Personal statement

In my art I explore the changes that an individual undergoes throughout their life both physically and spiritually. Every series of my works has a certain connection to my personal experience and tries to answer a broad set of questions, which are familiar to anyone: What am I doing here? Who am I right now? Who do I want to be when I grow up? How do I know that I did?

The theme of finding one's place in the world is central to my art, as I am convinced that every person is the main character in that person's life. Precisely in this search many people experience loneliness. In my works I try to create a sense of understanding and warmth so that a person feels not lonely in their journey.

At the moment, one can see 2 distinct periods in my works.

The first one is that of the “Rebel” sculpture series, which tells the story of girls’ coming of age, a process entailing physical as well as mental transformations: from pouty little “Bubochka” and tomboyish “Peppy” to the pensive juvenescent “Warrior”. None of the characters occurred here at random, as they reflect their own story of becoming. The name too points at the inner bravery so much needed at every stage of this process, where the choice is only yours.

The second is the “Hoduns” series that is still under way. Its message is that of opposition to the sameness of the crowd and soulless seriousness of the modern grey metropolis. All of its characters have similar, faceless shape, just as the masses of people moving around a busy city. However, with each step, my “Hoduns” overcome the gloom and remember that once they used to know how to dream and find naïve joy in even the simplest things by inventing their own worlds where comfort comes first. Where the main character is you.

Bio
Born in 1999 in Omsk, Russia. I currently live and work in Moscow. At the moment I am studying at the 6th year of the Faculty of Sculpture of the Moscow State Academic Art Institute Surikov in the workshop of A. I. Rukavishnikov. The beginning of my active exhibition activity coincided with the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020.

Education :

2017 - 2023 - Moscow State Academic Art Institute. IN AND. Surikov
April 2019 - Art Retreat with Romolo del Deo, Pietrasanta, Italy


Top exhibitions and events

Cloud of Dreams
2022
Master class on creating an author's object
2022
Lonely town
2022
Oter events
Exhibitions
A solo exhibition is being prepared for 2024
2023, “Expression as a Message”, Russian State Library of Arts, Moscow, Russia
2022, “Destiny Leaned In”, Rostokino Gallery, Moscow, Moscow
2022, “Cloud of Dreams”, Rostokino Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2022, “Lonely Town 2.0”, Moscow, Russia
2022, pro. Youth , Baranov Galleries
2022, Cherchez la femme, St. Petersburg, Russia
2022, VMESTE, All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow, Russia
2022, Molodezhka XLII, Moscow Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow, Russia
2022, “Lonely Town”, Gamma Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2022, “Golden Antip”, Western Wing of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021, “Autumn Exhibition”, OMC, Moscow, Russia
2021, Moscow and the Muscovites, MOSKH, Moscow, Russia
2021, CHANGE 2.0
2021, Molodezhka XLI, MOSKh, Moscow, Russia
2021, Sculpture of Small Forms, Moscow, Moscow, Russia
2021, Online exhibition “Sbornaya Solyanka”, Alipova Gla.
2020, Moscow and Muscovites, MOSKH, Moscow, Russia
2020, wet paint, online
2020, online Molodezhka XL, MOSKH

Publications:
2021, Boomergallery
2021, wwa #6
Contacts 
marikiroho@yandex.ru
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