EVGENIYA TARABRINA
science’n’space inspired photography and paintings
Evgeniya Tarabrina
Artist, photographer. Based in Moscow.
1998-2004 Art class of the State autonomous educational institution of Moscow city "School No. 548 "Tsaritsyno"
2004 - 2010 Moscow State University of Printing Arts
2012 - 2015 Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia
08.2020 - 03.2021 East Asian Painting and Calligraphy Workshop "Chainka". (Sequential study of suibokuga ink painting)
04.2021 - 08.2021 East Asian Painting and Calligraphy Workshop "Chainka". (Special techniques of suibokuga ink painting)
09.2021 - 01.2022 Oriental arts workshop "Chainka" (Oriental composition specifics)
Group exhibitions:
«На заборе (тоже написано) / ON THE WALL», pavilion “BALAGANCHIK: Circus Shanty” at The Wrong biennale in metaverse, 2023-24.
"Земля. Версия 23. Перерождение / Earth. Ver. 22.23. Re:born", State Darwin Museum, Moscow, 2023
“Сказки зимы: между сном и явью / Tales of Winter: Between Dream and Reality", Lines.Space, St. Petersburg, 2023.
«Оранжевое настроение / Orange mood», EOS Laboratorio delle Arti, Parma, 2022.
«Идеальное лето / perfect summer», Lines, St. Petersburg, 2022.
"Теплый ветер с востока/Warm wind from east", Meridian cultural center, Moscow, 2022
"Космос.Love/Cosmos.Love", ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow, St. Petersburg, 2017
"Осмысляя границы/Learning Margins", Sergey Kuryokhin Centre for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, 2015
"Что говорить когда нечего говорить/What to say when there is nothing to say" (The Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia graduates' 2015 exhibition), Udarnik, Moscow, 2015
"Метафизика в русском искусстве/Metaphysics in Russian Art", Erarta Galleries, London, 2014
"Территория ZOO-ART - искусство между животным и человеческим/Territory ZOO-ART - Art between animal and human", National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow, 2014
"Modus operandi", National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow, 2014
"Необходимость пейзажа/Necessity of landscape", National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow, 2014
"Двенадцать задумывающихся фотографов/Twelve Reflecting Photographers", Parallel events of The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, 2014
"Лучше руки нет/No better than hand ", prints from manual printing workshop, Exhibition Hall of the Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia Rodchenko, Moscow, 2014
"Необходимость пейзажа/Necessity of landscape", Exhibition Hall of the Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia Rodchenko, 2014
"Flowers", gallery "Krysha", Moscow, 2013
"Modus operandi", Exhibition Hall of the Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia Rodchenko, 2013
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Creating photographs and paintings, I get inspiration from science and space exploration. I would like to show once again with my practice that space research and science are not at all "some distant incomprehensible” studies, but the closest and most relevant ones. For example, the barely pronounced “room-temperature superconductivity” is going to accelerate today’s transport and lift it above the ground in the near future. Moreover, the search for other planets suitable for life is not at all entertainment, it has become an urgent need, given how much we have littered and polluted our own Earth.
Passion for astronomy and physics has shaped my approach to art practice: I prefer to plan, calculate, accurately measure and control everything. An introvert with an engineering mindset — that is about me. If I were a book, it would be a science-fiction novel like Lem’s, Asimov’s or Peter Watts’s.
Currently I am working on paintings - contemporary abstract canvases - spectacular views of space. I also practice traditional Japanese ink painting: gyotaku (imprint of fish) and suiboku-ga (ink wash painting, better known as sumi-e).
I studied in an art class at high school, then attended a number of photography courses and graduated from the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. My works were presented at exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Moscow and London. I have also participated in filming and major photo projects.
© Evgeniya Tarabrina 2018