Biography
My name is Maria Karol, I was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. I am an interdisciplinary artist. But work mainly with installations, performances and graphics.
My practice explores the boundaries between mind and body and between the body and the collective.
One of the mediums that I use is the game engine. This medium allows to explore the space of consciousness. Plunging into the screen, the boundaries of the viewer shift, centering on the character for whom he plays in a computer game. These boundaries are becoming more visible.
I explore boundaries through dance and communication also. When I approaching a person, he shifts, setting his own rules.
Also, I explore personal boundaries with a hand poke – oldest tattoing method. This is the practice of reclaiming body, marking the boundaries on the skin, when a bodies are becoming more and more transparent in modern reality.
Sculpture and graphics are reflections of my movement and ways to look at the body as a being without culture, which has become a tool, not a place.
I study the topic of boundaries both empirically and exploratoryly through linguistics, anthropology, folklore, feminist theory and philosophy. My judgments were especially influenced by: Jean-Luc Nancy, Roland Bart, Vladimir Propp.
Selected projects
Mar 2023
Personal exhibition in Center 424 Gallery
Belgrade, Serbia
Installation with printed graphics.
Mar 2023
"Before and After: Projects at the Vyksa Art Residence"
Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Installation with a central media object.
Feb 2023
Personal exhibition in AADK Spain Residence
Blanca, Spain
Sculpture and printed graphics.
Aug 2022
Collective exhibition in KC Magacin
Belgrade, Spain
Printed graphics.
Apr 2022
Personal exhibition in Vyksa Residence
Vyksa, Russia
Installation with a central media object.
Nov 2021
13th Cyberfest (CYFEST)
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Media installation
Co-author Evgeny Karelin
Exhibited at the Media Arts Festival.
May 2021
Name Gallery: «Aesthetic Differences»
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Sculpture from different materials.
Jun 2021
Winzavod Open Studios: «Habitat»
Moscow, Russia
Sculpture exhibited
at the Young Art Festival in Moscow.
Personal exhibition in Ustoi Gallery
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Installation with photos, sculptures and sound.
Mar 2024
Residencies
2022/2023
(3 month)
AADK Spain Residence
Residence in Blanca, Spain.
The result of the residence was a personal project with sculpture «Trinity» and printed graphics.
2022
(1,5 month)
Vyksa Artist-In-Residence
Residence in Vyksa. The result of the residence was a personal exhibition «1,2...12».
2019
(two weeks)
Sreda Obucheniya — Residence of artist Ivan Gorshkov
Residence in the village of Divnogorie (near the city of Voronezh).
Education
2020 — 2021
(1,5 years)
Young Artist School PRO ARTE
Additional professional education
History of contemporary art, media art, street art, philosophy, video art, performance
2018 — 2020
(2 years)
Sreda Obucheniya
Additional professional education
Direction: Contemporary art
Course in art history, critical theory, feminist theory, a course in sculpture and VR on Unity
Diploma: «The phenomenon of laughter in feminist theory»