Yana Tarakanova
A young Russian artist. Born in 1995 in Zelenograd. Currently lives in Bratislava in Slovakia.
In February 2023, in Paris, I took part in an exhibition dedicated to women political prisoners. For participating in this exhibition, I received personal gratitude from the mayor’s office of Paris.
On September 13, 2023, an auction was held in support of political prisoners from the «Yabloko» («Apple») party, in which 2 of my works were presented, each of which was sold for more than $1000; in total, more than 3 million rubles were collected during the auction.
I am currently working on a large NFT charity project from the «Mir Fragmenta» («World of Fragment) agency, together with the «Podari Zhizn» («Gift a Life») Charity Foundation.
Personal exhibitions:
2020 – “Matches” – “Nikolsky Passage” – Moscow, Russia
2021 – “Matches” – “Art space NAZAVOD” – Moscow, Russia 2021
– “Pizdets Station” – “Garkundel Art Center” – St. Petersburg, Russia
2022 – “9th dream of Vasily Semenovich” – “Center for Contemporary Art” – Veliky Novgorod, Russia
2023 – “Our time is gone” – Panoctopus gallery – Bratislava, Slovakia
2023 – “Barbie Yaga” – Haze Gallery – Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions:
2020 – “Krukrynoksy” – “Here on Taganka” – Moscow, Russia 3
2020 – “The Worst Summer” – “Kristall” Factory, exhibition of the Association of the Worst Artists – Moscow, Russia
2020 – “Negative GDP growth”, exhibition of the Association of the Worst Artists – Moscow, Russia 2020 – “Melancholy” – The building of the Catherine’s Assembly, St. Petersburg, Russia
2021 – “Lowkey” – “Dordor Gallery” – New York, USA
2021 – “Chess in Art” – “Russian Pavilion EXPO 2020 in Dubai” – Dubai, United Emirates
2021 – “Roman Holidays” – “Santa Chiara Murano” – Milan, Italy
2022 – Charity “Art Festival Khorovod” – open-air vernissage in support of Ukraine – Bratislava, Slovakia
2022 – Berlin Affordable Market, BAAM MOOS Space; 1000 works, from 100€ to 2000€, took part in the exhibition – Berlin, Germany
2023 – “Exhibition of works participating in the antiwartober Feminist anti-war resistance” – Berlin, Germany
2023 – “Exhibition dedicated to women victims of the Putin regime” – Paris, France
2023 – “Annual Women’s Exhibition” – Gallery “Svinnoye Rylo” (Pork Snout) – St. Petersburg, Russia
2023 – Berlin Affordable Market, BAAM MOOS Space, Space; 1000 works, from 100€ to 2000€, took part in the exhibition – Berlin, Germany
2023 – “Noah’s Ark”, Zurab Tsereteli Gallery – Moscow, Russia
Collections:
Many of her works are now in personal collections around the world, including Holland, USA, Switzerland, Latvia, Slovakia, UK and Russia. Some of her NFTs are also kept by world-famous collectors such as Vincent Van dough.
About the works:
In many of my works, I try both to reveal the idea that artists light a fire in people, passing it on to each other, and to note some funny details, cases of synchronicity in our lives, when the magical enters our world, making us smile at amazing coincidences.