I was born in 1989 in Tbilisi (Georgia), lived in Armenia and now based and work in Sochi (Russia). My impulse to work begins with the discovery of archives. My family migrated a lot, so through photography and video, I explore memory, immigration, borders and national identity closely connected with the territories of the South Caucasus and the Black Sea coast. This is a way to return to childhood, to catch the charm of something native and very familiar, it is an attempt to find the clues to my past, because what was «before» determines what we have «now». These topics allow me to go beyond my personal story, which is not only about the history of a particular family, but about the entire generation of people living in the Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union, who were forced to move in search for a better life.
I am interested in working with the local context, interacting with people, that is why in April 2020, with a group of artists, we founded «Aerariy» for the development оf contemporary art in Sochi. «Aerariy» is about the interaction and support of creative people united by a common approach to art.
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lilithmatevosyan@gmail.com
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Selected Awards & Exhibitions:
2022 Garage Museum’s Grant Program for Emerging Artists
2022 Solo exhibition, The Krasnodar Regional Art Museum Of Kovalenko, Russia
2022 Group exhibition 'X-Nowness', Basel Art Center
2021 Group exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art Typography, Krasnodar, Russia
2020 Solo exhibition 'Three stories', Aerariy/Portal. Sochi, Russia
2020 Online solo exhibition galleryf11.com
2020 Shot list 'The New East Photo Prize 2020'
2020 Group exhibition, 'Present Past', Aerariy. Sochi, Russia
2020 Solo exhibition, Untitled Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2019 Solo exhibition, cafe Franz & Lissy, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2019 Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Multimedia Production Lab Grant
2019 Festival OFF Bratislava, group exhibition 'Between', Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 Group exhibition 'Returning to the archives', SKLAD. Sukhum, Abkhazia
2018 'Looking at the other', 'Quattrologe' festival, N.Ostrovsky Literary Memorial Museum, Sochi, Russia
2018 Uglich Festival, group exhibition, Uglich, Russia
2018 Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi, curator Antonio Geusa, Sochi, Russia
2018 CENTRE DE GRAVITÉ, Gallery of Classic Photography, Moscow, Russia
2016 GRENZGÄNGE, Rudolf Scharpf Galeri, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Education:
2020 Krasnodar Institute of Contemporary Art (KISI)
2017/18 Academy of photojournalism and documentary photography «Fotografika», St. Petersburg, Russia
2006/12 Sochi State University, Graphic Design, Sochi, Russia
Work:
2020/22 Founder of self NGO Aerariy. Sochi, Russia
2016/20 Founder and photographer, SHIPR Photo Studio. Sochi, Russia
2016/17 Founder and graphic designer, PRAXIS. Sochi, Russia
2012/15 Graphic designer, FLACON Design Factory. Moscow, Russia