Alyona (1981) is a visual artist working with documentary and art photography, video and installations. Сurrently based in Moscow.
Alyona’s artistic studies are focused on the interaction between a person and society based on fears and mythologemes; the transformation of a modern humanistic relation to death, as well as preservation and study of collective memory.
Selected group shows
2019 Uhal / 4-storey Red October Sunday gallery / Moscow / Russia
2013 The Story of the Creative / New York City Gallery / New York / USA
2011 Tajikistan@20 / Apricot Gallery / London / United Kingdom
2011 Fotovisa finalist's show/ Fotovisa 2011/ Krasnodar / Russia
2010 Photo Festival Collective exhibition / Uglich / Russia
Awards
2011 Photovisa Awards / Finalist / Krasnodar / Russia
2015 Uglich Photo Festival / 1st place / Russia
Education
2021-2022
— Contemporary art strategies, curated by Karolina Peskisheva
2018-2020
— Collage as a self-sufficient artistic technique, curated by Tatiana Almond / Moscow / Russia
— Experiences of a modern photographу / Docdocdoc School of Contemporary Photography / St. Petersburg / Russia
2011-2012
— Photography as a research / Photodepatmnent Buro / St. Petersburg / Russia
— Practise and theory of a modern photography / Photodepatmnent Buro / St. Petersburg / Russia
2009-2011
— Course on Photojournalism and short film / School of Visual Arts/ Moscow / Russia