Mikhail Maksimov

Graduated at Moscow State Construction University and Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. participant of exhibitions and festivals including 3-th, 4-th, 5-th Moscow Modern Art Biennale, New Horizons International Film Festival, Wrozlaw, Poland, 36th Moscow International Film Festival (2014), European biennial of contemporary art Manifesta 10, (2014), 71th Locarno Festival (2018), 35th Hamburg Kurz Film Festival (2019), Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2020), 17th Venice Architecture Biennale (2021), Art for the Future Biennale (2022)

Selected exhibitions: Manifesta 10, Saint Petersburg, (2014), Burning News, London, England, Hayward Gallery,(2014), The Reasons of Sparking, Triumph Gallery, Moscow (2016), Hosting the Inhuman, Epicircle, V.A.C. Foundation, (2017), International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts “Spirit of fire”, (2018), 71th Locarno Featival, Parti Di Domani, International Competition(2018), Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2020) , Continious Response, solo show at Sidur Museum (2021), 17th Venice Architecture Biennale (2021), Assuming Distance: Speculations, Fakes, and Predictions in the Age of the Coronacene at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (2021), Radical Gaming. Immersion Simulation Subversion at HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste)(Basel, Switzerland)(2021)

Awards: International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts “Spirit of fire” (Golden Taiga for the best short film)(2018), 14th Kansk Video Festival (2015, Best Russian Short winner), Festival of Ultrashort Video (Moscow) 2014 – First Prize.