1968 born in Khabarovsk, Russia

Repin Institute of painting, sculpture & architecture (Art Academy). Art History Department
Living Page IV St. Petersburg Biennial program’s curator

1994-96   lecturer at St. Petersburg Fashion & Design Higher School (art history course)

1995   Creation of Fabric of Clothes Obtained (F.C.О.). Together with Natasha Pershina-Yakimanskaya (Gluklya)

1995, 1996, 1997, 2000   Soros Foundation grants

1999   Best video performance award. VideoMedeya, Novi Sad, Serbia.

1995   A series of exhibitions and performances dedicated to clothes’ phenomenon. Gallery 21, 103, Gallery Borey

1996   A series of actions and performances in a city environment
"Gratifying Neva". Helicopter action. Old clothes were being thrown into Neva waters between Troitsky and Palace Bridges to the accompaniment of Shalyapin’s voice
"In Memory of Poor Lisa". A jump from the bridge into the waters of Winter Ditch. St. Petersburg
"Sweet Stuff in the Museum of Hygiene". Pastry cakes placed between alcoholized internal, were offered to all visitors. Museum of Hygiene. St. Petersburg
A series of performances at St. Petersburg University Philosophical Department

1997   "Yusupov Garden". Installation and performance in a deserted garden. KUK-ART International Festival, Tsarskoe Selo
September session for fear overcoming:
1. "Dress Opera". Performance. Labin, Croatia
2. Radio Freedom lunch action, Prague
3. Illegal crossing of the border between Czechia and Germany. Action
4. "Different Gymnasium Movements". Performance. Cyber-Femin-Blok, Hybrid Work Space, Documenta X, Kassel
Video film "Notes to an Ideal Lover". Gallery 21 production
Directory "Games for Senior School-Girls", CD-ROM "Free-Play Game". Gallery 21
Video and CD-ROM, program "Mythology of the Territory". Gallery 21. St. Petersburg Culture Days, WFC, New York
СD-ROM project and installation in the program "Post-Information Utopia", G 21 V2-Organization. Rotterdam

1998   "Love & War". Performance, ARTGENDA'98, Stockholm
"Categories of Feelings of Dress Poetry". Installation, Moscow International Forum of Artistic Initiatives. Maly Manege. Moscow
A series of club and festival performances "Feelings’ Training":
1. MPV Auction. "Griboedov Club", St. Petersburg
2. "Morning Exercises", Festival "Scythian-3", Youth Palace, St. Petersburg
3. "Gisele", Decadence Festival (curated by T. Novikov), Leningrad Zoo, St. Petersburg
Scotland Trip:
1. Performance, Castle Milk Trade Center, Festival Street Level, Glasgow
2. Lecture & Performance. Art College, Glasgow
3. Beginning of a video project "White". A series of video performances involving special "White" characters that reveal space
"Alternative Miss World". Performance. London

1999   "Universal Clothes Repair Shop Named after G.I. Gurjiev". Performance and installation. St. Petersburg
"The Guards". Performance and installation. "Total Recall". TV Gallery, Moscow
Beginning of an exhibition and publishing project "Private Collections". Opening of "F.C.O. Library":
1. "Precious Things from Katya Andreeva’s Collection", (a book), Gallery 21, St. Petersburg
2. "Nica’s Method". Gallery 21, St. Petersburg
3. "Letters t o Belle", (a book), Gallery 21, St. Petersburg
4. "Olga Tobrelut’s Fears", (a book), Gallery 21, St. Petersburg
A series of poetical performances in cooperation with Yu. Leiderman А. Skidan and D. Golinko-Volfson:
1. "Poet’s Head I", Bookshop "Pangloss", Moscow
2. "Poet’s Head II", Club "Krai", Moscow
"G.B.’s 107 Fears". Performance, Avant-garde Fashion Festival, Tbilisi
Lecture & Performance, Video Festival, Tallinn
"White’s Materialization". Video performance. "Whites" embodied to feed a Serbian beggar at candlelight. We were awarded at this Festival. VideoMedeya, Novi Sad, Serbia

2000   "Magic Room". Performance. Pregnant Pythonesses answered visitors’ questions. "Helsinki-2000", Helsinki

"Fabric of Clothes Obtained", D. Pilikin’s interview. "Khudozhestvenny Journal" (edited by V. Misiano), #18, 1997
"Wishing to Touch Things", M. Dmitrieva, "Na Dne", # 29, 1997
"A Blouse for Delicate Blondes and a Jacket for Girls with Thin Wrists", Z. Arsenyeva, "Petersburg Bulletin", April, 1997
"Traveling Things Shop", M. Kuzmin, "Smena", July, 1997
"Fabric of Things Obtained", D. Pilikin. "Documenta X Here", O. Sarkisyan, "Khudozhestvenny Journal" (edited by V. Misiano), # 19-20, 1998
"Gymnasia School-Girls in Search of a Deed", E. Rukhina, "Ptuch", # 2, 1998
"Mother Country of Feelings", V. Salnikov, "Vremya", # 21, 1998
"Fabric of Clothes Obtained Provides Its Products Only for Traveling Things Shop", R. Chepalov, "Petersburg News", # 41, 1998
"Gymnasia Diary", A. Matveeva, "Maksimka", # 2, 1998
"An Eye of a Questioning Man", N. Tatarenko, "New World of Art", # 4, 1998
"Fabric of Clothes Obtained", M. Petrischeva, V. Kuritsin, "Matador", winter 1998-1999
"Tsaplya’s and Gluklya’s Things’ Shelter", O. Sarkisyan, "OFICIEL", spring 1999
"Gymnasia Diary, А. Matveeva, "Khudozhestvenny Journal" (edited by V. Misiano), #24, 1999
"Repairing, Mending, Sewing and Treating...", G. Lebedev, "Smena", # 65, 1999
"Hearts Are Breaking against Belle Matveeva, А. Lubimov, "Smena", # 168, 1999