Maria Tkachenko — photographer, artist
The world is big and beautiful. I feel like a person of the whole world, a person of the planet. I want every person to have the right to a calm life, in which there is no fear. Every person, no matter what color, religion, gender. I want everyone not to be afraid to live. For everyone to live and enjoy it. I want to see and make art that will change people.
Education:
2024 — Educational routes of the Projection platform, Photodepartment, St. Petersburg
2024 — Course in classic hand binding, Rare Book Academy, St. Petersburg.
2024 — School of modern photography Docdocdoc, course post-documentary photography, St. Petersburg.
2024 — Laboratory for creating photo books NIZINA, St. Petersburg.
2023 — Laboratory of project photography NIZINA, St. Petersburg.
2021 — 2022 — Museum internship at the VMII Mashkova, Volgograd.
Publications:
2024 — Dito Piblishing, Moon, Rome, Italy
2024 — Uncommon.Images zine Changing Times, Ahmedabad, IN
Exhibitions:
2025 — Group Exhibition CONTACTS AND CONNECTIONS, Rome city, Italy
2024 — PHOTOPLAY STREET AWARDS, honorable mentions category, Moskow.
2024 — Intensive and exhibition dedicated to the artist’s book: “Two-Volume Book”, BKC Nota.
2024 — Online Group Exhibition — “Image Within the Image”, Analog Forever Magazine.
2022 — “Everything will be fine”, Museum of Contemporary Art Art-Muse,
St. Petersburg.
2021 — PERS VLG Photo Exhibition “Russian street”, II Mashkov Museum of Fine Arts, Volgograd.
Public speaking and other expieriens:
2024 — Took part of zin-fest: Ground-fest, Moskow; Razvorot, Voronezh; Gerdela, Rostov-on-Don; Stavropol; Nizina, Saint Petersburg.
2024 — Participation in a total installation together with the art group Spichka and Burdock, Volga-fest, Samara.
2024 — Artist-talk as part of the festival, Mashkov Museum of Fine Arts, Volgograd.
Awards:
2024 — PHOTOPLAY STREET AWARDS in the category HONORABLE MENTIONS, Moskow.
