Maria Safronova was born in 1979 in the city of Rzhev, Tver region. In 2003 she graduated from the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, in 2011 — the Institute of Contemporary Art and the School of Contemporary Art "Free Workshops". She became the scholar of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in 2003. Included in the Top 100 recognized artists of Russia according to InArt. In 2017, 2018 included in the Russian investment art rating 49ART, representing outstanding contemporary artists under the age of 50 years.
personal exhibitions:
2020
What If? Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018
Experimental field (Gallery 21), WINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2017
Tour of Duty (VLADEY Space) WINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
Past & Present Municipal Cultural Institution "Hall of Culture", Rzew, Russia
2016
Total Private MMOMA / Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015
The Game of General View Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
SUBTITRES Parallel program, The VI Moscow Biennale of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2013
Daily Routine MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
2010
Habitat Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
group exhibitions:
2018
R_E_Volution Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany
Russia. Realism. XXI century The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia
II Novosibirsk International Triennial of Graphics Novosibirsk Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
The Noise of Time National Gallery of the Komi Republic, Syktyvkar, Russia
18 +/- voluntary self-discipline Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
At the edges VDNKh, Pavilion "Optics", Moscow, Russia
Disciplinary spaces Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
Carefully Kids! The Museum of St. Petersburg Art (20th–21st centuries), St. Petersburg, Russia
Perfect age Museum AZ and MOMMA, Moscow, Russia
2017
Bruegel. Inverted world ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow, Russia
The satellite over Monchegorsk MOMMA, Moscow, Monchegorsk’s State Cultural Center, Monchegorsk, Russia
2016
Curator’s Choice Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Look at this world Chinese Museum of Women and Children, Beijing, China
19/92 From the Beginning MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
2015
New Narrators in Russian Art of the 20th – 21st century The State Russian Museum St. Petersburg, Russia
2014
Don’t you know who I am? Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
Exhibition of the Nominees for Kandinsky Prize "Udarnik" cinema house Moscow, Russia
2013
The Study of Researches MMOMA Moscow, Russia
2012
The Rejected Reality Parallel project, The III Biennale of Young Art Moscow, ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow, Russia
Unfinished Analysis Parallel project, The III Biennale of Young Art Moscow, National Centre foe Contemporary Arts / MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
The Rejected Reality Parallel project, the III Youth Biennale, ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow, Russia
Inconclusive analysis Strategic project, the III of the Youth Biennale Moscow, Russia
Friend or foe Parallel project, Project Factory, the III Youth Biennale Moscow, Russsia
Student Art Promt ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow, Russia
Today/Tomorrow MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
2011
Mapping the possible Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Impossible Community MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
2010
On the contrary WINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
awards:
2012
Finalist of Kandinsky Prize
2016
Curator’s Choice at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts annual summer auction, Boston, MA, USA
2015
Winner of Sergey Kurekhin Prize in the nomination "For the Best Work of Visual Art "
public collection:
MMOMA Moscow, Russia
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art St. Petersburg, Russia
The Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Center St. Petersburg, Russia
The Museum of Chinese Women and Children Beijing, China
As well as in a variety of private collections in Russia and abroad
