Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov studied genetics (bioengineering) and philology in Moscow. Thus, the main motif of Fedotov-Fedorov’s art is the use of natural scientific knowledge. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov works with the theme of the «Other» self-identity, ecology and foreignness in reflecting on the processes of distance production in society as well as in nature, gender, and body. Artist deconstructs human’s attitudes to nature by presenting closed ecosystems, as models of power structures, ways of scientific and museological collection/classification. Media — sculpture, installations, and video.
The artist works with the theme of nature and studies the relationship between the living and the artificial in the modern cultural representation of nature. In particular, the artist explores the theme of "cuteness" of nature, when nature appears to be "сute", unprotected and fragile, gradually turning into a toy.
EDUCATION
2014
The Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Faculty of bioengineering and philology in the RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Moth and the Bat Flying to the Light, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019
Till Nature Us part, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France
2018
Justine Emard, Rites De Passage, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France
Collection of Pink Book No2, The State Biology Museum named after K.A. Timiryazev, Moscow, Russia
Preservation Instinct, Vacation Gallery, New York, USA
Poisons Museum, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017
Nonatu 3\4 space, Bern, Switzerland
Preservation Instinct, The Parallel Program of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2016
Closed Systems or Nothing to Do with Tardigrades, The Parallel Program of the 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, 11.12 Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Collection of the Pink Book, Museum ART4, Moscow, Russia
2015
Umbracle the City of Arts and Sciences by Santiago Calatrava – Metamorphosis, Spain, Valencia
Homo Sapiens Lonely – Homo Sapiens Solitarius, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
2014
Social Experiment, Gallery WEART, Moscow, Russia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Slowly Arriving at Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
New Elements, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Winter House, Vera Wessels, Zurich, Switzerland
APPETIZERS, Group Exhibition at Schloss Leuk, Leuk Switzerland
10,000 Years Oslo Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
New Elements, the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Museum of Artificial History, The Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
It Will Work if You Close Your Eyes, Museum ART4, Moscow, Russia
2020
I Guess I Die Another Day, CCCCCOMA, Berlin, Germany
2019
Master Tools is Curated by Riksa Afiaty, Jan van Eyck academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
Constructed Situations, Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Venice, Italy
Bio Technology, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Éloge de la Curiosité, Galerie Henri Chartier, Lyon. France
2018
Cybernetic Forest — BioLAB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2017
A Posteriori, Ural Vision Gallery. The Parallel Program of the 4thUral Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Workshops`17. Over There, Where No One Dreams: from Sacred Geography to Non- Place, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Hurrah! Sculpture!, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016
Starting Point, The Parallel Program of the 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, FABRIKA Centre for Creative industries, Moscow, Russia
The City in Personal Time, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
New Malachite Box, Ural branch of the National Center for Contemporary Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Non-official Language Only, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
Reflect, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
View, АnnaNova Gallery and Veranda, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015
Science Art Week, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
Military Museum, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Holiday, The Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Art Logistics, Gallery Change, Kazan, Russia
Development of Freedom, CSI Factory, Moscow, Russia
Sub Observationem, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Do Better, Gallery A3, Moscow, Russia
2014
Research Institute, Gallery on Solyanka, Moscow, Russia
Media Poetry, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
The New Wave, Gallery MSK Eastside Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Fake, Gallery Random, Moscow, Russia
Fake, Gallery A3, Moscow, Russia
Entre, Gallery Open Stage, Moscow, Russia
FESTIVALS & BIENNALE
2019
The Main Project of the 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of contemporary art curated by Xiaoyu Weng, Ekaterinburg, Russia
33rd Ljubljana Biennial with MMU curated by Clémentine Deliss, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017
The Main Project of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa, Moscow, Russia
2016
Inside Art, The Parallel Program of the 6th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
2014
The Boundaries of Action, 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. The Special Project, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Isolated Posts Photobiennale, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2021
Arts Exchange Programme Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
ɬɾąŋʂɠɛŋıƈ ɧƙı — Transgenic space, supported by HIAP, Helsinki, Finland
2020
Pro Helvetia grant, Geneva, Switzerland
The State Award in Contemporary Art Innovation 2020, winner in the New Generation category, Russia
2019
Nominant by Clémentine Deliss for The Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize, Porto, Portugal
2018
Special Prize of the State Award in Contemporary Art Innovation 2018 in the category New Generation, Moscow, Russia
Residency at the Van Eyck Academy and Vroman Fellowship, Maastricht, Netherlands
Residency at the Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
Residency at AFEW International, Culture Initiative fund, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
Residency residency.ch, Bern, Switzerland
Residency Centre D’ArteLa Rectoria, Barcelona, Spain
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Credit Suisse Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum ART4, Moscow, Russia