Yelena Popova

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 EDUCATION 2009-11 MA Painting, Royal College of Art (RCA), London 2006-07 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Byam Shaw at Central St Martins (UAL), London 1995-00 BA Degree in Set-design & Technology, Moscow Art Theatre School (MHAT), Russia SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 ‘Unnamed’, Wallner Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 2009‘Josto Flowers’, 40 Kvadratov Gallery, Smolensk, Russia, curated by Dmitry Zimin 2009‘Martian Gardener’, Hand & Heart Gallery, Nottingham SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Oct2011 New Sensations, Victoria House, London Oct2011 New Contemporaries, Shefield, London April 2011‘The Bookmark Project’ The Study, Nottingham Contemporary, curated by Yelena Popova Feb2011 ‘Never Let Me Go’, Project space, Quad, Derby Feb2011 Keep Doors & Passages Clear’, White Columns Gallery, New York, curated by Tom Godfrey Jan 2011 ‘Tracing Shadows in the Dark’, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London; July 2010 ‘Salt’, RU Arts Gallery, Young Artists Biennale Moscow, Russia, curated by Anna Buivid July 2010 ‘Ztime’, Era Foundation, Young Artists Biennale Moscow, Russia, curated by Anna Buivid May 2010 ‘Oasis’, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, curated by Catherine Hemelryk April 2010 ‘Interim Show’, Royal College of Art, LondonApril 2010 ‘Ztime’, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London, curated by Mindy Lee & Yelena Popova Feb 2010 Goshka Macuga’s cabinet installation, ‘Star City Show’, Nottingham Contemporary Jan 2010 ‘Indoor Life’, Walden Affairs, Den Haag, Holland, curated by Tom Godfrey Sept 2009 ‘Pan-Demonium’, Art Currencies Institute, New York, USA, curated by Gillian Whiteley Aug 2009 VI International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia May 2009 ‘Laika Sam und Felix’, Carolyn Heinz Galerie, Hamburg, Germany May 2009 ‘Free Wi-Fi’, Zurab Tsereteli Gallery of Arts, Moscow, Russia, curated by Andrey Bartenev Feb 2009 ‘Glitch’, (two man show), Zverevsky Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia Feb 2009 ‘Drawing with Dolphins’, Crimes Town Gallery, London, curated by Marcus Cope Sept 2008 ‘Gold Soundz’ at Southwell Artspace, Nottingham, curated by Geoffrey Litherland July 2008 'Stoj kto idet?' Moscow Young Artist Biennale, Moscow, Russia, curated by Andrey Bartenev June 2008 Homoludens Festival, Warsaw, Poland COLLECTIONS Saatchi Gallery, London RU Arts Gallery, Moscow, Russia Elke and Harold Einsmann, London Parallel Media Group collection, London Royal College of Art Permanent Art Collection, London AWARDS The Outset Prize, 2011 Teh Parallel Prize, 2011 The Red Mansion Prise, 2011 RCA Oberon Book Award, Second Prize, 2010