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KARTINA MIRA
International Competition for Young Artists
results
Stage 2
• Russia • Turkmenistan • USA • Libya • Turkey • Uganda • Uzbekistan • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Angola • Vietnam • Algeria • China
• Andreeva Alesya • Atakova Makhym • Begeeva Valeria • Bogovarova Yana • Bolgov Maxim • Boriskina Anastasia • Bronicki Joanna • Churilova Daria • Efimovskaya Maria • Elizova Natalia • Elmabrouk Malek Abdurrezagh Salem • Fedai Tatiana • Filimonenkova Nadezhda • Grishchenko Alina • İnan Emre • Ishmeeva Kamilla • Kajebe Jacob Joshua • Kasymova Nazokat • Khudyakov Aleksandr • Kim Anna • Kitenda Loswa • Korobeinikova Elina • Koroleva Anna • Kozlova Maria • Lir Daria • Lisova Diana • Lobko Anastasia • Lord Cave • Markova Natalia • Matondo Miekutima • Mikhailova Natalia • Mislimova Amina • Myasnikov Ivan • Nguyen Tuan Dung • Nurmedov Rakhmatdzhan • Ostapenko Darina • Pereyatenets Dmitry • Rumyantseva Ekaterina • Saadaoui Mohamed Akram • Saltykova Yulia • Sazhina Anastasia • Shchemelinsky Aleksey • Shemyakina Anna • Shleiger Emma • Shustova Valentina • Slipetskaya Diana • Smiyan Anastasia • Vasilina Alina • Vindina Yulia • Zang Mingli
theme of the Competition
2024-2025
The values of my nation as part of the global human culture
AWARDS
Opportunity to showcase your work
at the branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Kaliningrad
Professional recognition
by the international expert community
Participation in the opening of the exhibition
in Kaliningrad
in Kaliningrad
travel is at the expense of the Competition organizer
Memorable prizes
stages
October 23, 2024
Start of receipt of applications
March 12, 2025
End of receipt of applications
March 27, 2025
STAGE 1
The Youth Creative Council will select
The Youth Creative Council will select
April 12, 2025
STAGE 2
shortlisted
shortlisted
April 28, 2025
STAGE 3
Announcement of finalists: the Creative Council will select 14 winners
Announcement of finalists: the Creative Council will select 14 winners
June 2025
EXHIBITION OF FINAL WORKS
and awarding the winners
and awarding the winners
* The list of winners will be published on the Competition website
Creative Council
Chief of the Presidential Directorate for Social Projects.
- General Director of the Innopraktika Company.
- Rector of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin.
- Fine art expert, architectural historian, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.
- Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, Honorary Professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Distinguished Professor of Tsinghua University, Honorary Professor of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in St. Petersburg.
- Organizer and curator of exhibitions in Russia, China, USA, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Finland.
- Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy.
- Awarded the Russian Federation Government and St. Petersburg Government Prizes and other awards.
- General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
- Expert of the Regulatory Guillotine Council in the field “Culture”.
- Member of the Public Council under the State Duma Committee on Culture.
- Member of the Public Council at Rossotrudnichestvo.
- Member of the Supervisory Board of MGIMO University.
- Rector of the Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
- Renowned contemporary sculptor.
- Vice Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Sculpture Department.
- Member of the China Artists Association, Deputy Secretary-General and Executive Council Member of the China Sculpture Institute.
Graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Design (now the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University), long engaged in the creation of large-scale public art and theoretical research, with multiple published monographs on related topics.
In 2024, he held a solo exhibition at St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, where a 4-meter-long version of "Son of the Earth" was exhibited, causing a sensation.
Representative works such as "Son of the Earth", "Boundless", and "Non-Vertical Coordinates" are permanently displayed in the Dunhuang Gobi Art Corridor. His works provoke public reflection on ecological civilization through artistic interventions in nature, serving as new cultural landmarks in Dunhuang tourism. They have catalyzed the formation of the Guazhou Gobi Art Corridor, boosting integrated cultural tourism development and attracting over a million visitors annually, achieving a resonance between artistic creation and ecological conservation.
Research focuses include ancient Chinese sculpture studies, public sculpture research, and digital sculpture studies.
- Professor, Doctor of Art History.
- Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.
- Member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Moscow Union of Artists and Russia Designers Association.
- Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
- Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation.
- Honorary Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation.
- Full Member of the Russian Geographical Society.
- Vice President of the Ethnographic Research Foundation "On the Edge of Worlds" at the Russian Geographical Society.
- Member of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Settlement of Disagreements Arising during the Transfer of Religious Property to Religious Organizations.
He was elected rector of the Russian State University of Design and Applied Arts (Stroganov University) in 2011 and has been fruitfully heading it. Over the past years of his work, Sergei Kurasov managed to expand his activities in the field of art history scientific and theoretical research.
Professor Kurasov introduced into scientific circulation a serious theoretical and art history analysis of the fading cultural heritage of Tibet and its spiritual tradition. A great contribution of this research was the recording of the cultural environment, originality and uniqueness of the experience of Tibetan art, which Professor Kurasov captured in his paintings and photographs. He actively publishes in professional editions, delivers scientific reports at conferences.
Along with art exhibitions, Sergei Kurasov is known as an active creator of the expositions designs of group and personal exhibitions of Stroganov University professors, held in the halls of the Russian Federation Presidential Executive Office, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Teachers, graduate students and students took part in these large-scale projects. Sergei Kurasov is a full member and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2021, he was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation.
- Director General of the National School of Arts and Crafts in Culture.
- Associate Professor at the Virtual University of Senegal.
- Head of the Multimedia Department at the Cheikh Hamidou KANE Digital University, where he is a Research Professor and Head of the Graphic and Digital Arts degree.
Graduated from the National School of Arts of Senegal. After a career as a professor of art education, he joined the National School of Arts as a trainer and head of division.
Committed to the promotion of the arts, he participates in exhibitions and contributes to the creation of new training courses in Graphic and Digital arts and Digital Communication.
- Director of ANO "Art-Podgotovka".
- Curator of Innopraktika School.
Innopraktika School — a unique educational project aimed at developing intercultural cooperation. Within its framework foreign students of creative professions get acquainted with Russia and undergo training in art, theater, music and choreography.
The priority goal of the School is to support and develop Russian culture in the context of global values. Innopraktika School project was launched in 2020, during its work, 210 people from 51 countries have already completed training in its sessions. The result of the program are strong friendships, creative ideas and new works.
Elizaveta started her professional career in 2011 at an advertising agency, as a manager for cultural projects such as the International Festival of Arts Diaghilev P. S. and the opening of the Russian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale.
In 2018, she joined the Internationalization Department at ITMO University, where she was responsible for coordinating the ITMO Fellowship and Professorship program for foreign faculty and scientists. This program reached the final stage of the All-Russian Competition of Best Personnel Practices in the Field of Science and Education organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia in 2020
Since 2022, she has been leading the team at the ITMO University Art & Science Center. The Center is running the unique master’s program in the field of scientific and technological art. In addition to educational activities, the Center organizes and curates exhibitions of student and professional artists' art & science works. It also conducts open educational programs and workshops.
In 2018, she joined the Internationalization Department at ITMO University, where she was responsible for coordinating the ITMO Fellowship and Professorship program for foreign faculty and scientists. This program reached the final stage of the All-Russian Competition of Best Personnel Practices in the Field of Science and Education organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia in 2020
Since 2022, she has been leading the team at the ITMO University Art & Science Center. The Center is running the unique master’s program in the field of scientific and technological art. In addition to educational activities, the Center organizes and curates exhibitions of student and professional artists' art & science works. It also conducts open educational programs and workshops.
- Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation.
- Head of the program "Higher School of Management in Culture".
- Member of the Competition Committee of the ANO "Institute for Internet Development".
- Member of the Expert Council of the "Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives".
- Program Director of the World Youth Festival in 2024.
- Producer of the feature film "20/22".
- First Deputy General Director of the Innopraktika company.
- President of Vision Media Center LLC, ANO "Global Values" and TM LLC.
- Graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation and the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Natalia is a member of the board of directors of Geoscan LLC, ITEKMA LLC, a member of the Supervisory Boards of the Innovative Scientific and Technological Center "Composite Valley", the Innovative Scientific and Technological Center "Quantum Valley" in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Far Eastern Federal University and the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia, a member of the Public Council at Rossotrudnichestvo, a member of the Board of Trustees of the All-Russian Public Organization of Chemistry Teachers and Lecturers, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the School Part of the Phystech XXI Cluster. In addition, she is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Interdepartmental Analytical Center", a member of the Coordinating Council for Import Substitution and Technological Independence of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Council for Support of Programs for the Development of Educational Institutions of Higher Education within the Framework of the Implementation of the Strategic Academic Leadership Program "Priority-2030".
Natalia is the initiator and presenter of the media projects of the Innopraktika company, including the programs "House of Scientists" (jointly with the TV channel "Culture"), "Science" (jointly with the TV channel "Russia 24").
Since December 2019, Natalia Popova has held the position of public ombudsman in the field of protecting the rights of high-tech leading companies, established on the basis of the Institute of the Presidentional Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights.
- A distinguished artist and educator.
- Dean of the Government College of Art and Design, Nagpur.
- Previously, he served as Dean of Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, for 14 years.
- A graduate and postgraduate in Fine Art (Painting) with a Post-Diploma in Art Education from Sir J.J.
- School of Art, he earned his doctorate from Vikram University, Ujjain, for his research on landscape painting traditions (1900−1960).
Dr. Sabale has held key positions, including Vice Chairman of the Art Society of India and trustee at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya and Jehangir Art Gallery. His academic contributions extend to universities across Maharashtra and Goa. Inspired by the Western Ghats, his watercolor landscapes capture nature’s energy and spontaneity. With five solo exhibitions and numerous group shows, his work reflects a deep artistic vision.
As an educator, he integrates theory with practice, fostering creativity, research, and social responsibility. His dedication continues to shape future artists.
- First Vice-President of Gazprombank (JSC)
- Director of Penza Art College named after Konstantin Savitsky
- Member of the jury of city and regional art exhibitions.
- Member of the Academy of Folk Art.
- For many years, she was a member of the Penza regional branch of the All-Russian public and state organization "Union of Women of Russia", where, with her active participation, issues related to the social and educational activities of various organizations were resolved.
For many years of conscientious work in the system of professional education, active cultural and educational activities in the aesthetic education of youth has been awarded the following prizes:
- Letter of Aknowledgment from the "Union of Artists of Russia", 2021.
- Certificate of Honor of the Head of the City of Penza, 2021.
- Letter of Aknowledgment from the Governor of the Penza Region, 2022.
- Certificate of Honor of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region, 2023.
- Letter of Aknowledgment from the Governor of the Penza Region, 2024.
Has made a great contribution to the development of creative and competitive activities of the Penza Art College. During her leadership, teachers and students took part in competitions, visiting plein airs, exhibitions of various levels, where they invariably became laureates and diploma winners.
- Rector of Lugansk State Academy of Culture and Arts named after Mikhail Matusovsky.
- Candidate Sc. Education, Professor. Teaching areas are "Philosophy" and "Philosophy of Photography".
- Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
- Photo artist, author of photo exhibitions: "School of Associations", "School of Associations — 19", "Untitled".
- Director of the Novosibirsk State Art College.
- Honored Worker of Culture and Art of the Novosibirsk Region.
- Member of Russia Designers Association.
- Awarded with a Letter of Aknowledgment from the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation and numerous Certificates of Honor and Letters of Aknowledgment from the leadership of the region and the relevant Ministry.
- Laureate of the Prize of the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region in the field of culture and art, laureate of the Interregional competition "Director of the Year of Siberia 2020".
- Member of the federal expert jury in the All-Russian competitions: "Best Children’s Art School of Russia" and "Best Teacher of the Children’s Art School" in the Far Eastern and Central Federal Districts, a member of the Heraldic Commission under the Government of the Novosibirsk Region and the Art Council of the city of Novosibirsk.
- Winner of the award of the magazine "Leaders Today" in the nomination "Kings of Fine Arts" for great contribution to the training of young specialists in the field of fine arts and design.
- Participant of creative exhibitions of art teachers, member of the jury of regional and interregional exhibitions.
- Author of numerous methods of teaching art disciplines.
Youth Creative Council
- organizer of the International Street Art Festival in Vladimir;
- winner of the grant competition at the International Forum Tavrida 2020 (Rosmolodez);
- winner of the grant competition of All-Russian competition of projects in the field of urban planning 2021 (Rosmolodez);
- winner of the grant competition of Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives (2022-2023).
- winner of the grant competitions by Rosmolodez and Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives;
- finalist of "We are together" Award;
- winner of the competition "Important Matter" - "Vazhnoye Delo" (2022-2023).
- manager of Development Department Service of State Hermitage Museum;
- visiting lecturer at HSE University;
- founder of the project CIBA (Creative Industries. Business. Art.);
- photoartist;
- member of Creative Youth Community of Fine Arts;
- co-creator of the charity project "HEROES", realized together with the Fund "Child Rehabilitation Сenter";
- has been cooperating with such institutions as Cartier, Hermitage, the New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theatre, RedBull, Italy&co;
- organizer and curator of the exhibition project "Closing the loop".
- corresponding Member of International Academy of Culture & Art;
- member of Union of Artists of Russia and Creative Union of Artists of Russia;
- scholar of the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation (2017, 2022);
- scholar of the Government of Russian Federation (the scholarship for young cultural and artistic figures, 2020);
- silver medal "To the Worthy" of the Russian Academy of Arts (2021);
- golden medal of Creative Union of Artists of Russia for the contribution to the national culture;
- winner of the Republican grant competition of the Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan (2022).
- multiple prize winner and awardee of Russian art week competition in various categories;
- participation in the exhibitions of the Moscow branch of Union of Artists of Russia and Moscow Union of Artists;
- participation in the exhibitions of Union of Artists of Russia and international exhibitions, such as "All-Russian Youth Exhibition", "The Dialogue of Schools" in Minsk, "Exhibition of youth art from leading art universities of Russia for the World Youth Festival 2024 in Sochi";
- member of Union of Artists of Russia;
- teacher at Moscow State Institute of Culture (discipline - academic drawing and painting);
- laurate of 2nd degree of All-Russian Competition "Polotno" in the nomination "Fine Arts".
- participant of the Laboratory of V International Contest of Light Installations, Media art and Video mapping "Light Nights" in Gatchina, 2025;
- participant of the art residence "Interconnections", Substation and PJSC Gazprom "Friends of St. Petersburg", St. Petersburg, 2024;
- exhibition of works by media artists at the Lakhta Center Planetarium, St. Petersburg, 2024;
- exhibition "Cultural layer" in Museum complex named after I. YA. Slovcov, Tyumen, 2024;
- finalist of the Open Call for digital artists "PAF: All the Flowers" from Yandex TV Station and Sevcableport, 2024;
- participant of the Exhibition at VK Fest, St. Petersburg, 2024;
- finalist of the 10th flow of VK Mediaart Space. Participant of the Exhibition "Graffiti 3024: Art of the Future in Cities", Lumion, St. Petersburg, 2024;
- finalist of the Open Call DECIPRALAND. (RE)VISIONS. Rethinking Phygital Aesthetics. Digitalization of Industrial Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, 2024;
- participant of the Exhibition "Mirage" in the framework of "Night of Museums", Kazakhstan, May 2024;
- finalist of the Open call for digital creators. Theatre of Digital Art, Dubai, UAE, 2023;
- finalist of the Competition "Moscow. Trends", Cultural Center ZIL and SAS Metagallery, 2023;
- participant of the Exhibition in the pavilion "Digital Art" at Russian Creative Week in Moscow, 2023;
- winner of the marathon "Prostor" from VK, Festival "Outline". Dubna, 2023;
- winner of the Open Call Sxema x Repeat, exhibition in "Super.Metall", Moscow, 2023.
- participant of Blazar Young Art Fair 2023, Moscow;
- finalist of 17th ARC Salon Competition, New Jersey;
- participant of the youth exhibitions by Moscow branch of Union of Artists of Russia, Moscow;
- participant of the project "Art is near" by Yandex and Сreative Industries Agency, Moscow;
- participant of the group exhibitions in the galleries SEGODNYAZAVTRA, Cultural Center "Artishok", Elohovskiy gallery.
- graduate of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin with a series of diploma paintings "Volga" under the supervision of Professor Yuri Kalyuta;
- professor of drawing at the painting department of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin;
- member of Union of Artists of St. Petersburg;
- participant of more than 85 exhibitions, including in the New Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts exhibition of professors' paintings, etc.;
- participant and prize-winner of numerous all-Russian and international competitions and plein-airs;
- the artist’s paintings are in the collections of the Samara Art Museum, the Belgorod Art Museum, the Donbass Art Museum and private collections in Russia and more than 15 countries;
- in 2023, a large personal exhibition "River" was held in the exhibition hall of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, where more than 40 paintings about the Neva and the Volga were presented.
- graduate of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin with a diploma painting under the supervision of Hamid Savkuev;
- assistant-trainee of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin in the workshop under the direction of Hamid Savkuev;
- multiple participant of international and local exhibitions: "Twofaced Janus: DDR/USSR" (Research Museum of Academy of Fine Arts), "DeusXXI" (St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin), "Portrait XXI" (ArtMuza Gallery), "SURPIZElll" (Urbino, Italy), "Love, Death and the Virgin" (Artefiche Gallery), "Children" (St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin), "1703" (Manege, St. Petersburg);
- member of the professors delegation of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin visiting Sichuan Province (PRC) and the Chengdu Academy of Arts.
- a graduate of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts named after Ilya Repin with a diploma work of a series of graphic sheets made in lithography technique, based on the novel by A. Tolstoy "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin";
- participant of the exhibitions "Ögonblick", Alvar Aalto Library, Vyborg; "Where there are only mountains, me and the sky", A.A. Kadyrov State Gallery, Grozny; "Voice of the Cities", Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg; "Crossroads of Cultures", A.A. Kadyrov Memorial Complex of Glory, Grozny; "LIFESTREAM", MAGBER Gallery, Barcelona, Spain and exhibitions within the Third International Biennale of Lithography at the Parobrod Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia;
- in 2024, 3 solo exhibitions of the artist were held in St. Petersburg: "LithoGraphics", gallery "Colors of Life"; "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin", A.A. Prokofiev Library; "On the Stone", museum of contemporary art ARTMUZA.
News
of the winners' works
Branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Kaliningrad
June 2025
Final exhibition
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2024 – 2025
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INN (Taxpayer Identification Number) 9704202698
OGRN (Primary State Registration Number) 1237700171818
2024 – 2025
This website is for information purposes only and does not constitute a public offer