Tanika Yezhova (b. 1993, Dzerzhinsk) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, installation, and film. Initially trained in traditional oil painting, she now works across a range of media, refusing to be confined by a single form. Her current interests lie in exploring the relationships between tangible and intangible elements—such as sculpture and digital art—and in uncovering artistic meaning in the empty spaces between objects. Nature, both animate and inanimate, often serves as a point of departure in her work. Themes of intermaterial communication, memory, transformation, and interconnectedness are central to her practice. Some of her works are autobiographical/autofictional.
Education
| since 2023 | Bard College, NY, USA |
| 2021 – 2023 | Smolny College (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St.Petersburg State University), St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2020 – 2021 | Pro Arte Foundation for Culture and Arts, School for Young Artists, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2020 | Contemporary Sculpture Short Course by Ekaterina Sokolovskaya, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2020 | Paideia – School of Interpretation of Contemporary Art, Art Center “Pushkinskaya-10”, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2012 – 2015 | Penza Art College, Penza, Russia |
| 2010 – 2012 | Nizhny Novgorod Art College, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
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Personal Exhibitions and Projects
| 2022 | Biography of the Place, art laboratory at the ecological volunteer campus World Tree Camp, Nickel, Russia |
| 2021 | In This Place, Flowers Will Grow Up, installation at the artist’s studio, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2021 | One Hour to Deadline, PRO ARTE Foundation, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 2020 | Cold, Gallery “Bogorodskoye”, Moscow City Galleries Network, Moscow, Russia |
| 2019 | The Far / Grenseløse, as a part of the Russian-Norwegian festival “Border Free”, Nickel, Russia |
| 2019 | The Rusted North, Visit Center of the Pasvik State Nature Reserve, Nickel, Russia |
| 2015 | Epigraph, Dzerzhinsky Museum of Local Lore, Dzerzhinsk, Russia |
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Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects
| 2025 | Deep Fryer, Bard MFA Staff Show, Fisher Studio Arts, Red Hook, NY, USA |
| 2024 | un-due, Judy Pfaff’s Installation Class, UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook, NY, USA |
| 2024 | Turn the Corner, Judy Pfaff’s Installation Class, UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook, NY, USA |
| 2024 | Contrapposto, Judy Pfaff’s Installation Class, UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook, NY, USA |
| 2023 | SONYASHNIK AUCTION, charity auction for Ukraine, online |
| 2023 | PARAZIT, Borey Art Center, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2022 | Koridor. Border Art Chatt, international project for russian and norwegian artists, online |
| 2022 | 27/4 colour, Smol Gallery, Smolny College, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2021 | Stuffy vs. Blowing, Gallery “Izmailovo”, Moscow City Galleries Network, Moscow, Russia |
| 2021 | Aesthetical Dissensions, Gallery “Namegallery”, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2021 | Migranto: Personal Trajectory, Gallery “Bogorodskoye”, Moscow City Galleries Network, Moscow, Russia |
| 2021 | Art Revolution Taipei – Another Chapter, The Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2020 | Man in Translation, a parallel program of the Polish Film Festival “Vistula”, Gallery “Izmailovo”, Moscow City Galleries Network, Moscow |
| 2020 | Perfopai, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2020 | Environmental Art, Museum of Actual Realism, Tolyatti, Russia |
| 2020 | The Petersburg’s Youth, Saint Petersburg Artists’ Union Exhibition Center, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2019 | Waterscapes, Exhibition of Finalists of the International Online Competition «Water», Camelback Gallery, USA |
| 2018 | The Water Project, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, USA |
| 2014 | Pictures Don’t Grow on Trees, Lermontov Park, Penza, Russia |
| 2014 | ColoRitm, Dzerzhinsky Museum of Local Lore, Dzerzhinsk, Russia |
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Festivals and Art Nominations
| 2024 | Junk Dump Film Festival, Documentary Semi-Finalist (film “Kateryna”, 2023), Museum of the Moving Image, NY, USA |
| 2024 | SmolShorts, International Festival of Student Video Works, long list of the Experimental Documentary category (film “Kateryna”, 2023), St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2023 | SmolShorts, International Festival of Student Video Works, Jury Mention in the Experimental Animation category (film “Puddle’s Story”, co-authored with Maria Pashedko, 2023), St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2022 | Interval Art, short list of the Interval Foundation for the Support and Development of Contemporary Art, St.Petersburg, Russia |
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Art Residencies
| 2019 | Nickel Art Residence, Project “The Rusted North”, Polar Day 2019, Nickel, Russia |
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Curating
| 2025 | Art Box, Red Hook, NY, USA |
| 2023 | GYM, online exhibition, St.Petersburg, Russia |
| 2020 | Perfopai, online platform and a series of events for showing and discussing works, St.Petersburg, Russia |
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Conferences
| 2024 | ASEEES Annual Convention, Panel “Liberal Arts and Sciences Education in Russia: Past and Future”, Paper “Student Film Festival: Past and Future” |
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