Yelena Popova
Born in USSR, works in Nottingham, UK
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2024
Of Dust and Breath, Ione and Mann, London
2022
Made Ground, Cample Line, Thornhill, Scotland.
2021
Showing Now, Touring Later. The Art House, Worcester University, UK
2020
Landscapes of Power, Philipp von Rosen, Cologne.
The Scholar Stones Project, Holden galery, Manchester
2018
Her Name is Prometheus, Letranger, London
Настоящим Удостоверяется, Osnova, Moscow, Russia
Townlets, The Art House, Wakefield, UK
2017
This Certifies That, Philipp von Rosen, Cologne, Germany
Elements, Girton College, University of Cambridge
2016
After Image, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
2015
Unsensed, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle (curated by Madeleine Kennedy)
Recite a Painting, Upton House, National Trust, Warwickshire, UK
2014
A World to Gain, Figge von Rosen Gallery, Cologne
Drying Time, Paradise Row, London
2013
Unsoluble Moments, ‘Why Painting Now’, Cirated_by_Vienna, Austria (curated by Lina Dzuverovic)
Nameless Nobles, NN Gallery, Northampton (curated by Catherine Hemelryk)
The Portrait Gallery, Cole Gallery, London
2012
Portrait Gallery Withdrawn part of Abstract Possible, East Side Projects, Birmingham (curated by Maria Lind)
Olympic Throw, Zabludowicz Collection ‘Invites’, London
UNNAMED, Figge von Rosen Gallery, Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Timescapes, Shtager&Shch, London, curated by Maria Hinel.
2023
Matter as Actor, Lisson Gallery, London, curated by Greg Hilty
Hoarfrost on Our Lips, Paradise Works, Manchester, curated by Will Marshall
Colonial Endurance, Nieuwe Instituut , Rotterdam, curated by TOK
PostPetrochemical Practices, Cromer Art space
2022
Made in X, curated by Joachim Naudts, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwrp, 04.02-29.05.2022
Fragile, at Austin Desmond Fine Art 08.04.2022-09.05.2022
2021
Ural Industrial Biennial, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Every Women Biennial, London
Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London
Examination of a case. Pop and Politics in Contemporary Textile Arts, Curator: Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz.
2020
Heavy Duty paper, Division of Labour, Wocester.
We are here, Female Artists in Cambridge Colleges, Heong Gallery, Cambridge.
Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert for Hayward touring.
2019
Parade, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City curated By Kris Day December-January 2020
What branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Letrangere, London March-May
Estragon, Belmacz, London, April-May
Subversive Stitch, group show, curated by Hannah Watson, TJ Boulting, London, Feb-March
P for Portrait, group show, curated by Nat Pitt Division of Labour, THE ART HOUSE, University of Worcester, Jan-Feb
2018
Perpetual Uncertainty, group show curated by Ele Carpenter, Malmo Konst Museum,
Routines and Figures, 3 artist show, SEA Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Group Show, Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, Munich,
If You Can Stand The Heat, Roaming Gallery, London
2017
Blue. Seventeen (Grotova, Neelova, Popova), Osnova Gallery. Moscow
Drawing Biennale, Drawing Room, London
Seventeen. (Grotova, Neelova, Popova) Centrala, Birmingham
2016
EchtZEIT, The Art of Slowliness, group show, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany Jun-Sept 2016
Perpetual Uncertainty, curated by Ele Carpenter, Buildmeseet, Umea, Sweden
New Visions, Curated by Marial Lind, Tensta Kunsthalle, Stockholm, Sweden.
Now for Tomorrow from the Nottingham Castle collection, Nottingham, UK
2015
Dispaly Show, Temple Bar Callery, Dublin and Eastside Projects, Birmingham (curated by Gavin Wade)
Future Light, MAK, Vienna Biennale, (curated by Maria Lind)
The Decorator and the Thief, Nothern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, (curated by George Vasey)
30 Years of the Future, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2014
The Other Side, Garage project space, Moscow (curated by Snejana Krasteva)
2013
Group show, Regina Gallery, Moscow
Infinite City, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA
The Futures of the Past, Kunst Raum Riehen, Basel, (curated by Heidi Brunschweiler)
Group show, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012
Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union, Saatchi Gallery, London
Selma Parlour/ Yelena Popova, Horton Gallery, New York
Twofold: Gregor Hylla/ Yelena Popova, Outpost Gallery, Norfolk
The Red Mansion Art Prize Winners Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Joyful Archipelago, Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects, London
2011
New Sensations, Victoria House, London
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, at Sheffield; and ICA, London
Keep Doors & Passages Clear, White Columns Gallery, New York, (curated by Tom Godfrey)
RESIDENCIES
The Art House, Wakefield, May 2018
CCA Andratx, Mallorca, October 2017
West Dean College, July, 2017
Girton College Cambridge October 2016-June 2017
Ciltivamos Cultura, Portugal, September, 2015
Upton House National Trust, 2014- 2015
Moks, Estonia, August, 2011
AWARDS
2013 Shortlisted for The Arts Foundation Awards: Painting
2011 The Outset Prize, The Parallel Prize and The Red Mansion Prize
2010 RCA Oberon Book Award / Second prize, judged by Peter Blake
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council Collection (London), Government Art Collection (London), RCA Collection (London), Saatchi Collection (London), Zabludowicz Collection (London), In4Art Collection (Netherlands), Jalima Collection (Dusseldorf), Nottingham Castle Collection, New Hall Art Collection (Cambridge), LWL Museum (Munster), CCA Andrax Collection (Mallorca, Spain), Sea Foundation (Netherlands) and various private collections.
EDUCATION
2009 - 11 MA Painting, Royal College of Art (RCA), London.
1995 - 00 Set Design and Construction, Moscow Art Theatre School (MHAT), Moscow