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Maria Safronova Wahlström (born in 1989, Moscow, Russia)
Currently based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
EDUCATION
2017-2019
2013-2014
2006-2011
2005-2006
1998-2005
2013-2014
2006-2011
2005-2006
1998-2005
The Valand Academy of Arts, Master of Fine Arts
California State University. Multimedia Graduate Program
The Moscow State Pedagogical University. Five year program, dual award qualification teacher of fine arts and BA in Fine Arts.
Moscow State University of Printing Arts, department of graphics and book arts.
Krasnopresnenskaya Supplementary School of Arts, Moscow
California State University. Multimedia Graduate Program
The Moscow State Pedagogical University. Five year program, dual award qualification teacher of fine arts and BA in Fine Arts.
Moscow State University of Printing Arts, department of graphics and book arts.
Krasnopresnenskaya Supplementary School of Arts, Moscow
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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You and I, You and Me, projects done together with Mindaugas Gapševicius, Leon Crayfish, Helga Mogensen. Piksel Festival, Bergen, Norway (upcoming)
Frölundas modiga monster ser skogen och alla träd, Frölunda Kulturhus, Göteborg, Sweden (upcoming)
You and I, You and Me, projects done together with Mindaugas Gapševicius, Leon Crayfish, Helga Mogensen. BIORAMA-PROJEKT, Brandenburg, Germany (upcoming)
Skruvstädet i tiden - och andra berättelser, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) Extended, Molnycke Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden (upcoming)
You and I, You and Me, projects done together with Mindaugas Gapševicius, Leon Crayfish, Helga Mogensen. Sapieha Palace, Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, Lithuania
Arkitekturvisioner: Brunnsparken, project done together with Per Nadén, Thobias Fäldt, Johannes Wahlström, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden
FOR SURE, Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri, Iceland
Hur Skulle Det Vara Då?, BOKSKÅPET Barn-& Ungdombokhandel, Gothenburg, Sweden
The Intermediary Chains, Obergska Galleri, Styrsö, Sweden
The Recent Graduates, Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
The Last Stone, the Festival-Laboratory Shelter, the Space for Free Arts / Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, Finland.
Things We Will Forget, Göteborg Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
IF I WERE IN MY SHOES, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, Sweden
1 Kg, Project Loosers, Gallery Rotor2, Gothenburg, Sweden
A Beach, project done together with Klara Källström, Thobias Fäldt, Johannes Wahlström. Galerie Jean-Pierre Gros, Paris, France. Photo Saint-Germain 2016
Telo, Project O Cucumber, where art though?,Center Krasniy, Red October, Moscow, Russia
A Beach, project done together with Klara Källström, Thobias Fäldt, Johannes Wahlström. Skajs Antikhandel, Stockholm, Sweden.
X-Ray, Pinecone Art Gallery, Paducah Art Alliance, Paducah, KY, USA
The Mother Tongue, nominated at KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO 2014 for the best conceptual photo project, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Mother Tongue, the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM VI, 2013 in the Tbilisi History Museum – Karvasla, Tbilisi, Georgia
Umbilical cord, the Festival of Contemporary Art Batumi Backyard Stories 2013, Batumi, Georgia
Housing office, the Festival of Contemporary Art Batumi Backyard Stories 2013, Batumi, Georgia
Blue series and Flight Time, Vernon Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Return to the Beginning, the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM V, the Rustaveli National Theater, Tbilisi, Georgia
Flight Time, Tiflis Avenue Gallery, Tbilisi, Geogia
Birds, Mars Center of Modern Art, the Moscow's Night of Museums 2010, Moscow, Russia
Frölundas modiga monster ser skogen och alla träd, Frölunda Kulturhus, Göteborg, Sweden (upcoming)
You and I, You and Me, projects done together with Mindaugas Gapševicius, Leon Crayfish, Helga Mogensen. BIORAMA-PROJEKT, Brandenburg, Germany (upcoming)
Skruvstädet i tiden - och andra berättelser, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) Extended, Molnycke Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden (upcoming)
You and I, You and Me, projects done together with Mindaugas Gapševicius, Leon Crayfish, Helga Mogensen. Sapieha Palace, Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, Lithuania
Arkitekturvisioner: Brunnsparken, project done together with Per Nadén, Thobias Fäldt, Johannes Wahlström, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden
FOR SURE, Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri, Iceland
Hur Skulle Det Vara Då?, BOKSKÅPET Barn-& Ungdombokhandel, Gothenburg, Sweden
The Intermediary Chains, Obergska Galleri, Styrsö, Sweden
The Recent Graduates, Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
The Last Stone, the Festival-Laboratory Shelter, the Space for Free Arts / Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, Finland.
Things We Will Forget, Göteborg Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
IF I WERE IN MY SHOES, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, Sweden
1 Kg, Project Loosers, Gallery Rotor2, Gothenburg, Sweden
A Beach, project done together with Klara Källström, Thobias Fäldt, Johannes Wahlström. Galerie Jean-Pierre Gros, Paris, France. Photo Saint-Germain 2016
Telo, Project O Cucumber, where art though?,Center Krasniy, Red October, Moscow, Russia
A Beach, project done together with Klara Källström, Thobias Fäldt, Johannes Wahlström. Skajs Antikhandel, Stockholm, Sweden.
X-Ray, Pinecone Art Gallery, Paducah Art Alliance, Paducah, KY, USA
The Mother Tongue, nominated at KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO 2014 for the best conceptual photo project, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Mother Tongue, the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM VI, 2013 in the Tbilisi History Museum – Karvasla, Tbilisi, Georgia
Umbilical cord, the Festival of Contemporary Art Batumi Backyard Stories 2013, Batumi, Georgia
Housing office, the Festival of Contemporary Art Batumi Backyard Stories 2013, Batumi, Georgia
Blue series and Flight Time, Vernon Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Return to the Beginning, the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM V, the Rustaveli National Theater, Tbilisi, Georgia
Flight Time, Tiflis Avenue Gallery, Tbilisi, Geogia
Birds, Mars Center of Modern Art, the Moscow's Night of Museums 2010, Moscow, Russia
GRANTS
2021
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2015
LTMKS (LT)
Konstnärsnämden (SE)
Göteborg Stad (SE)
Konstnärsnämden Arbetsstipendium (SE)
Tobison Foundation Stipend (SE)
Erasmus+ Stipendium (SE)
Adlerbertska Stipendiestiftelsen (SE)
Paducah Art Alliance (US)
Konstnärsnämden (SE)
Göteborg Stad (SE)
Konstnärsnämden Arbetsstipendium (SE)
Tobison Foundation Stipend (SE)
Erasmus+ Stipendium (SE)
Adlerbertska Stipendiestiftelsen (SE)
Paducah Art Alliance (US)
BIBILOGRAPHY
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Frölundas Modiga Monster Ser Skogen Och Alla Träd - ISBN: 9789198240139, Sweden
Hur skulle det vara då? Tre busiga berättelser av barn för barn - ISBN: 9789198240122, Sweden
ARTEFACTS FROM THE RESTLESS ART’S EXCAVATIONS - Artzine Art Magazine, Iceland
Fragment of a Memorial Unbuilt – Leaflet for the work Fragment of a Memorial Unbuilt, AAF Stockholm, Sweden Cosmopolitics, Comradeship, and the Commons. Ecology in Action for a Shared Planet – Zine of The Festival-Laboratory Shelter, Helsinki, Finland
RE:SEARCH - Akademin Valand, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Akademin Valand, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Waiting in the Margins – Publication by Lava-Dansproduktion, Tbilisi, Georgia/Sweden
ARTISTERIUM VI - Catalog of the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM V, Tbilisi, Georgia
ARTISTERIUM V - Catalog of the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM V, Tbilisi, Georgia
Hur skulle det vara då? Tre busiga berättelser av barn för barn - ISBN: 9789198240122, Sweden
ARTEFACTS FROM THE RESTLESS ART’S EXCAVATIONS - Artzine Art Magazine, Iceland
Fragment of a Memorial Unbuilt – Leaflet for the work Fragment of a Memorial Unbuilt, AAF Stockholm, Sweden Cosmopolitics, Comradeship, and the Commons. Ecology in Action for a Shared Planet – Zine of The Festival-Laboratory Shelter, Helsinki, Finland
RE:SEARCH - Akademin Valand, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Akademin Valand, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Waiting in the Margins – Publication by Lava-Dansproduktion, Tbilisi, Georgia/Sweden
ARTISTERIUM VI - Catalog of the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM V, Tbilisi, Georgia
ARTISTERIUM V - Catalog of the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTISTERIUM V, Tbilisi, Georgia
WORK
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2019-2020
2018
Tutor in Painting Course (Kursledare), Medborgarskolan, Gothenburg, Sweden
External Tutor for Master Program in Kraft at HDK-Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scenographer for “Vi FOREVER” (TV Series), SVT, Sweden
Illustrator and co-author of “Hur skulle det vara då?” project and book, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scenographer for documentary film “DE OBOTOBARA”, Sweden
Intern/communication assistant at The Living Art Museum (NYLO), Reykjavik, Iceland.
Jury member for the admission procedure for the Master in Fine Arts program at Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
External Tutor for Master Program in Kraft at HDK-Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scenographer for “Vi FOREVER” (TV Series), SVT, Sweden
Illustrator and co-author of “Hur skulle det vara då?” project and book, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scenographer for documentary film “DE OBOTOBARA”, Sweden
Intern/communication assistant at The Living Art Museum (NYLO), Reykjavik, Iceland.
Jury member for the admission procedure for the Master in Fine Arts program at Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017
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2015
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2005-2011
2006-2008
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2014
2005-2011
2006-2008
Director for nine music videos for the album
"Love Everything" by Mariam the Believer, Sweden
Designer of collection “Gregor Samsa” for the brand MOORA, presented at FLYING PAINTER showroom, Tbilisi, Georgia
Art director for feature film "Tills Vidare", Sweden
Costume designer for LAVADansproduktion project Waiting in the Margins, Sweden/Georgia
Series of illustration&storytelling workshops in the Green School (Gorky Park) Moscow, Russia
Teacher of painting & drawing, Nash Dom Moscow Center of Therapeutical Pedagogics, Moscow, Russia.
Costume and set designer at the Leo Theater Workshop, Moscow, Russia. Worked with the stage design and costumes for different Russian and international theaters. Designed production for the Stanislavsky theater, the Moscow Operetta the Moscow Yermolova Theater, production of the Moscow 'SouthWest' theater, London Imperial Ice Ballet, the Moscow Circus, Andrey Bartenev's performances Elisabeth Bam and White Exhibition.
Designer of collection “Gregor Samsa” for the brand MOORA, presented at FLYING PAINTER showroom, Tbilisi, Georgia
Art director for feature film "Tills Vidare", Sweden
Costume designer for LAVADansproduktion project Waiting in the Margins, Sweden/Georgia
Series of illustration&storytelling workshops in the Green School (Gorky Park) Moscow, Russia
Teacher of painting & drawing, Nash Dom Moscow Center of Therapeutical Pedagogics, Moscow, Russia.
Costume and set designer at the Leo Theater Workshop, Moscow, Russia. Worked with the stage design and costumes for different Russian and international theaters. Designed production for the Stanislavsky theater, the Moscow Operetta the Moscow Yermolova Theater, production of the Moscow 'SouthWest' theater, London Imperial Ice Ballet, the Moscow Circus, Andrey Bartenev's performances Elisabeth Bam and White Exhibition.