Art researcher and independent curator based in Paris and New York
Degrees:
Since 2020 — PhD candidate in Art and Science, the Sorbonne University of Paris
2020 — Master’s Degree in Contemporary Art Mediation, University Paris 8
2006 — Master’s Degree in Art History, Saint-Petersburg State University
Research projects:
2022-2023 — ART&AI. Cycle of seminars, with the scientific direction of Olga Kisseva, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
2022 -2023 — FOREST.Fields of application of Artificial Intelligence technology to artistic creation, with the scientific direction of Olga Kisseleva, Institut Acte, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
2020 - in progress — Networks aesthetics. Fields of application of artificial intelligence technology in artistic creation
as a part of PhD research at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
2020 — Images connection in contemporary art exhibitions, University Paris 8
2017 — Intertextuality in textual works of contemporary art, University Paris 8
Curatorial Residencies:
2015 – Curator in Residence program Courant du Monde in Paris (France), in the frame of
the program of the Arts Center Maison des cultures du Monde and Ministry of Culture of
France
2012 – Curator in Residence program at the Centre Pompidou-Metz (France), in the frame of
EUNIC (The European Union National Institutes for Culture) program
Exhibitions and curatorial projects :
2023 - Co-curator of the exhibition "From Paul to Paul", Galerie Maxime Flatry, Paris
2023 - Co-curator of the exhibition "Perspectives", Galerie Maxime Flatry, Paris
2022 - Curator of the exhibition and round table "Avant-Garde Diaries : Exploring Malevich's Legacy",
The St. Peter International Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, (Italy)
2021 - Curator of the exhibition "Recyclage des formes", Espace Voltaire, Paris (France)
2019
Co-curator "The Common Goal Philosophy Project". Cosmoscow / GUM-Red Line Gallery, Moscow,
(Russia)
Curator of the exhibition "How to Learn the Upside Down World?" by Gosha Ostretsov, NK Gallery,
Antwerp, (Belgium)
2018
Curator of "the Artefacts" exhibition by Alexander Pogorzhelsky, NK Gallery, Antwerp, (Belgium).
Curator of the "Two ways" exhibition, The St. Peter International Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, (Italy)
2016
Co-curator of the exhibition Traces des hommes, in the frame of The 1st Subversive Film Festival
Metz, (France)
Curator of the Public Art program of the Access Point Festival of Arts in Saint Petersburg (Russia).
Curator of the Repast Exhibition by Andrey Filippov, Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-
Petersburg (Russia)
2015
Curator of the Intertext Exhibition, Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg (Russia).
Curator of the Pink box. Exhibition of VGLAZ group, Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-
Petersburg (Russia)
Curator of the And Paris was the gift Exhibition by Oscar Rabine, Erarta museum of contemporary art,
Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
Curator of the Interspace, Russian-British art project, Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-
Petersburg (Russia)
Curator of the Engineers of the art, the Parallel project of the biennale of contemporary
art MANIFESTA 10, Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
2014
Curator of the After the comics Exhibition about comics influence on contemporary visual art, Erarta
museum of contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg; Novgorod center for contemporary art, Novgorod (Russia)
Curator of the Structures of the time, Exhibition by Dmitry Plavinsky, Erarta museum of
contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg, (Russia)
2013
Curator of the View East, View West, as a part of the project the Netherlands-Russia year 2013,
Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
2012
Exhibition Mitki in the Space, The Museum of Space, Moscow (Russia)
2011-2013
Curator of the program Museum night, Museum of the Mitki association, Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
2010
Curator of The Exhibition Conversation with the executioner by Mikhail Shemyakin, DiDi art gallery,
Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
Curator of the summer festival of young artist Ascent, DiDi art gallery, Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
Speaker:
October 2022 - “Aesthetic forms of dynamic network structures”, AI and artistic creation. The creativity of future communities, October the 26th, 2022., Sorbonne University, Centre Pantheon, Paris (France)
September 2022 - “FOREST project Aesthetic forms of dynamic network structures”, FEMeeting 2022- International conference Women in Art Science and ArtTech', Centro de Arte e Cultura - Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Evora (Portugal)
April 2022 - “Collaborative art practices and network principal in art creation”, Can art fix the world?, 59 Venise Biennale, with the collaboration with the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, Fondamente Nove, 5038, Venise
April 2021 - "Aesthetic and poetic principles of networks: collective intelligence as a creative ecosystem", conference at the research seminar Art & Sciences, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
February 2015 - "Russian non-conformist art", the conference in the framework of the exhibition of the artist Oscar Rabine, curator Elizaveta Shagina, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg.
February 2014 - "Painting and Comics", the lecture: Dialogue of Plastic Art and Comics, within the exhibition "After the Comics", curator Elizaveta Shagina, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg.
Conferences organization:
2022 October - December Art & AI cycle of conference, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Within the framework of the ART&AI research seminar, a series of conferences on the theme of Fields Of Application Of Artificial Intelligence Technology; (with the participation of professors and lecturers from University of Lille, CNRS: University of Paris 8, Lip 6 Laboratory of Sorbonne University)
2021 (April) - organizer of the conference : Aesthetics of networks,
within the framework of the research seminar Art & Sciences, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, speakers: Elizaveta Shagina, doctoral student of ED APESA; Rémi Cozot, professor of Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale; Alian Lioret, professor of Université Paris 8; Nikoleta Kerinska, lecturer at the Institute of Arts of the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil.
2016 (July) - organizer of the conference of the visual artist Martin Steinert, Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg.
2015 (February) - organizer of the conference with the Russian non-conformist artist Oscar Rabin
and director Alexander Gutman, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg.
2014 (February) - organizer of the conference: Dialogue of Plastic Art and Comics, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg.
2013 ( May) - organizer of the conference: Polycentrism. New Urban Agglomerations, St. Petersburg; speakers: Djamel Klouche, founder of the architecture agency AUC (Paris) and Bertrand Lemoine, general director of the Atelier international du Grand Paris, in partnership with the French Institute of Russia.
Selected Publications:
Shagina, E. 2020. “NetWork”, EDEN project online catalogue
Shagina, E. 2020. L’assemblage d’images dans les expositions contemporaines, University Paris 8
Shagina, E. 2019, The Common Goal Philosophy Project, Exhibition Catalogue, GUM-Red Line
Gallery, Moscow
Shagina, E. 2019. “How to Learn the Upside Down World?, Antwerp Art Weekend”, Russian Art and Culture, online review
Shagina, E. 2019. “The exhibition Party for Time Travellers by Gosha Ostretsov“, Syntax Gallery, Moscow
Shagina, E. 2018. “The exhibition Artefacts“, NK Gallery, Antwerp
Shagina, E. 2016. “Public Art in Russia“, University Paris 8 online review
Shagina, E. 2016. Repast, Catalogue of the exhibition by Andrey Filippov, Erarta museum of
contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2016. “Public art program“, Access Point Festival Catalogue, Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2016. Observations, Catalogue of the exhibition by Alexander Pogorzhelskyi,
Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2015. Intertext, Exhibition Catalogue, Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint-
Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2015. Pink box, Catalogue of VGLAZ group exhibition, Erarta museum of
contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2015. Oscar Rabine, Exhibition Catalogue, Erarta museum of contemporary art,
Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2015. Bound, Catalogue of the exhibition of Olga Boldyreff, Erarta museum of
contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2014. “Engineers of art” / Biennale MANIFESTA 10, Parallel events, Catalogue
Shagina, E. 2014. After the comics, Exhibition Catalogue, Erarta museum of contemporary
art, Saint-Petersburg
Shagina, E. 2007. "Mitki", Mitkat Suomessa, Exhibition catalogue, Aboa Vetus et Ars Nova,
Turku; Art Museum, Jyvaskyla; Art Museum, Hyvinkaa; Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Aboa
Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, (Finland).