canary Islands, Spain
2005
– Resident Artist at Art Omi, New York, USA
2001
– Resident Artist at Yaddo, New York, USA
Selected Publications
2024
– Élisabeth Vedrenne, “La céramique sur une nouvelle vague ?”, Connaissance des Arts, October 2024, p. 96;
– “20 expositions pour s’émerveiller devant les créations d’artisans d’art cet été”, Connaissance des Arts, 22 July 2024;
– Armelle Malvoisin, “Ceramic Brussels rallume les arts du feu”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, Edition No. 2757, 30 January 2024;
– Pavel Gerasimenko, “The Feminine Face of Russian Contemporary Art”, Art Focus Now, 23 August 2024;
2023
– Alexey Tarkhanov, “Antoshina and Raiders of the Lost Ark”, Art Focus Now, 13 April 2023;
– Anna Tolstova, “Feminism of a Gentle Kind”, Kommersant – Weekend, 1 September 2023;
2022
– Sandra Frimmel, Art Judgments: Art on Trial in Russia after Perestroika, Vernon Press, University of Zurich, ISBN 978-1-62273-277-7;
2019
– Feminist Interpretations of Witches and the Witch Craze in Contemporary Art by Women_Katy Deepwell for special issue of Pomegranate: international Journal of Pagan Studies on Paganisms, Art and Fashion (vol 21, no. 2 (2019) pp.146-171,
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/POM/article/view/37942
2018
– Astrid Köhler, “Déjà-vu-Effekte. Intertextualität und Erinnerung in inszenierter Fotografie” eBook ISBN: 9783839443873, Translate Verlag (Visual Formulas in Staged Photographs – in the Work of Rita Nowak, Tatiana Antoshina, and Sam Taylor-Johnson)
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839443873/html#overview
2015
– 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, “All the World’s Futures,” Biennale Arte 2015, ISBN 978-88-317-2128, pp. 114–115, 284;
– National Pavilion of the Republic of Mauritius: From One Citizen You Gather an Idea, Maretti Editore, ISBN 978-88-98855-44-5, pp. 27–29, 34, 42–47, 123;
– Lena Jonson, Art and Protest in Putin’s Russia, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781317542995, pp. XII, 207, 227, 240, 261;
– Dukley European Art 2015 Community Annual Report, ISSN 2337-0777, pp. 222–226, 327, 357;
2014
– Guido Isekenmeier, Interpiktorialität: Theorie und Geschichte der Bild-Bild-Bezüge, Transcript Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8376-2189-1, Viola Hildebrand-Schat, “Appropriation oder Simulacrum?”, pp. 229–233;
– Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0415758629, pp. 19, 42–43;
– 100×100=900 Project, Magmart Festival, Lulu.com, ISBN 9781291696080;
2013
– “Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture”, Smorodinskaya, Karen Evans-Romaine and Helena Goscilo, Routledge, ISBN 1136787852, 9781136787850, p. 19, 42–43;
2012
– Gender Check, MUMOK, ISBN 978-3-86560-783-6, pp. 306–307, 374;
– IWMPost, N110 may – august 2012 (magazine cover), http://files.iwm.at/IWMpost_110.pdf
– Architectural Inventions: Visionary Drawings, ISBN 978-1-78067-005-8, pp. 4, 17, 141, 321, 374;
2010
– 2010 Année Russe. Galerie Vallois, Sculptures, Paris, pp. 18–25;
2008
– Editions du Regard, «DICTIONNAIRE INTERNATIONAL DE LA SCULPTURE MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAINE», Alain Monvoisin, Paris;
2004
– Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, Oxford University Press, pp. 406–407;
– Brian Dillon, “Tatiana Antoshina”, Modern Painters, Summer 2004, pp. 120–121;
2003
– I.S. Kon «The Male Body in the History of Culture». SLOVO, Moscow, ISBN: 5-85050-704-3, pp. 378, 382;
2001
– Francesca Piovano, Art-Forum, CVA, Issue 33, 2001;
– “Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures. Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia and Latvia”, Renee Baigell and Matthew Baigell, Jane Voorhees Ziemmerly Art Museum and Rutgers University Press, NJ, ISBN:0-8135-2946-8, p. 55;
2000
– Rod Mengham «The refugee aesthetic?» TATE, issue 20, 2000