Nina Z.
date of birth - 22.06.1954
permanent residence - 112-3-736, Leningradskoye shosse, Moscow, 125445, Russia

Nationality Russian Federation
Place of birth USSR

EDUCATION

1977 - Philological Faculty, Moscow State University
1983 - Journalistic Faculty (Post Graduate Course), MSU
1984 - Thesis "Word and Image in TV Journalism"; Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

1983-1985 - Journalistic Faculty, MSU, lecturer
Since 1986 - TV and Radio State Company "Ostankino", TV journalist
Since 1991 - Art Media Center "TV Gallery", head and founder

I. SELECTED TV-PROGRAMS.

1990-1991 - "SHOCK - SHOW", series of programs about avantgarde
art. Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino".
Some issues were shown at the International Art Fair "ARKO", Madrid, February 1992.

1990-1995 - "TV GALLERY", a cycle of programs about contemporary culture in the system of art-business. Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino" (December 1990 - November 1992), Russian TV, 3 channel "Moscow" (December 1992 - till the present time).
Some issues were shown during the festivals: "Art of New Russia", Helsinki, MUU-ry exhibition hall, October 1992.
"New Territories of Art", Krasnoyarsk, September 1993.

1992-1993 - "TRACE" (handprint), series of figurative-biography programs: portraits of the experts of contemporary Russian Culture, as the pupils of Children's Experimental Studio (Head Vladislav Kirpichov) see them. Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino".

1993-1995 - "A JOY OF DESIGN", series of programs about art of design. Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino". - "INSOMNIA", series of programs about contemporary art. Russian State TV,1 channel "Ostankino".

1993 - "AN UNKNOWN CINEMA OF SERGEY PARADJANOV". Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino".
- "OPENING", program about Russian collectors Sergey Schukin and Ivan Morozov (the beginning of the 20th century) at the background of the opening of the exhi- bition from their collection - "From Monet to Picasso" - at the Folkvang Museum (Essen, Germany). Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino"; Russian TV, 3 channel "Moscow".
1997-98 - "OBVIOUS YET INCREDIBLE. XXI CENTURY" ( The host - worldwide recognized scientist Sergey Kapitza), providing insights and prognostication of the most critical scientific and cultural problems throughout the world.
Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino"

II. DOCUMENTARIES.

1990-1991 - "GALLERIES" (30 min)
Shown at the International Art Fair "ARKO", Madrid, February 1992.
1991 - "ART-MIF-2" (30 min) Shown at the International Art Fair "ARKO", Madrid, February 1992.
- "MOSCOW CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE" (30 min) Shown at the International Art Fair "ARKO", Madrid, February 1992; Bilbao Art Museum, Spain, May 1992.
- "ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS" (30 min)
Shown at the International Art Fair "ARKO", Madrid, February 1992; Bilbao Art Museum, Spain, May 1992.
1992 - "A FESTIVAL IN EDINBURGH" (45 min)
Russian State TV, 1 channel "Ostankino".
- "ANIMALISTIC PROJECTS" (35 min)
Shown at the International Video Festival "VideoFest-94", Berlin, February 1994; International Festival of Television Programs and Films "BANFF", Banff, Canada. June 1994.

1996 WINGS OF FREEDOM, OR ONE COLLECTION's STORIES" (45min) documentary about Non-Conformist artists

III. SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEOS

1992 - "LEOPARDS BURST INTO THE TEMPLE, or BLINDFOLD INNER MONOLOGUE" (7 min).
Shown at the "Deutcher Videokunstpreis" Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe, October 1994. It was among 50 best videos of the year.

- "IT IS JUST A BEGINNING" (7 min)
Shown in the limits of "Dablusity" project at Moscow International Art Fair "ART-MIF-3", Moscow,October 1993; at the Internatinal Festival "KOE-ART-II", Tsarskoye Selo, June 1995; at the Russian-German Festival of Experimental Films, Moscow, December 1995.

1995 - "BEING GUIDED BY NO ONE" (15 min)
Shown at the International Video Forum "The 3-d Reality" in St.Petersburg, September 1995; at the International Video Forum "Ostranenie" in Dessau, Germany, November 1995; at the Festival Des Jungen Osteuropaischen Films in Cottbus, Germany, November 1995; at the German-Russian Festival of Experimental Films, Moscow, December 1995.

IV. CURATORIAL PROJECTS.

1992
April-May - "NEW NAME" - the finale of a big project run by "TV Gallery" during the whole year all over the country (former USSR) - the All-Union Tele- vision Competition of Artists. The Moscow Youth Palace. Moscow.
July - "HOUSE-WARMING PARTY" - video performance. TV Gallery. Moscow.
September - "WITH TASTE" - video performance, as a partici- pation in Moscow Festival of Galleries. TV Gallery. Moscow.
1993
February - "MIRAGE" - video performance, author and performer Australian artist Alan Schacher. CAC Exhibition Hall. Moscow.
April - "REPROJECTIONS" - exhibition, a conceptual reflexion on the theme of cinema, video and TV, made by a young Moscow artist Olya Darfi. TV Gallery. Moscow.
May - "ARE YOU HELPLESS? or All IN ALL IT DOES NOT SEEM SO BAD" - video performance, an ironic version upon functioning of Television system and it's influence on human being; author - a conceptual artist Gia Rigvava. CAC Exhibition Hall. Moscow.
1994
September - video installation by Arsen Savadov and Georgiy Senchenko. TV Gallery. Moscow.
October - "VSTAVKA" - video installation by Kirill Preobrajenskiy. TV Gallery. Moscow.
December - "LISTS" - exhibition by Vladislav Efimov. TV Gallery. Moscow.
- "TVarj" (Beast) - exhibition by Leonid Tishkov.
TV Gallery. Moscow.
- "APPROPRIATION OF PINOCHIO" - video installation by TV Gallery to the exhibition "Nose". CAC Exhibition Hall. Moscow.

1995
February - "THE SALVATION OF SPACES" - video installation by Vladimir Salnikov. TV Gallery. Moscow.
March - "POISON GASES DECORATE THE LANDSCAPE" - video installation by Nina Kotyol and Konstantin Gadaev. TV Gallery. Moscow.
May - "THE COMPLETION OF A PHRASE" - video installation by Aliona Martinova. TV Gallery. Moscow.
July - "BREATHING" - video installation by Vladislav Efimov. TV Gallery. Moscow.
September - "THE CLOUD, TRAVELLING ROUND THE WORLD, SHOULD NOT TOUCH PLANES" - video installation by Alexander Brener. TV Gallery. Moscow.
October - "A HUMAN BEING IN THE ERA OF ELECTRONIC SIMILARITIES" - video action by Vladimir Salnikov. TV Gallery in the Contemporary Art Center Exhibition Halls. Moscow.
1996
January - "MY PRIVATE LIFE DOES NOT CONCERN ME" - exhibition by Aliona Martinova. TV Gallery in CAC exhibition halls, Moscow.
- "I WILL FORGET EVERYTHING" - video installation by Alexey Mikhailov. TV Gallery in CAC exhibition halls, Moscow.
March - "RESULTS" - exhibition of Berlin Art Academy's Moscow grant holders. Joint project of CAC and TV Gallery with the participation of Goethe Center, during the festival "Berlin - Moscow", Moscow.

April - "GRAND CAFE" CYNCHRONISATION IN ST.NASER" (by Gia Rig- vava), "ODYSSEY-7: BULLS OF HELIOS" (by De Profundis Academy), "THE TIME LEFT" (by Pierr Mersier) - three joint exhibitions during the International Month of Photography. TV Gallery in CAC exhibition halls, Moscow.
September - "FORESEEING OF THE PAST" - St.Petersburg New Aca- demy of Fine Arts, exhibition Classical Trends in Modern Radiant Art. Joint project of CAC and TV Gallery, Moscow. - "EMERGENCY EXIT" - exhibition of installations and performances by Sobolev School's students. Joint project of CAC and TV Gallery, Moscow.
December - "KULIK's REMINISCENCES" - art-action. Joint project of CAC and TV Gallery, Moscow.
- "GALVANI" - video installation and photo objects by Vladislav Efimov and Aristarkh Chernyshov. Joint project of CAC and TV Gallery, Moscow.

1997
March - "OPUS MAGNUM" - video installation by Vladislav Efimov and Aristarkh Chernyshov. The Central House of Artists, Moscow.
"SPACES BEING SAVED BY US, ARE DEPENDENT ON WILL AND SENSE" - exhibition consisting of three parts: "ORIENTATION OF THE SOUL" by Vladimir Salnikov, "COLLAPSE-SPHERE" by Nina Kotyol and VAdim Fomenko, "DEMONS" by anonimous author. TV Gallery in the CAC exhibition halls, Moscow.
April - "PROTODABLOIDS" - exhibition by Leonid Tishkov. TV Gallery in the CAC exhibition halls, Moscow.
May - "MEMORY TRANQUILIZATION", part 1, "GRIGORY SCHPEIER" - project by Bogdan Mamonov. TV Gallery in the CAC exhibition halls, Moscow.
- "PROCESS" - exhibition by Alena Vitukhnovskaya and Aliona MArtynova. TV Gallery in the CAC ex- hibition halls, Moscow.
October - "STARS & ASSES" exibition by Guiya Rigvava,Moscow
December
1998 -"MEMORY TRANQULIZATION",part 3,stereo-slaid film by Bogdan Mamonov with participation Konstantin Ager
March - Moscow International Art Fair "ART Moscow'98".
"VERA PAVLOVNA's DREAMS.A.'s Escape" by Galina Ledentsova.
May - "YELLOW IS COOKING, WHITE IS EATING" Videoinstallation by Art Group AEC. Art Media Center "TV Gallery". Moscow
September - "SHINING PROSTHESES" - The Project by Vladislav Efimov, Aristarkh Chernishev.
October - "MEGAPOLIS" - Photos and films by German Artist Miron Zownir

V. SHOWS IN RUSSIA.

1991 - "ART-MIF-91" - Moscow International Art Fair. The Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Moscow.

1992 - MOSCOW GALLERIES FESTIVAL. TV Gallery. Moscow.

1993 - "NEW TERRITORIES OF ART" - festival in Krasnoyarsk.
- "ART-MIF-93" - Moscow International Art Fair.
The Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Moscow.

1994 - Forum "SEARCHING THE THIRD REALITY" - House of Cinema. Moscow.

1995 - "EOEART-II" - International Art Fair. Tsarskoye Selo. - "THE THIRD REALITY" - International Festival. Moscow.
- RUSSIAN-GERMAN FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS. Moscow.
1996 - "BERLIN - MOSCOW" - International festival. Moscow
1997 - "ART - MOSCOW" - International Art Fair, Moscow.
- "ART - MANEGE" - International Art Fair, Moscow
- "SALON DIGITAL" - Global teleconference,Goethe project with participation TV Gallery,for the opening of the Media Museum in the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Moscow
1998 - " ARCHIVE.ZIP", File "TV Gallery". Videoprograms from videoarhive TVGallery, Cinema Museum, Moscow
- International Moscow Art Fair "ART Moscow'98".

VI. INTERNATIONAL SHOWS.

1992 - "ARKO" - International Art Fair, Madrid.
- "CINEMA AND PAINTING" - exhibition at the Bilbao Art Museum, Spain.
1994 - "BANFF" - International Festival of Television Programs and Films. Banff, Canada.
- "DEUTSCHER VIDEOKUNSTPREIS 1994" - International Festival. Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe.

1995 - "OSTRANENIE" - International Video Forum. Dessau, Germany.
- "FESTIVAL DES JUNGEN OSTEUROPAISCHEN FILMS". Cottbus, Germany.
1996 - "SPLIT" - International festival of new film and video 1997 - "NEW RUSSIAN MEDIA - ART"- cultural program, Hannover, Germany
- Videomedia festival "NOVI SAD" - Internationational video summit. Yugoslavia
1998 -"ART FORUM BERLIN" - International Art Fair. Berlin, Germany
2000
October KIEV INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ART FESTIVAL 2000 include the set of the artistic projects and events, that present recent multimedia projects of the most important media artists and musicians from Germany, Austria, France, UK, Japan, Switzerland, etc. Festival present also the documentation of the world most important media art festivals and institutions - Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, European Media Art Festival in Osnabrueck, Germany, Hull Time Based Art, UK.

2001
OctoberNew York Festival of Russian Films. Program of Nina Zaretskaya. Experimental films of Russia at the turn of the century, curated by Nina Zaretskaya.
October -November "UP-AND-COMING" Film Festival Hannover. The spesial programm "Wouds & Visions of a Megalopolis, curated by Nina Zaretskaya.

VII GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Artslink Grant ( Long Beach Museam of Art, USA) 1994
Soros Center For Contemporary Art Grant, (Moscow, Russia) 1995
Open Society Institute Grant (Moscow, Russia) 1996
Fellowship of Goethe Institut ( Berlin, Germany) 1996
Soros Center For Contemporary Art Grant ( Moscow, Russia) 1997

VIII TALKS AND LECTURES

1992 - "ART OF NEW RUSSIA" - a week video program
"TV and Video Art in Russia". MUU-ry Exhibition Hall, Helsinki.
1994 - "VIDEO-FEST-94" - International Video Festival. Berlin.
- "TWENTY YEARS OF VIDEO ART AT THE LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART" - Videoforum, Long Beach.
1996 - "BERLIN - MOSCOW" - International Festival, Moscow
1997 - "NEW RUSSIAN MEDIA - ART" - cultural programm,Hannover, Germany
- Conference at the opening exhibition "AES TODAY", Warsaw - Seminar "ART AND MEDIA". Art Media Center. Moscow
1998 - Seminar "DOCUMENTA X". Video screening and discussion. Art Media Center. Moscow
- Conference "SHAKING HANDS, MAKING CONFLICTS" Stockholm Sweden

XI PUBLICATIONS

TV Program's Analysis from the Viewpoint of Correlation of world and Image.1983.
The Moscow University Bulletin, Journalism series, 1983.
TV Image Formula. TV - Radio, Informative Collection, 1984.
On the Audio-Visual Structure of the Program "Vremya" ( content-analysis experiment). The Moscow University Bulletin, Journalism series, 1985.
Abstract of Dissertation "World and Image in TV Journalism". The State Moscow University, 1985.
Music in Figures. Auditoria, Articles Collection, Moscow, 1987 ( In cooperation with V. Yumatov).
"Jurmala -88": TV Competition's Experience and problems. Auditoria, Articles Collection, Moscow, 1988 ( In cooperation with N. Vakurova)

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