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Marina Razheva
Conceptual, multifunctional and interdisciplinary artist
Born in 1969, Urals, USSR. Based at Lake Balaton, Hungary


I work with time, memory, transformation, and myth. I explore the “in-between” state, using a wide range of materials, from ephemeral objects to found spaces. My artistic language includes performance, objects, photography, painting, and open-air installations. I believe each idea calls for its own form, so I employ diverse media and techniques, always seeking to reveal new layers of meaning.

Education:

2023-25 ​​​​Experimental Textiles and Tufting Training (Hungary)

2001 Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts. Faculty of Advanced Studies. Advertising Design

1992 Ural State University, Faculty of Biology (Russia)

1979-1983 Krasnoturinsk Art School (Russia)

Solo Projects:
– 37 solo projects from 1998 to 2025, including:

  • Deer Country (2019–2025) — ongoing interdisciplinary project exploring myth, land, and memory
  • Eliminates (2021) — conceptual object series questioning presence and absence
  • Sieve of Silence (2024) — minimal textile, inspired by an old lake and Bashō’s haiku
  • Golden Eggs (2002–2024) — long-term open-air object project about transformation and myth
  • Pangormonium (2008) — sketch of a Never-Existent Instrument
  • Maps of Peeling Walls (2009) — poetic urban archaeology of decay and memory
  • Nails Are Like People (2010) — sculptural object series on vulnerability and conformity
  • Wedding of Tower and Metro (2006) — urban performance about the union of vertical and horizontal forces
  • Angle of View (2002) — visual manifesto: “The fence turns into a staircase if you change the angle”
  • Attempt at the State of ‘Between’ (1999–2001) — early philosophical and spatial experiments with thresholds and transition

Selected Group Exhibitions and Biennials:
– Over 100 collective exhibitions since 1998 in Hungary, Italy, Israel, Greece, Australia, UK, and more, including:

  • 2025 – Felismerés, Várnegyed Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2025 – Frontpage:Next, Athens, Greece
  • 2024 – Revolution and Metamorphoses, V Biennale of Illustration, Haifa, Israel
  • 2024 – JELEN – JELENÉS – JELEN|ÉS, IV International Land Art Symposium, Rácalmás, Hungary
  • 2024 – Crossing Borders, contemporary art festival, Beka9 Space, Slovenia
  • 2023, 2057 – Jump to the Future, international project, Italy
  • 2022 – Myth, IV International Biennale of Illustration, Haifa, Israel
  • 2021 – THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Meriden, Connecticut, USA
  • 2012 – Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, Russia
  • 2007 – Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, MMOMA, Russia
  • 2004 – New Mythology,International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
  • 2004 – ArtKlyazma,International Outdoor Contemporary Art Festival, Russia
  • 2000 – Oltrepassare la memoria, Cultural Association Lameladivetro, Genoa, Italy
  • 1998 – Otto Arte International Festival of Arts, Ferentino-Fumone, Italy

Collections:
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Surber’s Museum für Musikautomaten und Phonographen, Keszthely, Hungary

Cultural NGO ANSPI NEOT, Ferentino, Italy

Underground Art Museum, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Residencies & Memberships:
– PRO SYMPOSION (Hungary), member since 2024
– Residencies in Italy (ANSPI NEOT), Hungary (Rácalmás, Kötcse, Káptalanfüred)

Awards:
– 2003 Matthias Alexander Castrén Prize (Finland)
– 2019, 2020 – Top 100 photographers in Hungary by 35AWARDS

Teaching:
– Sketching Courses and Workshop “Design of Remembrance”, Keszthely, Hungary (2017)