Yulia Spiridonova

{{Short description|Russian photographer and artist}}

Yulia Spiridonova (Russian: Юлия Дмитриевна Спиридонова; born 1986 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian photographer and contemporary artist. Calvert Journal included her in the list of ten rising stars at the Moscow Biennale for Young Art 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://calvertjournal.com/articles/show/6299/moscow-young-art-biennale-deep-inside|title=Future present: ten rising stars at the Moscow Young Art Biennale|access-date=2016-07-23}}

Education

Yulia Spiridonova earned her humanities degree from Moscow State University 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.{{Cite web|url=http://cargocollective.com/yuliaspiridonova/NEITHER-YOU-NOR-I-BOOK|title=NEITHER YOU NOR I/BOOK - Yulia Spiridonova|website=cargocollective.com|access-date=2016-07-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aff-galerie.de/Extended-Memory-Gruppenausstellung-Mai-2016|title=Extended Memory / Gruppenausstellung / Mai 2016 - aff Galerie|website=www.aff-galerie.de|access-date=2016-07-29}} In 2016 her project "Parallel News" was selected for the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art.{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/moscow-biennale-for-young-art-456779|title=Participants at Moscow Biennale for Young Art - artnet News|date=2016-03-23|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-24}} 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'.{{Cite web|url=http://aroundart.ru/2015/07/07/yulia-spiridonova/|title=Юлия Спиридонова: Аутоэротическое расстройство {{!}} Aroundart.ru|access-date=2016-07-23}}

Career

Yulia Spiridonova works for Esquire in Moscow, Russia. As a contributing photographer she made a series of portraits of notable Russians, including the political artist Petr Pavlensky.{{Cite web|url=https://esquire.ru/pavlensky|title=Олег Кулик о Петре Павленском: "Художник умирает в акции"|access-date=2016-07-23}}

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