Yulia Spiridonova ( Russian: Юлия Дмитриевна Спиридонова; born 1986 in

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) is a Russian

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and

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ist. Calvert Journal included her in the list of ten rising stars at the Moscow Biennale for Young Art 2016.

Education

Yulia Spiridonova earned her humanities degree from

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and attended the post-graduate program at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Art

Yulia Spiridonova has participated in a number of exhibitions in Russia, United States, Germany, and the Netherlands. In 2016 her project "Parallel News" was selected for the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Her provocative imagery received a mixed critical response in Russia, where one of her artworks, which depicted a gay couple with physical disabilities having sex, was called by critics an 'autoerotic disorder'.

Career

Yulia Spiridonova works for

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in Moscow, Russia. As a contributing photographer she made a series of portraits of notable Russians, including the political artist

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References

External links

Interview with Spiridonova for Das Kunstmagazin (in German), 2016Review of Spiridonova's art by DAZED Magazine, 2016
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spiridonova, Yulia 1986 births Living people 21st-century Russian women artists Moscow State University alumni Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni 21st-century Russian photographers