Varvara Grankova

Varvara Grankova (born 1988) graduated from the National Design Institute, School of Contemporary Art “Free Workshops”, “Open studios” of Winzavod. Participated in numerous group exhibitions since 2012. She had her first solo exhibition “Nonviolence” in Moscow Museum of Moscow Art (MMOMA) in 2018. Varvara has become the finalist of Arte Laguna 2020 in the category of virtual art. Winner of the Tretyakov Prize, participant of the first Feminale of Contemporary Art. She’s a member of the performing art group ROY. Varvara’s works are in the MMOMA collection.

Varvara is interested social issues and the mechanisms of relations between people. She works with the trauma, both personal and collective, exploring what kind of imprint leaves a historical and cultural context on the virtual forms of modern relations. Her projects are often based on the real stories of people collected through personal meetings. Dialogue is not only a way of research, but also as a form of expression: her projects are often interactive and created by the audience during the exhibition.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Nonviolence, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, as part of the “Debut” programm (Moscow)

GROUP EXHIBITION

2021
Arte Laguna prize. the Nappe of the Arsenale Nord, Venice (Italy)

2020
Coscoscow art fair, Balkon gallery, Moscow (Russia)
Alternative Reality, Nochlezhka, Moscow (Russia)

2019
First Feminalle of contemporary art, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
Look at Yourself, Na Peschanoy gallery, together with ROY, Moscow (Russia)
ART fem fest «-КА». Winzavod, Moscow (Russia)
«Dismorphophobia», Moscow Museum of Modern Art, together with ROY, Moscow (Russia)
Belief in the Deep Crisis, Victoria gallery, Samara (Russia)
These Waking Dreams, Tula Regional Fine Art Museum, together with ROY, Tula (Russia)
International Festival of Digital Arts Videoformes, CTI ПRОЕКТ_FАБRИКА, together with ROY, Moscow (Russia)
Moscow Conceptualism. Connection, ARTPLAY, Moscow (Russia)

2018
VIDEOBARDO Festival, together with ROY, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
My Hair, My Precious, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, together with ROY, Moscow (Russia)

2017
Guilty!, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (Russia)
Between Us. Space of Memories, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (Russia)
Personal Connections, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (Russia)
Procrastination, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (Russia)

2016
Portrait of Happy People, ВЗ Gallery on Taganka, Moscow (Russia)
With the Feet in the Water, with the Head in the Clouds, ВЗ Gallery on Taganka, Moscow (Russia)
City to the Artists, Artists to the City, Museum of Moscow, Moscow (Russia)

2015
Motto-Slogan-Tag, CTI ПRОЕКТ_FАБRИКА, Moscow (Russsia)

2012
The Triumph of Kaiss. Dedicated to Marcelle Duchamp, State Tretyakov Gallery, New Tretyakov, Moscow (Russia)