Tatyana Sherstyuk


Tatyana Sherstyuk is a Russian artist and curator based in Moscow.
WWW tanyasherstyuk.com

Life and work

Tatyana was born on August 10, 1981. In 2003 she gained MFA degree with a diploma at Moscow State Textile University at the faculty of Applied Arts. In 2004 she was accepted to the school of Postgraduate Education at Parsons School of Design at New York City, United States. In 2006 she was released from Institute of Television and Radio Ostankino. In 2009 she majored in contemporary art at the Institute of Contemporary Art Moscow.
Tatyana creates conceptual installations. Her art is influenced by collaboration with representatives of Moscow Conceptualism. She has participated in Russian and international exhibitions from 2001, including Dakar Biennale, Moscow Biennale, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Among her art projects, there are independent as well as collaborative projects with Anton Nikolaev, Denis Mustafin, Alexey Sysoev, Victor Skersis, Nedda Al-Madani, and Ksenia Podoynitsina. Her artworks are owned by personal and museum collections.
In 2016, Tatyana played a leading role in the movie Raison D'Etre. In 2017 and 2018, she was included to the list of acknowledged artists of Russia Inart. From 2018, she has given lectures on contemporary art. In 2019 she won a VI Session of program of "Factory studios" a category "Exhibition at Fabrika".

Solo exhibitions

2013

"Leftovers" – solo exhibition at Center of Creative Industries "FABRIKA", Moscow.

2017

"Hic Sunt Dracones" – solo exhibition consisted from a total audio-visual installation at Center of Creative Industries.
"FABRIKA", Moscow. Music for the installation was written by a contemporary music composer Alexey Sysoev at 2017.

2018

"Owls are not what they seem" joint exhibition together with Victor Skersis, Gallery 21, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow.

2019

"72 spins around a significant other", Center of Creative Industries "FABRIKA", Moscow.

2020

“A way of transformations. How I became a shadow of a cat”, practices of shshsh at special project of VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art.

Group exhibitions

2001

  • "The Number", Moscow Museum of Unesco, Moscow
  • "The Number", Central House of Artist, Moscow
  • "The Number", "Agit Plakat" Gallery, Moscow
  • "The Number", "100 Years of Russian Poster", Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

2004

2009

  • Happy Today", Central House of Artist, Moscow
  • "Happy Today", 3d Moscow Biennale, Red October, Moscow

2010

  • "Autonomy" – alternative festival of young contemporary art festival "Stop! Where are you going?", Moscow
  • Exactly that", Zverev Center, Moscow
  • Oh really!!!", Eastern Gallery, Moscow
  • Personal", "Objective" KEC, Moscow
  • "Oh really!!!", project " Freedom", Moscow

2011

2012

  • "SothBus" Charity Auction, Design factory "Flacon", Moscow.
  • "We are Skiffs", Zverev Center, Moscow.

2013

2015

  • "Dresses for walls", "Playing human", Ground Gallery, Moscow.
  • Q1=Q2, Young International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Guslitsa art residence, Guslitsa.
  • "Leftovers", Imagio Mundi, Dakar Biennale

2017

2019

Curator's projects

2010

  • "autopsya", alternative festival of young contemporary art festival "Stop! Where are you going?", Moscow
  • "Plener", Zverev Center, Moscow

2013

2014

2016

Lectures and master classes

2013

  • "Art in advertising", Red Apple Advertising Festival

2018

2019

  • "Color and shadow" master class made for a charity project "Another Atmosphere", Bakulev Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow
  • "Alive blots" master class made for "Dachnoe Tsaritsyno" Festival, at Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow