Marina Chernikova (Amsterdam, Moscow) Her ongoing project URBAN SURFING unites experimental photos and videos that have the city as subject and inspiration.
EDUCATION
- European Media Master of Arts in Image Synthesis and Computer Animation from HKU
(Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) Netherlands
- Master of Fine Art in painting from Moscow State Fine Art Academy (Surikov Institute), Russia
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 T R A N S I T I O N, Paquita Escofet Miro space, Paris
2015 URBAN SURFING/Antwerp, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2012 URBAN SURFING/Berlin, site specific video installation at the Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin
2008 YOU’LL SEE WHEN YOU GET THERE, video installation, Foundation Contemporary City, Moscow
2007 ARCHIVES of RAMBLES, video, installation, prints, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2007 URBAN SURFING, video installation, prints, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (catalogue)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS and FESTIVALS
2021
- Now&After’20’21 THE POSSIBILITIE OF COLOR, Winzavod, Moscow
- VisualcontainerTV,
2020
- Collective Immunity, online exhibition, Alexandra de Viveiros Galerie
- 20th anniversary exhibition, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
- Kinetik Art «Moving Force. Now&After», exhibition, St. Petersburg
2019
- Ecoscope, exhibition, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad
2018
- Carnet de Voyage, VIDEOFORMES, Clermont-Ferrand
- From Non-Conformism to Feminisms, Museum of Russian Art (TMORA), Minneapolis
- The Arrival of a Train, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow
2017
- ESPACIO ENTER, ARTECHMEDIA, Canarias
- Videobox Festival at Carreau du Temple, Paris
- HOUSE OF IMPRESSIONS. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
2016
- HOUSE OF IMPRESSIONS. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
- Abstract Cosmos Cods, NCCA Central Volga branch /Samara, Russia
- The Art up. Art in, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
- Directors Lounge, Salvador – Centro Histórico, Brazil
2015
- FIVA - Festival Internacional de Video Arte Buenos Aires
- Where are we going to? Videoart on the City phenomenon, Riesa efau Kultur Forum, Dresden
- Ville et Architecture, VIDEOFORMES, Cinéma Le Rio, Clermont-Ferrand
- Now&After at PhotoVisa Festival, Krasnodar, Russia
- Seeing Sound, NCCA, Special project of the 6th Moscow Biennale, Moscow
- Urban Research, Trecastelli Cinema sotto le Stelle, Nori De’ Nobili Museum, Italy
- City+, Moscow Art Communities, Museum of Moscow
- Ornithology, NCCA, Belyaevo gallery, Moscow
- Monthly Payment, Amsterdam
- NordArt 2015, International Art Exhibition, Büdelsdorf
- Testing Reality, Now&After collection, IVAHM Festival, Madrid
- Kastanjeders, Shabolovka Gallery, Moscow
- artvideoKOELN international, Cologne
- Urban Research Selection, Usina do Gasometro, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2014
- The 11th Busan International Video Festival, Seoul
- The 14th Seoul International NewMedia Festival, Seoul
- Videokunst im Schaufenster, Cologne
- Sub Rosa, exhibition, Darvin State Museum, Moscow
- Urban Research program, Gasthaus zum Bären, Zurich
- Silicon Valley Contemporary, Salamatina Gallery, San Jose, CA
- Memory Migration, International Video Art Festival "Now&After", Moscow, The Best Russian Video Award
- Oslo Screen Festival, International Festival for Video Art
- Urban Research, 6th Berlin International Directors Lounge, the festival for contemporary media and film
- LUCIDA SPACE, exhibition, gallery "Na Kashirke", NCCA, Moscow
2013
- City as Transformer, collection of International Video Art Festival "Now&After", Museum of Moscow,
- Russian Atelier on the Amstel, еxhibition, Hermitage, Amsterdam
- NO LAND’S MEN, exhibition, De Punt, Amsterdam
- Kandinsky Prize 2013, еxhibition of selected nominees, "Udarnik", Moscow
- Migration, exhibition, Museum Center of the RSUH, Special project of the 5th Moscow Biennale, Moscow
- Moscow City, screening, Museum of History of Moscow
- About It, Exhibition, Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow
- TESTING THE CITY, VisualcontainerTV
- City as Transformer, Vizii Festival, Kiev
- URBAN PROCESSES RU, [.BOX], Milan
- KINO-FOTO-LYUDOGUS, exhibition, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- The voice and the chorus, Russian video, De Hallen, Haarlem
2012
- LE BAL, Le Cinéma des Cinéastes, Paris
- 6TH BIG CARTOON FESTIVAL, Russian experimental animation program, Moscow
- Mirror, mirror on the wall..., Exposition de Groupe, Orel Art Gallery, Paris
- Moscow Hub, photohub_Manometr, Moscow
- IMAGEM-CONTATO, MOSTRA SESC DE ARTES 2012, Sao Paulo
- CITY VISIONS, Urban Center Metropolitano, Turin,
- Directors Lounge: Short Cuts to Japan, Black Box Kino Filmmuseum, Duesseldorf
- SKYLINE&SKYLINE, Teatro Studio Krypton di Scandicci, Florence
- Now & After, International Video Art Festival, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
- Ciudad Total / Total City, exhibition, IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencià
2011
- Directors Lounge: Short Cuts to Japan , Duesseldorf, Berlin
- Wynwood Art Fair, Salamatina Gallery, The Margulies Art Warehous, Miami
- No Translations #2 , exhibition, Festival for contemporary culture, Moscow
- Lowave urban videos, Biennale Image et Patrimoine, Nimes, France
- South Butovo / Dormitory district, House of Artists, Special project of the 4th Moscow Biennale
- Women’s Nano, Special project of the 4th Moscow Biennale
- Anthropologizing the Future, Special project of the 4th Moscow Biennale
- 10 ans, Exposition de Groupe, Orel Art Gallery, Paris
- Architettura in Città, Festival, Palazzo Bertalazone di San Fermo, Turin
- To see the sound, exhibition, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- Urban Research, The 7th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Festival for contemporary media and film
2010
- VoTH, Dutch - Russian exhibition, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
- Rencontres Internationales, New cinema and contemporary art festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris
- La scène russe contemporaine, exhibition, ‘Art et Liberté’ space, Charenton-le Pont, France
- Exhibition from collection, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- The History of Gender and Art in Post-Soviet Space, 1989-2009, MMOMA, Moscow
- GogolFest, Kiev
- Piazza dell'Architettura, Museo Revoltella, Trieste
- CERDÀ POSTMETROPOLIS International Congress, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
- Аlla gloria militar! exhibition, Aircraft Gallery, Bratislava
- The Origin of Darwin, exhibition, Darwin Museum, Moscow
- 700IS, International Festival, Reindeerland, Iceland
- Urban Research, 6th Berlin International Directors Lounge, the festival for contemporary media and film
- The City, Open Gallery, exhibition, Moscow
- SUMMA SUMMARUM, exhibition, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2009
- Collection, exhibition, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
- CITY2CITY, Museum of contemporary art, Montreal
- Kandinsky Prize 2008, Exhibition of Selected Nominees, Louise Blouin Foundation, London
- EXPERIMENTAL 3, Cine Nouveau, Festival Suito Aqua Metropolis, Osaka
- Love Video, Gallery Lavra, Kiev
- Ultra-New Materiality, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Special project of the 3rd Moscow Biennale
- Vulnerability, Museum Center of the RSUH, Special project of the 3rd Moscow Biennale
- Dormitory District, exhibition, Special project of the 3rd Moscow Biennale
- CITY2CITY&URBAN VISIONS, Bandjoun Station, Bandjoun, Cameroun
- FiLE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo
- Miden, International Video Art Festival, Kalamata
- BEYOND MEDIA – VISIONS,9. International Festival for Architecture and Media, Florence
- One Minutes Train, Arsenale Novissimo, Biennale Venice
- ART PEOPLE, Art Video International Film Festival (AVIFF), Cannes
- Kurye International Video Festival, Istanbul
- Re:New, Monolith, Copenhagen
- Movie Painting, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- WRO 09,13th Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw
2008
- In Transition, National Center for Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg - Moscow
- Kandinsky Prize 2008, Exhibition of Selected Nominees, Central House of Artist, Moscow
- SHOW OFF, FIAC, Paris
- Nuit Blanche, Art Festival, Paris,
- The Mirror Stage, Limassol, Cyprus
- Kandinsky Prize 2007, Exhibition of Selected Nominees, Palazzo Italia, Berlin
- PUSTO, Video Art Festival, Moscow
- Video Art from collection, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
- 809 INIAF, Three Gorges area, China
- Rencontres Internationales, - personal presentation - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
- Images Contre Nature, Video Festival, Marseille
- Rencontres Internationales, New cinema and contemporary art festival, Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid
- Athens Video Art Festival
- Kandinsky Prize 2007, Exhibition of Selected Nominees, City Hall, Riga
- ART PARIS, Orel Art Gallery, Paris
- VIDEOFORMES Video Festival, Clermont-Ferrand
2007
- BigScreen International Film Festival, Kunming, China
- PHOTOQUAI Biennale Museum du Quai Branly, Paris
- Art Paris – Abu Dhabi, Orel Art Gallery, Emirats Arabes Unis
- Rencontres Internationales, festival, - personal presentation - Jeu de Paume, Paris
- Trunk, the Nordic Art Video Festival, Ostersund,
- Optica, International Festival of Video Art, Gijon, Spain
- Digital Art Festival Rosario, Argentina
- Kandinsky Prize 2007, Exhibition of Selected Nominees, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
- Film eXperience, Amsterdam,
- Shoot Me Festival, Eindhoven,
- Visionaria, International Video Festival, Siena, Italy
- East/West, Orel Art Gallery, Paris, France
- New Angelarium, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
- ExiS-2007, Video-Art Festival, Seoul, Korea
- PUSTO, Video-Art Festival, Moscow
- Rencontres Internationales, New cinema and contemporary art festival, Berlin
- 8 MEDIA FORUM, Moscow International Film Festival,
- Images Contre Nature, Video Festival, Marseille,
- SWAB, Orel Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Rencontres Internationales, New cinema and contemporary art festival, Madrid,
- ART PARIS, Orel Art Gallery, Paris, France
- KATOPTRON, Museum Center of the RSUH, Special project of the 2nd Moscow Biennale
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and FESTIVALS 2000 - 2006
2006 - DISLOCATE, Tokyo; ExiS-2006, Seoul; Kunst-Vlaai, Amsterdam; Film eXperience, Amsterdam; ART TECH MEDIA 06, Spain; VIDEOFORMES, Clermont-Ferrand; VIPER, FILM VIDEO AND NEW MEDIA, Basel; 2005 - BEYOND MEDIA, Florence; ME MYSELF and I, Arti en Amicitiae, Amsterdam; CINEFANTOM, Moscow; Instants Video Festival, Martigues, France; UniMovie, Pescara, Italy; BACKUP Weimar; NUIT BLANCHE, Paris; PUSTO, Moscow; Images Contre Nature, Marseille; 6 MEDIA FORUM, Moscow; VIDEOFORMES Festival, Clermont-Ferrand; Red Shift Festival, New York; 2004 - Médiathèque Cocteau, Massy, France; 4x4, London; 5 MEDIA FORUM, Moscow; Photo Biennale, Moscow; 2003 - Chekhov Theatre Festival, Tokyo; The Screaming Daffodil, Rotterdam; 2002-Arttra, Amsterdam; 2000- Hannover Video project for the Dutch Pavilion
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow;
Moscow Museum of Modern Art;
Moscow House of Photography;
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow;
The Kolodzei Art Foundation, USA;
Foundation Sandretti, Rovereto, Italy.
DVD “City2City”, 2005, works of 10 international artists, “Lowave”, Paris.