Draft:Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov

Ilya Fedorov, better known as Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov (Russian: Илья Федотов-Федоров; born 18 June 1988) is Russian interdisciplinary artist based in New York, with a background in genetic bioengineering and philology, primary working with painting, sculpture and video. In his works, he explores the themes of otherness, human ecology, and body. Fedotov-Fedorov is a laureate and nominee of numerous residencies, awards, and grants. Works with galleries, conducts lectures, mentoring and master classes. Early life Remembering his childhood in Moscow, Fedotov-Fedorov notes, “dealing with the exclusion I encountered as a queer and often sickly child, I played mostly with insects, and spent my time watching cartoons and biological movies. Slowly, it became easier to think that I could be an animal rather than human. This exhibition is about loneliness and otherness; about interspecies connections, disassociation with your own body, and trying to become someone else.” The particular interest in creatures of any kind held by the artist has influenced his practice dramatically, and observing the insects’ and animals’ motions and interactions has thoroughly animated his art.

Education ICA Moscow, Russia Department of bioengineering and philology in the RUDN University, Moscow, Russia Emigration Since 2014, Fedotov-Fedorov began to have solo and group shows that surveyed and intertwined the ecologies of queerness and nature, which was challenging in Russia due to societal censorship and anti-LGBTQ+ laws. In 2021, realizing it was unsafe to keep living and working there, he relocated to New York City . Artistic approach In his work, Fedotov-Fedorov employs choreography based on the movements of insects to blur the perceptible boundary between the Human and the Other. He dismantles social constructs that obstruct self-identification outside the realm of normality.

Selected solo exhibitions Museum of skins - Ncontemporary gallery, Milan, Italy, 2024 Snake changing skin - Fragment Gallery, NYC, USA, 2023 The Moth and the Bat Flying to the Light, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2021 Till Nature Us part, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France, 2019 Justine Emard, Rites De Passage, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France, 2018 Collection of Pink Book No2,The State Biology Museum K.A. Timiryazev, Moscow, Russia, 2018 Preservation Instinct, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA, 2018 Poisons Museum, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2018 Nonatu 3\4 space, Bern, Switzerland, 2017 Preservation Instinct, part of the 7th Moscow International Biennale, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2017 Closed Systems or Nothing about Tardigrades,5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia, 2016 Collection of the Pink Book, Museum ART4, Moscow, Russia, 2016 Umbracle the City of Arts and Sciences by S. Calatrava Metamorphosis, Spain, Valencia, 2015 Homo Sapiens Lonely – Homo Sapiens Solitarius, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia, 2015 Social Experiment, Gallery WEART, Moscow, Russia, 2014 Residencies and awards Skowhegan school of art - Maine, USA, 2023 ISCP New - York, USA, 2022 Arts Exchange Programme Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland,2021 ɬɾąŋʂɠɛŋıƈ ɧƙı — Transgenic space, supported by HIAP, Helsinki, Finland, 2021 Pro Helvetia grant, Geneva, Switzerland, 2020 The State Innovation Award in Contemporary Art 2020, winner in the New Generation category, Russia Nominee by Clémentine Deliss for The Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize, Porto, Portugal, 2019 Cité internationale des arts (Paris, France), 2019 Special Prize of the State Innovation Award in Contemporary Art 2018 in the New Generation category, Moscow, Russia, 2018 Residency at the Van Eyck Academy and Vroman Fellowship, Maastricht, Netherlands Residency at the Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium Residency at AFEW International, Culture Initiative fund, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018 Residency residency.ch, Bern, Switzerland Residency Centre D’ArteLa Rectoria, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Permanent collections The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia MMOMA - Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia Credit Suisse Collection, Zurich, Switzerland Museum ART4, Moscow, Russia Selected group exhibition

Beyond the clouds - Villa Altieri - Rome, Italy, 2023 BEHIND ABSTRACT FORMS - Fragment gallery, NYC, USA, 2023

In the Field of the Other, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA, 2022 X-Nowness, Basel Art Center, Basel, Switzerland, 2022 Vera Karaoke, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, Finland, 2021 Angels of the Wonderful World of Dissocia, Charraudeau gallery, Paris, France, 2021 Slowly Arriving, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland, 2021 New Elements, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2021 Winter House, Vera Wessels, Zurich, Switzerland, 2021 APPETIZERS, Group Exhibition at Schloss Leuk, Leuk Switzerland, 2021 10,000 Years Oslo Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland, 2021 Museum of Artificial History, The Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2021 I Guess I Die Another Day, CCCCCOMA, Berlin, Germany, 2020 Master Tools is Curated by Riksa Afiaty, Jan van Eyck academie, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2019 Immortality, 4th Ural Industrial Biennale, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2019 Constructed Situations, Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Venice, Italy, 2019 Bio Technology, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 2019 Éloge de la Curiosité, Galerie Henri Chartier, Lyon. France, 2019 Cybernetic Forest — BioLAB, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2018 Workshops`17.Sacred Geography to Non-Place, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 2017 Hurrah! Sculpture! Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2017 Starting Point, part of the 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, FABRIKA, Moscow, Russia, 2016 The City in Personal Time, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia New Malachite Box, Ural branch of the National Center for Contemporary Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2016 Non-official Language Only, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia, 2016 Reflect, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia, 2016 View, Аnna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Science Art Week, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2015 Military Museum, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia, 2015 Holiday, The Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 2015 Art Logistics, Gallery Change, Kazan, Russia, 2015 Development of Freedom, CSI Factory, Moscow, Russia, 2015 Research Institute, Solyanka Visual & Performing Arts Center, Moscow, 2014 Russia Media Poetry, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia, 2014 The New Wave, Gallery MSK Eastside Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2014 Fake, Gallery Random, Moscow, Russia, 2014

References

1. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, a Stranger in a Strange World, artfocusnow.com 2. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, Fragment gallery 3. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov Interviewed, BOMB Magazine 4. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov: Snake Changing Skin, Artseen

5. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, Vroman Fellow, Jan Van Eyck Academy

6. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, Portfolio page, BioArt Laboratories 7. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov Interviewed by Elizaveta Shneyderman, www.elizaveta.biz 8. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, Russian Investment Art Rating, 49 Art, 9. Poisons Museum: Sculptural Critiques by Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, www.scene360.com 10. NONATU, Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, DREIVIERTEL