

PRANNA
PRANNA IS AN ARTIST AND EVENT ENGINEER. WORKS IN THE DIRECTION OF PARTICIPATORY ART. THE MAIN MEDIA ARE PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, SCULPTURE. IN HIS PRACTICE, HE EXPLORES THE PROCESSES OF POST-GLOBALIZATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF ECOSYSTEMS, THE INFLUENCE OF MASS CULTURE ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
- "I'M INTERESTED IN PEOPLE—THEIR ATTENTION, THEIR GESTURES, THEIR WAY OF BEING WITH OTHERS. I VIEW THE CULTURE OF INTERACTION AS A LIVING SUBSTANCE THAT IS BEING FORMED RIGHT NOW, IN EVERY CONTACT WE HAVE.
AS A SETTING, I'M DRAWN TO INDUSTRIAL SPACES WITH THEIR MULTILAYERED HISTORY AND DISTINCT MEMORY—SCENES THAT RETAIN TRACES OF LABOR AND TIME. IN THEM, I SEEK NOT SO MUCH FORM AS THE IMPETUS FOR THE BIRTH OF NEW MODES OF PRESENCE AND COMMUNICATION. THE SPACE BECOMES A TOTAL INSTALLATION—A NEW STAGE WHERE ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND ART MERGE INTO A COHERENT NARRATIVE. MY METHOD COMBINES MYTHOLOGY AND THE SCENARIO OF AN INNER JOURNEY ADDRESSED TO THE VIEWER.
THE ETHICAL FOUNDATION OF MY PRACTICE IS AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE DISCOVER THEIR POTENTIAL. I AM INTERESTED IN THE SENSORY INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF EVENTS, THEIR CONTINUOUS GENERATION FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND THE PURSUIT OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF TANGIBILITY—THE MOMENT WHEN ART BECOMES THE BODY OF SPACE. TOGETHER WITH TEAMS AND CO-AUTHORS, WE CREATE EXPEDITION PROJECTS AND HYBRID FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THAT ENABLE A GENUINE EXPERIENCE OF CO-PRESENCE."
PRANNA
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
EDUCATION
2021–PRESENT * JOSEPH BACKSTEIN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART | NEW ARTISTIC STRATEGIES
2007-2012 * RSUH | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ART CRITICISM
2005-2007 * MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY | PAINTING
2023 - ANTHROPOLAND «CONVERGENCE POINTS» | DYNAMO STADIUM | NIZHNY NOVGOROD
2022 - ANTHROPOLAND | SEVKABEL PORT * ST. PETERSBURG
2020 - COEFFICIENT OF ACCESSIBLE SUBJECTIVATION | YAROSLAVL ART MUSEUM * YAROSLAVL
2020 - ABYSS | CENTRAL HOUSE OF THE RUSSIAN UNION OF ARTISTS | YAROSLAVL
2020 - UNSEEN | FEDERAL ACADEMIC DRAMA THEATER VOLKOVA | YAROSLAVL
2020 - IMMANENT | MILLENNIUM | YAROSLAVL
2019 - THE LIKENESS OF THINGS | MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | YAROSLAVL
2018 - THE ART OF CARRYING | CROCUS CITY HALL | MOSCOW
EXHIBITION
SOLO
EXHIBITION
GROUP
2024 - LOVE. FROM AND TO | FIRST SAMPLE PRINTING HOUSE | MOSCOW
2023 - FIFTH DIMENSION | MOSCOW EXHIBITION HALLS | ROSTOKINO GALLERY | MOSCOW
2022 - DIARY OF A TIME TRAVELER. PERESVETOV LANE | MOSCOW
2021 - EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY ARTISTS OF BAZA | WINZAVOD | MOSCOW
2021 - EXPERIENCE / TODAY / TOMORROW | NEW TRETYAKOV GALLERY | MOSCOW
2021 - DOBAZY | SPACE OF STUDIOS NAZAVOD | MOSCOW
2021 - THE WORLD IS FLAT | INDEPENDENT & IMAGE ART SPACE | CHINA
2020 - NEW TIME 2.0. | NEW TRETYAKOV GALLERY | MOSCOW



