Zula Alieva (b. 1996, Kazan, Russia) — artist, photographer. Lives and works between Moscow and Kazan, Russia.
It seems to me that the fragile nature of human everyday life is rooted in loneliness and the search for love within a world of monsters and wonders. In my photographic projects and installations, I explore these motifs, along with themes of coming of age, time, the relationship between human and nature by creating objects, still lifes, and sculptures in mixed media. I like to seek out secrets hidden within everyday phenomena and weave them into the narratives of my work.
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Зуля Алиева (р. 1996, г. Казань) — художница, фотограф. Живет и работает между Москвой и Казанью.
Мне кажется, что в основе хрупкой повседневности человека лежат одиночество и поиск любви в мире чудищ и чудес. В своих фотографических проектах и инсталляциях я обращаюсь к этим мотивам, а также темам взросления, времени, взаимоотношений человека и природы через создание объектов, натюрмортов и скульптур в смешанной технике. Мне нравится искать тайны в повседневных явлениях и воспроизводить их в сюжетах своих работ.
2026-2028 Joseph Backstein Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2026 stained-glass workshop, AAcademy19
2025 metal chasing workshop, AAcademy19
2025 Sergey Balandin Artist course
2024 Dmitry Lukianov Author/ Method course
2022 glass blowing workshop, Iglass
2016-2020 HSE Art and Design School, BSc Photography, Moscow
2025 Expectations Room/ Комната ожиданий, ССС Smena, Kazan
2026 Model Range/ Модельный ряд, CCC Terminal A, Nizhny Novgorod
2026 Garden of Eden: The Art of Russian Islam/ Райский сад: искусство российского ислама, National Museum of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan
2025 I am the Last Five Years/ Я — последняя пятилетка, Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg
2024 One Way Street/ Улица с односторонним движением, City Culture Center, Perm
2024 One Way Street/ Улица с односторонним движением, CCC Terminal A, Nizhny Novgorod
2024 Through the River Surreal/ Сквозь речной сюр, Segodnyazavtra Art-space, Saint-Petersburg
2023 Kazan as a Meeting Place/ Казань как место встречи, ССС Smena, Kazan
2023 One Way Street/ Улица с односторонним движением, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2022 Walking Around the Land/ Хождения по краю, ССС Smena, Kazan
2022 Aesthetics of Bricolage/ Эстетика бриколажа, All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, Moscow
2021 Homo Tired/ Человек уставший, HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow
2021 Open/ Открыто, MYXA Gallery, Moscow
2020 Physicality Outside of Construct/ Телесность вне конструкта, Design Factory Flacon, Moscow
2019 Sample x HSE ART GALLERY, HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow
2018 Design NEXT, Central House of Artist, Moscow
2026 Garage Museum residence, Moscow
2025 Spring Selection market, SISTEMA Gallery, Moscow
2024 VolgaFest festival, presented by CCC Smena, Samara
2023 Ad Marginem x masters festival, Levashovsky Bakery Factory Cultural Center, presented by CCC Smena, Saint-Petersburg
2022 Contemporary Art of Samara, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod auction, Victoria Art Gallery, Samara
2022 Blazar art fair, Museum of Moscow, presented by CCC Smena, Moscow
2022 Gathering online auction, Moscow
2021 Collection Yakitoriya online auction, Moscow
2021 Blazar art fair, Museum of Moscow, Moscow
2021 Young Russian Artists: The Rite of Spring online-auction, The Auction Collective x HSE ART GALLERY, London
2020 Blazar art fair, Museum of Moscow, presented by HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow
2020 Sample x HSE ART GALLERY online auction, Moscow
2019 The Taste of Paper print market, Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art, presented by HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow
2019 Sample x HSE ART GALLERY auction, GUM, Moscow
2024 VolgaFest festival, presented by CCC Smena, Samara
2023 Ad Marginem x masters festival, Levashovsky Bakery Factory Cultural Center, presented by CCC Smena, Saint-Petersburg
2022 Contemporary Art of Samara, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod auction, Victoria Art Gallery, Samara
2022 Blazar art fair, Museum of Moscow, presented by CCC Smena, Moscow
2022 Gathering online auction, Moscow
2021 Collection Yakitoriya online auction, Moscow
2021 Blazar art fair, Museum of Moscow, Moscow
2021 Young Russian Artists: The Rite of Spring online-auction, The Auction Collective x HSE ART GALLERY, London
2020 Blazar art fair, Museum of Moscow, presented by HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow
2020 Sample x HSE ART GALLERY online auction, Moscow
2019 The Taste of Paper print market, Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art, presented by HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow
2019 Sample x HSE ART GALLERY auction, GUM, Moscow
2020 awardee of Digital Dreams contest by CCA Qatar-Russia, Moscow
2026 interview in Inde, Russia
2025 I am the Last Five Years, New Art of Kazan book/ книга Я — последняя пятилетка, Новое искусство Казани, Russia
2024 publication in F-Stop, USA
2023 interview in Gathering, Russia
2022 publication in Forbes, Russia
2020 publication in The Blueprint, Russia
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