Artist, curator and researcher. Currently live in Moscow. In my artistic practice, I create interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of contemporary art and philosophy, using philosophical optics as a method. More about my method in my artist’s statement.
| Education |
| 2024– | Doctoral School of Philosophy, HSE University (Moscow) | Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture |
| 2024– | Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art (Moscow) | Programme “New Artistic Strategies |
| 2022–2024 | School of Philosophy and Culturology, HSE University (Moscow) | Master's Programme in Philosophical Anthropology |
| 2018–2022 | HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL (Moscow) | Speciality “Fine Arts” | BA Program “Contemporary Art” | Profile “Artist and Curator” |
| 2016–2018 | Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design | Speciality “Design” | BA Program “Design and Ceramics” |
| Solo Shows |
| 2023 | “Reduction of objective time”. School of Philosophy and Culturology, HSE University, Moscow |
| 2022 | “Reduction of objective time”. Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow |
| 2020 | “Figurative Abstractions”. UGOL Gallery, Moscow |
| Group Shows |
| 2024 | “A Mirror for an Artist”. Museum Center “Peace Square”, Krasnoyarsk |
| - | “A Mirror for an Artist”. Gallery of Contemporary Art of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan |
| - | “A Mirror for an Artist”. Media Center of Zaryadye Park, Moscow |
| - | “Collection. The order of things”. MMOMA, Moscow |
| - | “Exercises in Conceptualism”. Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow |
| 2023 | “Frequencies 4.0. Sources of Knowledge”. Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow |
| - | “Utopia and Pause”. Botanical Orangeries of the Museum-Estate Arkhangelskoye, Moscow Region |
| - | “Exit. To Cosmos”. Gallery of Contemporary Art of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan |
| 2022 | “Diploma22”. HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow |
| - | “Exit. To Cosmos”. Innovative Cultural Center, Kaluga |
| - | “Exit. To Cosmos”. Belyaevo Gallery, Moscow |
| - | “VYPUSK'22”. Media Center and Underground Museum of Zaryadye Park, Moscow |
| - | “Thought. Handmade”. School of Philosophy and Culturology, HSE University, Moscow |
| - | “In a Certain Kingdom”. HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow |
| 2021 | “Thought. Handmade”. GROUND Solyanka, Moscow |
| - | “Homo Tired”. HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow |
| - | “One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy”. The Earth Science Museum et Moscow State University, Moscow |
| - | “ZOOM. All the Important Things”. All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow |
| 2020 | “Enchantment”. HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, Moscow |
| 2019 | “From… To. Series of Performances”. GROUND Solyanka, Moscow |
| - | HSE ART AND DESIGN Festival 2019. Museum of Moscow, Moscow |
| 2018 | “Solid Things”. HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow |
| - | “Future culture”. Final exhibition of “Future culture lab”. Saint Petersburg Modern Art Museum (mispxx-xxi), Saint Petersburg |
| 2015 | “WE”. City Exhibition Hall, Рetrozavodsk |
| Curating |
| 2024 | “Exercises in Conceptualism”. Group show. Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow |
| 2023 | “Reduction of objective time”. Solo show. School of Philosophy and Culturology, HSE University, Moscow |
| 2022 | “Thought. Handmade”. Group show. School of Philosophy and Culturology, HSE University, Moscow |
| - | “Reduction of Objective Time”. Solo show. Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow |
| 2021 | “Thought. Handmade”. Group show. GROUND Solyanka, Moscow |
| 2020 | “Enchantment”. Group show. HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, Moscow |
| - | “Acquittance About”. Solo show of Aleksandra Kutsan. UGOL Gallery, Moscow |
| Residencies |
| 2022 | Art residency “Kostomuksha”. Kostomuksha Nature Reserve, Republic of Karelia |
| Research and Publications |
| 2024 | Zhumatina, M.-S.D. 2024. “Times of Anti-Hegelian (Hi)stories : Review of the Book on Temporality, Chronology and Anachrony in Contemporary Art Theory” [in Russian]. Filosofiya. Zhurnal Vysshey shkoly ekonomiki [Philosophy. Journal of the Higher School of Economics] 8 (1), 257–272. DOI: 10.17323/2587-8719-2024-1-257-272. |
| 2023 | Zhumatina, M.-S.D. 2023. “Centaur at the Edge of the Forest : Нegelian Art History and Temporal Discursive Violence”. Philosophy. Journal of the Higher School of Economics 7 (4), 143–172. DOI: 10.17323/2587-8719-2023-4-143-172. |
| 2022 | Zhumatina, M.-S.D. 2022. “Kant, Bergson, Einstein and Glaciers: Review of the Book by Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers about Philosophy of Time and Contemporary Art” [in Russian]. Filosofiya. Zhurnal Vysshey shkoly ekonomiki [Philosophy. Journal of the Higher School of Economics] 6 (3), 385–401. DOI: 10.17323/2587-8719-2022-3-385-401. |
| Membership |
| 2022– | Creative Union of Artists of Russia |
