Olya Pegova (VeIiky Novgorod) is a visual artist, photographer. In her artistic practice, she uses photography and installation. She works on long-term projects, addressing themes of memory, identity, and the social landscape.
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EDUCATION
2024 The course More Than a Project: Artistic Research Laboratory
2023 The Photo Basis printing practices laboratory for professional photographers and artists who work with photography. Vaults Centre for Artistic Production, Moscow, Russia
2022-2023 Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), School of Contemporary Art Free Workshops, Moscow, Russia
2022 Maria Morina and Yana Romanova’s course “More Than a Show, ” St. Petersburg, Russia
2021 Maria Morina and Yana Romanova’s course ”More Than a Project”, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017-2020 School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc, St. Petersburg, Russia
2007 Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy, Veliky Novgorod, Russia
RESIDENCIES
2024 ”Friends of the Vaults”, Vaults Centre for Artistic Production, Moscow, Russia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Kunststück”, Pennlab Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2022 “Kunststück”, “Innovative Cultural Center (ICC)” Kaluga, Russia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2024 “Ideal Forms and Living Reality”, HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow, Russia
2024 “TOO MUCH”, The Ruarts Foundation, Moscow, Russia
2024 Exhibition of participants in the programs of the Vaults Centre for Artistic Production, “Invisible Routines”, The Vaults Centre for Artistic Production, Moscow, Russia
2024 Graduates Exhibition of the Print Practices Laboratory at the Vaults Centre for Artistic Production, Pennlab Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2023 “Open, Close, Repeat”, Creative Industries Center “Fabrika” (CTI Fabrika), Moscow, Russia
2023 “Hidden Features”, “Logovo” Space, Moscow, Russia
2023 ”Species traits”, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Moscow, Russia
2021 ”Home”, Ivanovo, Russia
2020 The International Photography Festival PHOTO IS: RAEL, Israel, Tel Aviv
2020 212 Photography Istanbul, Akaretler, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 The Censored Exhibition, Сopenhagen Photo Festival, online exhibition
2019 The World Biennial of Student Photography, Museum of Contemporary Arts of Vojvodina (MoCAV), Novi Sad, Serbia
2019 International Biennale of photography “PhotoVisa”, Gallery Krasnodar, Krasnodar, Russia
AWARDS & PARTICIPATION
2023-2024 Winner: “The regular programme of the GES-2 House of Culture for supporting Russian artists, working in the field of visual culture”, Moscow, Russia
2021 Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi, Georgia / short-listed
2021 Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, N.Ireland / short-listed
2020 International Image Festivаl “Getxophoto”, Getxo, Spain / short-listed
2020 The CitiesToBe Photo Award, Barcelona, Spain / the 10 Honorary Mentions
2019 The World Biennial of Student Photography, Novi Sad, Serbia / winner, 3rd place
2019 International Biennale of photography “PhotoVisa”, category “Photo project”, Krasnodar, Russia / short-listed
2019 The Art of Building Photographer of the Year competition, Bracknell, UK / short-listed
PUBLICATIONS
The Calvert Journal, F-Stop Magazine (Featured artists: portfolio 2021), Republic, FK Magazine, The Eye of Photography, С41