VLADA MARKIDANOVA

Born 1990, St Petersburg, Russia
Currently lives and works between Dubai and Jerusalem.

EDUCATION

2008–2014
Stiglitz State Academy of Art and Design, St Petersburg, Russia
MFA in Monumental and Decorative Painting

2018–2020
School of Young Artists, PRO ARTE Foundation, St Petersburg, Russia
Contemporary art theory, installation, performance and interdisciplinary practice

AWARDS & HONOURS

2024
Superioritas Award, Italy — Special Jury Prize

2023
Neatechni Award, Cyprus — Winner, Best Visual Art

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Baba Yaga, Kunsthalle No. 7, St Petersburg, Russia

2021
An Inventory of Vanishing Things, Gallery 2.04, Museum of Nonconformist Art, St Petersburg, Russia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
The Suspense of Opening Grandma’s Mystery Casserole: Chapter One — Absurdity and Humour, STRANGE FIELD, Glasgow, UK

2025
Objects Refusing Their Names, Limassol Municipal Art Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus

2024
The Edge of Recognition, Marina Gisich Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia

2023
Unstable Grounds, V–A–C Foundation, Palazzo delle Zattere, Venice, Italy

2020
Methods of Disappearance, Museum of Nonconformist Art, St Petersburg, Russia

RESIDENCIES & RESEARCH

2020
St Petersburg Art Residency (SPAR), St Petersburg, Russia

SELECTED ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS

2022
Painting, Distance and the Problem of the Surface, Kunsthalle No. 7, St Petersburg, Russia

2021
Surface, Memory and the Unstable Image, PRO ARTE Foundation, St Petersburg, Russia