Simona Sharafudinov’s body of work is a reflection of a fragmented, queer, post-soviet identity grappling with belonging. Born in Lithuania during the time of Soviet Union dissolution and having emigrated to the UK at the age of 10, she takes personal experience as the point of departure to trace her displaced identity through image-making.
Fusing photography, painting and drawing; installation and performance; text and film, she explores mystical totemism of the body where it is used as a site for personal mythology, identity formation, and transformation. She is interested in questioning image-making through the logic of sensation, in liminal and sentient nature of the body and Identity, in aftermaths of societal landslides, and in personal and collective bearing of memory, trauma, consciousness and sexuality.
She lives and works in London.
Thank you!
SOLO Shows
2019 October, Palingenesis, SET Lewisham, London
2017 December, SPLEEN, Burlington Camden, London
2016 December, There are no borders in dreams, Laboratoire BX, Bordeaux
SELECTED GROUP Shows
2019 October, Palingenesis, SET Lewisham, London
2017 December, SPLEEN, Burlington Camden, London
2016 December, There are no borders in dreams, Laboratoire BX, Bordeaux
SELECTED GROUP Shows
2023
October, Channelling (frieze Corridor Commission), Frieze London
October, 20 Years of OUtset Celebration @ Tenter Ground, A.I. Gallery, London [performance]
2022
Salon Group Show, TSIVRIKOS SHAKE, London
2021
Metamorphoses, NEON Gallery, London
Mythologies, NEON Gallery, London
2020
KINESIS, NEON Gallery, London [performance]
2018
Whitechapel Gallery Presents 02, Whitechapel Gallery, London _Denial_[performance]
AROUND/HERE, ASTRA Spoleto, Italy
Space-Honey, Safehouse 1, London
One Not Be A Chamber, EXPOSED ARTS PROJECTS, London
2017
Studiomakers, The Vinyl Factory, London
SURVIVE!, L’agence en Residence, Bordeaux
COME: Show One, Central Saint Martins, London
Being in two places at the same time, GAM - Galeria de Arte Mexico, Mexico City
#flowspiral, The Saturday Museum, London
CSM Art Auction, The Lethaby Gallery, London
thisisanartshow.jpg, HTH Art Centre, London
2016
Our Laughter Will Drown Your Sorrows, The Laundry, London
2015
New Genes: Dark Matter, Studio 74, London
Art Gemini Prize 2015, The Menier Gallery, London
EDUCATION
2017 MA in Contemporary Photography, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2013 BA Media & Journalism, Birkbeck, University of London
RESIDENCIES
2018 ASTRA, Spoleto, Italy
2016 L’Agence en Residence, Bordeaux, France
AWARDS
2017 Tiffany & Co. x Outset Studiomakers Award
October, Channelling (frieze Corridor Commission), Frieze London
October, 20 Years of OUtset Celebration @ Tenter Ground, A.I. Gallery, London [performance]
2022
Salon Group Show, TSIVRIKOS SHAKE, London
2021
Metamorphoses, NEON Gallery, London
Mythologies, NEON Gallery, London
2020
KINESIS, NEON Gallery, London [performance]
2018
Whitechapel Gallery Presents 02, Whitechapel Gallery, London _Denial_[performance]
AROUND/HERE, ASTRA Spoleto, Italy
Space-Honey, Safehouse 1, London
One Not Be A Chamber, EXPOSED ARTS PROJECTS, London
2017
Studiomakers, The Vinyl Factory, London
SURVIVE!, L’agence en Residence, Bordeaux
COME: Show One, Central Saint Martins, London
Being in two places at the same time, GAM - Galeria de Arte Mexico, Mexico City
#flowspiral, The Saturday Museum, London
CSM Art Auction, The Lethaby Gallery, London
thisisanartshow.jpg, HTH Art Centre, London
2016
Our Laughter Will Drown Your Sorrows, The Laundry, London
2015
New Genes: Dark Matter, Studio 74, London
Art Gemini Prize 2015, The Menier Gallery, London
EDUCATION
2017 MA in Contemporary Photography, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2013 BA Media & Journalism, Birkbeck, University of London
RESIDENCIES
2018 ASTRA, Spoleto, Italy
2016 L’Agence en Residence, Bordeaux, France
AWARDS
2017 Tiffany & Co. x Outset Studiomakers Award