I am a Russian documentary photographer based in Berlin. Moving abroad gave me an opportunity to look differently on my own country and its people's mentality. I started working on projects with the focus on social issues in the countries of the former Soviet Union and explore a shift of the East-European identity beyond the stereotypes. My work was published in News Deeply, NEON, NIDO, Taz.die tageszeitung , Yet magazine, Hintergrund magazine, 6mois, Replica, Deutsche Bahn Magazine and among others. I also was commissioned by Hilfe für Kinder, International Bilderbuch Festival, Refugio - Berliner Stadtmission and German - Kyrgyz Social Start Up KANCHA.
I was one of creators and an editor of OSTLOOK - an online magazine for contemporary photography and other visual practices with the focus on eastern Europe and post Soviet states.
EXHIBITIONS AND NOMINATIONS
2018
Upcoming: 20 - 24 June - "The chosen Family" will be exhibited at the Lumix Festival, Hannover, DE
2-11 March - "The chosen family" is a part of "The ones and the others" in Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2017
3rd place in Vonovia Award in the category Best Photoserie
October 2017 - July 2018 European Journalism Fellowship by Freie Universität Berlin and Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Selected for NOOR Masterclass, Berlin, DE
2016
"The Dreamers" are part of the group exhibition in Maison de la Fotografie, Lille, FR
2015
"The Dreamers" are part of the 9th Bienalle of Photography in Poznan, PL
Finalist of Poznan Photography Award
“Mutching Funds” Scholarship by DAAD
Screening “Taxim ist überall” BERLiSTANBUL Festival, Berlin, DE
2014
Group Exhibition „Confetti for Rostock", Marta Herford Museum, Herford, DE
Group Exhibition “Chapter 2”. Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, DE
Selected for the International workshop “Chapters” between Slovakia, Germany and Finland
