Head Curator and Program Director
Yulia Aksenova is an art historian, independent institutional curator, and author of publications on contemporary art. She graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art in 2000 and from the Faculty of Art History at the Russian State University for the Humanities in 2002. From 2004 to 2007, she worked in the Department of New Artistic Trends at the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 2007–2008, she studied at De Appel’s international curatorial program in Amsterdam.
Team
Marina Bobyleva is a curator and educator. Since 2017, she has served as Chief Curator of the Triumph Gallery in Moscow.
Polina Mogilina is a curator and art historian, Lead Curator at Triumph Gallery, lecturer at the Moscow School of Contemporary Art, and mentor of the 11th season of Open Studios. She is a recipient of the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize (2022) in the category “Best Curatorial Project.”
Kristina Romanova is a curator of group and solo exhibitions by Russian and international artists, as well as educational projects and public programs accompanying exhibitions. For more than ten years, she has worked as a curator at Triumph Gallery.
Artur Knyazev is a curator and assistant curator of solo and group exhibitions in Russia, as well as an editor
Kristina Romanova
Kristina Romanova is a curator of group and solo exhibitions by Russian and international artists, as well as educational projects and public programs accompanying exhibitions. For more than ten years, she has worked as a curator at Triumph Gallery.
She is the co-founder and curator of the interdisciplinary center Research Arts (2013–2021). During this period, she curated dozens of solo exhibitions, international group projects, and collective exhibitions of Russian artists at public and private venues in Moscow, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saint Petersburg, and Perm.
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In addition to her exhibition practice, Romanova develops educational and public programs, including:
She was nominated for the Innovation Prize for the project PROMETHEUS. DEMO VERSION: An Experiment Promising to Become Art (2016, NII × Alpbau). Her current focus is on regional art and on artists’ engagement with private and museum collections. She lives and works in Moscow.
She is the co-founder and curator of the interdisciplinary center Research Arts (2013–2021). During this period, she curated dozens of solo exhibitions, international group projects, and collective exhibitions of Russian artists at public and private venues in Moscow, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saint Petersburg, and Perm.
Select curatorial projects:
- Gyungsu An: Eine kleine nacht (2022, Museum of Moscow)
- Mikelis Fišers: Open Fracture (2018, Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Yuliya Virko: WORK-IN-PROGRESS (2022, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
- “Tomorrow at Dawn, the House Will Return, They Say” (2024, Terminal A, Nizhny Novgorod)
- Two Wishes (2023, Morozov Mansion, Moscow)
- YOUR MIND KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES (Pop-up project, 2020–2021, Winzavod CCA, Moscow; Sevkabel Port, Saint Petersburg; Smena Center for Contemporary Culture, Kazan; Futuro Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod)
- Extension (International project cycle, 2016–2020, Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- 15-Minute Break (2020–2021, All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow; Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod)
- At the Edges (2018, VDNKh, Optics Pavilion, Moscow)
- Magnum Live Lab (2019, Moscow)
- The Ball Is Round, the Field Is Level: Chronicles of Russian Football, 1897–2018 (2018, VDNKh, Karelia Pavilion, Moscow)
In addition to her exhibition practice, Romanova develops educational and public programs, including:
- Witnesses of Time Laboratory (2023, GES-2, Moscow)
- Key Frames: TASS Opens Its Photo Archives (2018, Manege, Moscow), including film screenings, lectures, and discussions
She was nominated for the Innovation Prize for the project PROMETHEUS. DEMO VERSION: An Experiment Promising to Become Art (2016, NII × Alpbau). Her current focus is on regional art and on artists’ engagement with private and museum collections. She lives and works in Moscow.
Artur Knyazev
Artur Knyazev is a curator and assistant curator of solo and group exhibitions in Russia, as well as an editor.
He graduated from the School of Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, National Research University Higher School of Economics, in 2020. Since 2018, he has worked at Triumph Gallery, where he has curated solo exhibitions and served as assistant curator on group projects. He lives and works in Moscow.
Select Curatorial Projects
He graduated from the School of Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, National Research University Higher School of Economics, in 2020. Since 2018, he has worked at Triumph Gallery, where he has curated solo exhibitions and served as assistant curator on group projects. He lives and works in Moscow.
Select Curatorial Projects
- Landscapes of Nature, Dina Shchedrinskaya (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- State of Emergency (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- What I Saw Through Your Eyes, Keito Yamaguchi (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Asymmetry, Kirill Alexandrov (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Obedient Bodies, Vladimir Martirosov (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- The Funnies, Yuliya Krivozubova (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- apok. the end of the world every day (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Exploring the Mind, Naoki Fuku (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Simultaneously and Nearby: Images of Conspiratorial Thinking (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Play, Maria Efremenko (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Peripeteia, Yumiko Ono (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Deep Waters, Yuliya Fedotova (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- The Magic Mountain, Alexey and Oleg Medvedev (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
Marina Bobyleva
Marina Bobyleva is a curator and educator. Since 2017, she has served as Chief Curator of the Triumph Gallery in Moscow.
She graduated from the Department of Aesthetics at the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University. She lectures at the Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art and other educational institutions. Bobyleva has curated numerous exhibitions at Triumph Gallery, as well as in museums and regional exhibition venues.
Among her projects are the one-day performance program at Triumph Gallery and the Young Lions program, organized in collaboration with the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. She is also co-curator, together with Kristina Romanova, of the Compound Assembly cycle, dedicated to regional art scenes.
Select curatorial projects
She graduated from the Department of Aesthetics at the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University. She lectures at the Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art and other educational institutions. Bobyleva has curated numerous exhibitions at Triumph Gallery, as well as in museums and regional exhibition venues.
Among her projects are the one-day performance program at Triumph Gallery and the Young Lions program, organized in collaboration with the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. She is also co-curator, together with Kristina Romanova, of the Compound Assembly cycle, dedicated to regional art scenes.
Select curatorial projects
- Compound Assembly: Kazan (Triumph Gallery, Moscow; Terminal A CCA, Nizhny Novgorod; Center for Urban Culture, Perm)
- Sergey Filatov: I Hear You (Moscow Museum of Modern Art)
- Simultaneously and Side by Side: Images of Conspiratorial Thinking (Triumph Gallery, Moscow)
- Taisia Korotkova: Dark Forest (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
- The Museum of Self-Isolation (Museum of Moscow)
- Sergey Filatov: The Garden of Elusive Sonorities (Novosibirsk Art Museum)
- Uno Moralez: Forget What You Remember (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow)
- Other Shores (Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Saint Petersburg)
Polina Mogilina
Polina Mogilina is a curator and art historian, Lead Curator at Triumph Gallery, lecturer at the Moscow School of Contemporary Art, and mentor of the 11th season of Open Studios. She is a recipient of the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize (2022) in the category “Best Curatorial Project.”
She has curated more than 60 contemporary art projects, including:
She has curated more than 60 contemporary art projects, including:
- Rembrandt: A Different Perspective. Works by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Dmitry Gutov (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow)
- AES+F: Predictions and Revelations (Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Saint Petersburg)
- Recycle Group: New Nature (Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow)
- Alexander Dashevsky: Die Schere im Kopf (Moscow Museum of Modern Art)
- The Doctors’ Plot (State Museum of the History of the Gulag, Moscow)
- Based on Real Events: Selected Fragments of Russian Video Art (Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow)
Yulia Aksenova
Head Curator and Program Director
Yulia Aksenova is an art historian, independent institutional curator, and author of publications on contemporary art.
She graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art in 2000 and from the Faculty of Art History at the Russian State University for the Humanities in 2002. From 2004 to 2007, she worked in the Department of New Artistic Trends at the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 2007–2008, she studied at De Appel’s international curatorial program in Amsterdam.
From 2008 to 2010, she was responsible for educational programs at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture. Between 2010 and 2016, she served as an exhibition curator at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2021, she received the Innovation Prize in the “Project of the Year” category for the exhibition The Laboratory of the Future: Kinetic Art in Russia.
She lives and works in Moscow.
Select curatorial project:
Yulia Aksenova is an art historian, independent institutional curator, and author of publications on contemporary art.
She graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art in 2000 and from the Faculty of Art History at the Russian State University for the Humanities in 2002. From 2004 to 2007, she worked in the Department of New Artistic Trends at the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 2007–2008, she studied at De Appel’s international curatorial program in Amsterdam.
From 2008 to 2010, she was responsible for educational programs at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture. Between 2010 and 2016, she served as an exhibition curator at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2021, she received the Innovation Prize in the “Project of the Year” category for the exhibition The Laboratory of the Future: Kinetic Art in Russia.
She lives and works in Moscow.
Select curatorial project:
- Sots Art: Political Art in Russia (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
- Masters Hamfrey’s Clock (De Appel, Amsterdam)
- New/Old Cold War (Red October, Moscow)
- Russian Utopias (Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow)
- Phantom Monuments (Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow)
- Necessary Art (Gorky Park, Moscow)
- 33 Fragments from the History of Russian Performance (Performa, New York)
- Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg: The Black Cauldron (Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow)
- Jan Švankmajer’s Kunstkamera (Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow)
- Native Land / чужая Territory (Native Land / Foreign Territory) (Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow)
- The Laboratory of the Future: Kinetic Art in Russia (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
- Living Matter (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
- Contemplating Landscape (Museum of Moscow)
- On Chimeras, Hybrids, Cyborgs, and Humans: A Guide to the Inevitable Future (Museum of Moscow)
- Reversed Safari: African Contemporary Art (Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Saint Petersburg; State Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan, Kazan; Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod)
