Born 1995 in Tver, Russia
Lives and works in Cellino Attanasio, Italy
As a result of my versatile education, I became interested in combining different practices, techniques, and materials. Both my artistic practice and academic research used to explore an individual’s inner world, looking for his hidden fears, desires, and dreams, in order to discover how he can survive and find harmony with the world around him. My art is closely related to the theme of existentialism, exploring the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, putting up the viewer to a reality, where every action, gesture, even the most ordinary, acquire a key meaning, and where the gaze is turned inward.
In 2023, parallel to my artistic career, I began my journey as an art instructor, specializing in classical drawing and oil painting as well as working with soft drawing materials and experimental techniques. My teaching approach treats academic drawing as a fundamental basis for any form of art, but at the same time as a fertile ground for experimentation. From this perspective, drawing aims to be the primary means to explore the world and deepen its understanding.
Education and training
2020 BFA - Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy / The Department of Printmaking
2019 Erasmus Program - The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium / The Department of Printmaking
2016 Diploma - The Moscow State Academic Art School (MAXY), Moscow, Russia / The Department of Environmental Design
Solo/duo exhibitions
2024 THROUGH TIMELESS SPACES, duo show with Tian Teng, SENS Gallery, Hong Kong
Group exhibitions
2024 Debut :: Inaugural Open, &Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2023 TO KNOW THE EARTH THROUGH ROOTS (online) curated by Danielle Johnson, Will Chan, Lisa Schilling, Jacob Rhodes and Angelica Aranda, Field Projects Gallery, NY, USA
2023 XX BIENNALE CITTA DI PENNE / TRA L'ESTETICO E IL POLITICO, curated by Antonio Zimarino and Chiara Di Carlo, Penne, Italy
2023 ENSEMBLE, curated by Curating The Young, Chinastraat, Ghent, Belgium
2023 FOCUS on Painting, curated by Ivan D'Alberto, YAG/garage, Pescara, Italy
2022 De Kotroute, curated by Amuseevous, Ghent, Belgium
2020 La Vita dell'Arte, curated by Emanuele Gregolin e Pengpeng Wang, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan, Italy
2019 Premio Stibbert, curated by Enrico Colle, Claudio Rocca, Valentina Gensini, Antonio Natali and Giovanna Uzzani, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
2017 Premio Arte Carlo Farioli, Palazzo Marliani Cicogna, Busto Arsizio, Italy
2016 OPUS MODERNUM, curated by Mikhail Rozanov and Kirill Preobrazhensky, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2015 MAXY 1925-2015/Tradition and modernity, VDNH, Moscow, Russia
2015 OPUS PRACTICUM, Palazzo Panichi, Pietrasanta, Italy
Residencies
2024 REVIVE, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland (forthcoming)
2016 Art residency "OPUS MODERNUM" / CAVP (La Fondazione Arti Visive di Pietrasanta) Pietrasanta, Italy
2015 Art residency "OPUS PRACTICUM" / CAVP (La Fondazione Arti Visive di Pietrasanta) Pietrasanta, Italy
2014 Art residency "OPUS PRACTICUM" / CAVP (La Fondazione Arti Visive di Pietrasanta) Pietrasanta, Italy
Awards
2019 Premio Stibbert, Finalist, Firenze, Italy
2017 Premio Arte Carlo Farioli, Finalist, Busto Arsizio, Italy
Collections
Fondazione La Rocca, Pescara, Italy; YAG/garage, Pescara, Italy; Openbaar Entrepotvoor de Kunsten (OPEK), Leuven, Belgium; A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan, Italy. Private collections in Italy, Russia, Belgium, China, USA and UK.
Publications and press
2023 Artslife, Anzhelika Lebedeva: tra luci e ombre, un luogo chiamato casa, text by Mario Finazzi
2023 Segno D'Abruzzo (special summer issue), /f urbä/, text by Francesca Perniola
2023 Segno (290 March/April 2023), Focus on painting, text by Miriam Di Francesco