Kristina Syrchikova visual artist

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Kristina Syrchikova (b.1992) is a visual artist, a curator, an educator. Her work primarily focuses on social and human rights issues in post-Soviet space.

Kristina studied information technology in parallel with contemporary photography at the FotoDepartament. Institute and post-documentary photography at the DocDocDoc School in St Petersburg.

Kristina' work has been recognized with many industry awards such as New Talents, The Kolga Photo Award, Efremov Report Photography Competition, ESPY Photography Award, Young photographers of Russia among others.

Books by Kristina are in the collections of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Russia), TATE (UK), Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (USA), Photo Elysée (Switzerland), Hasselblad Foundation (Sweden), Phoenix Art Museum (USA), Maison Européenne de la Photographie (France).

Based in Samara, Russia.


Kristina Syrchikova:

“I'm a visual artist working with photography and installation.

My artistic practice is based on documentary photography, I believe that reality is more creative than any fiction. I develop Diane Arbus’s method of ‘scrutiny' in everyday life, but in contemporary context. I make images that create personal narrative of ordinary people from Russian regions. I am especially interested in such human issues as family memories, separation, religion, pain, acceptance and non-acceptance of fate.

I also curate a school of photography in Victoria, a gallery of contemporary art situated in Samara, Russia. I help ordinary local residents to create personal art projects on significant topics: masculinity, influence of environment, collective and personal traumas, corporeality and death. At the end of each school year together with the workshop participants we create an exhibition, I help emerging artists to edit their projects and select the most appropriate exposition form for their artworks.

All my art practice can be expressed in the phrase: “The ‘little man’s' stories are worth to be told”.

Based in Samara, Russia

kristina@syrchikova.name

Publications

Musee Magazine (USA), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Der Greif (Germany), COLTA.RU (Russia), Takie Dela (Russia), IM Magazine, F-Stop Magazine, Positive Magazine, Echo of Moscow (Russia), Snob (Russia), Expert, DOT photozine (USA), Foto&video, dekoder, Science and Life (Russia), Russian reporter, PERFORMANCE, Lenscratch, Splash & Grab, Bird In Flight, Dodho Magazine, Lenta.ru, Plateform magazine, FOG (Germany), London Independent Photography, Russian Life.

Exhibitions and screens (selected)

2023
Nizina, Prografika, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2023
Zherdela, Center for Contemporary Art Makaronka, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
2022−2023
Photobook: document, history, object, Pennlab gallery, Moscow, Russia
2022
Koreshki, Fab.8 space, Novosibirsk, Russia
2022
Koreshki, CCA Ogon, Irkutsk, Russia
2021
Alternative Realities, Projektraum Galerie M, Berlin
2021
Family Values, as part of the VII Moscow International Biennale For Young Art, On Peschanaya Exhibition Hall Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020
Post/DIGITAL/, Tolyatti
2019
30 Under 30 Women Photographers, Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France
2019
Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2018, After Nyne Gallery, London, England
2019
30 Under 30 Women Photographers, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France
2019
Not Passing Witness, HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, Vega and Cinemateket, Oslo, Norway
2018
Reverse perspective, organised by Contemporary Art Festival Art subject, Vladimir, Russia
2017
Asian Women Photographers' Showcase, Objectifs, Chapel Gallery, Singapore
2017
R-evolution — Immagina Lanciano 2017, Polo Museale Santo Spirito, Lanciano, Italy
2017
Orvieto Fotografia 2017, Palazzo Coelli, Orvieto, Italy
2016
Invasion, PhotoVisa, Typography Cultural Center, Krasnodar, Russia
2016
Third Documentary Photography Days, Photography Foundation of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey (screen)
2016
Evolution of sight. 1991−2016, Photobiennale 2016, Central exhibition hall Manege, Moscow, Russia (screen)
2016
Micro Slideluck Graz, Graz, Austria (screen)
2016
The Kolga Photo Award, organised by Kolga Tbilisi Award, Georgia
2016
Slideluck Bydgoszcz, в рамках Vintage Photo Festival 2016, Bydgoszcz, Poland (screen)
2015
ESPY award, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Great Britain (screen)
2015
Portrait Salon 2015, The Embassy Tea Gallery, London
2015
Funeral dress, solo exhibition in the framework of International festival of photography “Photoparade in Uglich”, Uglich, Russia
2015
Photomania, The Baltic Photo Biennale, Kalinigrad, Russia
2015
Young man in the 21st century, Kaunas, Lithuania
2015
The 5th World Biennial of Student Photography, Novi Sad, Serbia
2015
Young photographers of Russia-2015, Pushchino, Russia
2015
SLIDELUCK Manila II, Quezon City, Philippines (screen)
2014
PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia
2014
Young photographers of Russia-2014, Plyos, Russia
2013
Young photographers of Russia, Vilnius Gallery of Photograhy, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013
Without barriers, Gallery “FotoSoyuz”, Moscow, Russia
2013
Three views, Museum of Art Nouveau, Samara, Russia
2013
Young photographers of Russia-2013, Plyos, Russia
2012
Youth of Russia-2012, Moscow, Russia

Grants and awards (selected)

2019
30 Under 30 Women Photographers (selected)
2018
The Month of Photography Festival 2018, Slovakia (finalist)
2018
Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2018, England (shortlisted)
2017
XVI Youth Delphic Games Russia (gold medal)
2016
XV Youth Delphic Games Russia (gold medal)
2016
The Kolga Photo Award, organised by Kolga Tbilisi Award, Georgia (shortlisted)
2016
New Talents, organised by Belgrade Photo Month, Serbia (shortlisted)
2015
ND Awards 2015, Photojournalism / Story nomination (honorable mention)
2015
Efremov Report Photography Competition, Federal reportage nomination (second place)
2015
X Open Youth Delphic Games of the CIS Member States (gold medal)
2015
XIV Youth Delphic Games Russia (gold medal)
2015
MIFA Photo Awards 2015, Editorial-Photo Essay nomination (honorable mention)
2014
Young photographers of Russia 2014 (winner)
2014
International festival of photography “Photoparade in Uglich” (winner of portfolio review)
2014
XIII Youth Delphic Games Russia (gold medal)
2014
I Open Youth European Delphic Games (gold medal)
2013
State grate in the arts and culture for creative projects
2013
XII Youth Delphic Games Russia (gold medal)
2013
VIII Open Youth Delphic Games of the CIS Member States (gold medal)
2013
Young photographers of Russia 2013 (winner)
2012
Russian photo contest “Youth of Russia-2012” (grand prix)

Collections

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia
TATE Library, UK
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, USA
Photo Elysée, Switzerland
Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden
Phoenix Art Museum, USA
Josef Chladek, Austria
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, France
Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (PERMM), Russia
The State Russian Museum, Russia

Education

2018−2020
“Sreda Obucheniya” Higher School — Contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
2016−2017
School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2014−2017
Fotodepartament Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2009−2015
Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering — Information Systems and Technology, Samara, Russia
2010−2014
Academy for Photography, Samara, Russia

Curatorial projects

2022
After photography, Victoria art gallery, Samara, Russia
2021
Habitat, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, co-curated by Ksenia Kasko, Ekaterina Lazareva and Anastasia Senozatskaya
2020
Glow of (Im)possible, Hidden Garden, London, UK, co-curated by Ksenia Kasko and Anastasia Senozatskaya
2019
New artists, Victoria art gallery, Samara, Russia, co-curated by Sergey Balandin and Oksana Stogova
2018
New artists, Victoria art gallery, Samara, Russia, co-curated by Sergey Balandin and Oksana Stogova
2017
New artists, Victoria art gallery, Samara, Russia, co-curated by Sergey Balandin and Oksana Stogova

Teaching experience (selected)

2016−2022
Victoria art gallery, Samara, Russia
2017
Visiting lecturer, School of vangard, Samara, Russia