KRISTINA BURBELA
Interdisciplinary artist.
Work with themes of female physicality and women's rights.
I"m also interested in the peculiarities of brain function and mental disorders.
ART
BIO
Kristina Burbela
Born in 1992, Lipetsk, Russia.
Since 2022 based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Education:
2020 -"Introduction to Art History", HSE,
2015 - 2017 - Lipetsk State Technical University, Master of Laws,
2011- 2015 - Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Bachelor of Laws
Courses:
2022 - 3-month internship with Weld Queen (theory and practice of creating public art),
2022 - 6-month workshop of the artist-ceramist Anna Rymar,
2021 - 2-month intensive "I am in contemporary art», art historian Maria Sedoshenko
Born in 1992, Lipetsk, Russia.
Since 2022 based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Education:
2020 -"Introduction to Art History", HSE,
2015 - 2017 - Lipetsk State Technical University, Master of Laws,
2011- 2015 - Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Bachelor of Laws
Courses:
2022 - 3-month internship with Weld Queen (theory and practice of creating public art),
2022 - 6-month workshop of the artist-ceramist Anna Rymar,
2021 - 2-month intensive "I am in contemporary art», art historian Maria Sedoshenko
СV
Residences:
2024:
- Nova Riznica Balcan, Montenegro European Art Community, Budva, Montenegro,
- DiverCITY, ArtNeuroVerse Biennale in co-operation with HaMecarer Gallery (Tel Aviv), Israel
2023 - Belgrade AIR Paris (in collaboration Yellow Cube Gallery Paris and Belgrade AIR)
Selected Solo-exhibitions:
2024 - “Notes on This”, Montenegro European Art Community, Budva, Montenegro
2021 - «Inclusion of Life» (as part of the "In Progress" art team), Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024:
- “Artists Against the Kremlin”, the gallery All Rights Reversed, supported by the DeBALIE gallery and The Moscow Times, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
- pop-up exhibition ‘Prayers. Anecdotes. Toasts’, curator Kate Finkelstein, Ramat-Gan, Israel,
- DiverCITY, ArtNeuroVerse Biennale in co-operation with HaMecarer Gallery, Israel,
- «I see You», ArtNeuroVerse Biennale (curator Kate Finkelstein), Sviva Art Space, Tel Aviv / Design Terminal Gallery, Bat Yam, Israel,
2023 - "Ten" based on the results of the welds-festival "Svarochka Fest», Museum "Gostinye Dvory", Arkhangelsk, Russia
2022 - «New technologies», the School of Creative Industries, Lipetsk, Russia
2021:
- performance exhibition «Creatura mortis», gallery «Buksir», Lipetsk, Russia,
- "Not touching the body" (curator - Yulia Yakubovich), YY modern art fund, Moscow, Russia,
- «I am here and now» (curator - Yulia Yakubovich), YY modern art fund, Moscow, Russia,
- «Looking after Earthlings», gallery "HERE on Taganka" (curator Andrey Bartenev), Moscow, Russia,
- «XY» (curator Anna Minaeva), Moscow, Russia
Fairs:
2022 - ART RUSSIA FAIR 2022, Moscow, Russia,
Publications and Mass media:
2025:
- participates in the podcast ‘Risks and Artists’ as a guest expert,
- publication of work on social media ArtNeurovers Biennale
2024:
- about the solo exhibition “Notes on This”, SlovoNovo,
- review of the exhibition «I see You» in SVIVA Gallery, NEWSru.co.il: Israel news,
- about the exhibition “Artists Against the Kremlin”, NRC,
- about the exhibition “Artists Against the Kremlin”, Het Parool,
- announcement of the exhibition ‘Prayers. Anecdotes. Toasts’,
- review of the exhibition "I see You" with personal commentary on Kistina's works, in the Design Terminal Gallery,
2023 - review of the exhibition "Ten" in the Main Museum of Arkhangelsk, News29.ru»,
2022 - review of ART RUSSIA FAIR 2022 from the magazine "Cabinet"
2021:
- author's interview for the media portal @1703media
- author's interview for the TV channel «Lipetsk time» shopping mall
- reporting with author's interview on the TV channel "Lipetsk time"
Competitions:
2023 - finalist of the publica-art project competition "Svarochka Fest" in Arkhangelsk,
2022 - winner of the competition to create merchandise for the celebration of "City Day" in Lipetsk.
Collaborations:
2022 - design of "Lipetsk Merch" with the support of "NLMK"
Filmography:
2020 - The film "Dream", directed by Boris Rymar, (plays herself).
2024:
- Nova Riznica Balcan, Montenegro European Art Community, Budva, Montenegro,
- DiverCITY, ArtNeuroVerse Biennale in co-operation with HaMecarer Gallery (Tel Aviv), Israel
2023 - Belgrade AIR Paris (in collaboration Yellow Cube Gallery Paris and Belgrade AIR)
Selected Solo-exhibitions:
2024 - “Notes on This”, Montenegro European Art Community, Budva, Montenegro
2021 - «Inclusion of Life» (as part of the "In Progress" art team), Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024:
- “Artists Against the Kremlin”, the gallery All Rights Reversed, supported by the DeBALIE gallery and The Moscow Times, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
- pop-up exhibition ‘Prayers. Anecdotes. Toasts’, curator Kate Finkelstein, Ramat-Gan, Israel,
- DiverCITY, ArtNeuroVerse Biennale in co-operation with HaMecarer Gallery, Israel,
- «I see You», ArtNeuroVerse Biennale (curator Kate Finkelstein), Sviva Art Space, Tel Aviv / Design Terminal Gallery, Bat Yam, Israel,
2023 - "Ten" based on the results of the welds-festival "Svarochka Fest», Museum "Gostinye Dvory", Arkhangelsk, Russia
2022 - «New technologies», the School of Creative Industries, Lipetsk, Russia
2021:
- performance exhibition «Creatura mortis», gallery «Buksir», Lipetsk, Russia,
- "Not touching the body" (curator - Yulia Yakubovich), YY modern art fund, Moscow, Russia,
- «I am here and now» (curator - Yulia Yakubovich), YY modern art fund, Moscow, Russia,
- «Looking after Earthlings», gallery "HERE on Taganka" (curator Andrey Bartenev), Moscow, Russia,
- «XY» (curator Anna Minaeva), Moscow, Russia
Fairs:
2022 - ART RUSSIA FAIR 2022, Moscow, Russia,
Publications and Mass media:
2025:
- participates in the podcast ‘Risks and Artists’ as a guest expert,
- publication of work on social media ArtNeurovers Biennale
2024:
- about the solo exhibition “Notes on This”, SlovoNovo,
- review of the exhibition «I see You» in SVIVA Gallery, NEWSru.co.il: Israel news,
- about the exhibition “Artists Against the Kremlin”, NRC,
- about the exhibition “Artists Against the Kremlin”, Het Parool,
- announcement of the exhibition ‘Prayers. Anecdotes. Toasts’,
- review of the exhibition "I see You" with personal commentary on Kistina's works, in the Design Terminal Gallery,
2023 - review of the exhibition "Ten" in the Main Museum of Arkhangelsk, News29.ru»,
2022 - review of ART RUSSIA FAIR 2022 from the magazine "Cabinet"
2021:
- author's interview for the media portal @1703media
- author's interview for the TV channel «Lipetsk time» shopping mall
- reporting with author's interview on the TV channel "Lipetsk time"
Competitions:
2023 - finalist of the publica-art project competition "Svarochka Fest" in Arkhangelsk,
2022 - winner of the competition to create merchandise for the celebration of "City Day" in Lipetsk.
Collaborations:
2022 - design of "Lipetsk Merch" with the support of "NLMK"
Filmography:
2020 - The film "Dream", directed by Boris Rymar, (plays herself).
ARTIST STATEMENT
The beginning of my artistic journey in 2020 coincided with the end of my legal practice, a period of research into my body, its (dis)functionality, sexuality and the social constraints associated with female corporeality.
With the study of the ‘foundational feminist theory’, my views became feminist and my work became aggressively physiological. A strong reaction to any form of discrimination, legal background served as the foundation for my femme activism.
In 2021, I immersed myself in psychology, the theme of trauma and struggled with depression through self-therapy, using abstract expressionism methods in my work (the project ‘I don't know. I feel’).
In 2023, the project took on an offshoot of ‘AI (autistic identity)’ with a focus on neuropsychology due to my diagnosis of ASD (autism spectrum disorder).
My art practice directly reflects the duality of my mental states, an alternating switch of focus.
The works range from activist ‘manifesting’ to therapeutic purely personal, combining concise abstract imagery and material symbolism with an abundance of detail.
I like the combination of open defiance, bare nerve, wrapped in ‘beautiful’ and ‘feminine’. Therefore, I often use dangling elements - ‘nerve branches’ and beadwork.
The list of main mediums is as broad as it can be to maintain focus and interest - mixed media object, painting, embroidery, ceramics, assemblage, installation, photography, NFT art.
Recently, I have focused on creating new the “The Uteruses” project, which addresses women's health issues, the glaring lack of research on the female body and women's diseases, and the critically low level of development of vital medicines for women, in contrast to the enormous amount of research on even the smallest “male” problems.
With the study of the ‘foundational feminist theory’, my views became feminist and my work became aggressively physiological. A strong reaction to any form of discrimination, legal background served as the foundation for my femme activism.
In 2021, I immersed myself in psychology, the theme of trauma and struggled with depression through self-therapy, using abstract expressionism methods in my work (the project ‘I don't know. I feel’).
In 2023, the project took on an offshoot of ‘AI (autistic identity)’ with a focus on neuropsychology due to my diagnosis of ASD (autism spectrum disorder).
My art practice directly reflects the duality of my mental states, an alternating switch of focus.
The works range from activist ‘manifesting’ to therapeutic purely personal, combining concise abstract imagery and material symbolism with an abundance of detail.
I like the combination of open defiance, bare nerve, wrapped in ‘beautiful’ and ‘feminine’. Therefore, I often use dangling elements - ‘nerve branches’ and beadwork.
The list of main mediums is as broad as it can be to maintain focus and interest - mixed media object, painting, embroidery, ceramics, assemblage, installation, photography, NFT art.
Recently, I have focused on creating new the “The Uteruses” project, which addresses women's health issues, the glaring lack of research on the female body and women's diseases, and the critically low level of development of vital medicines for women, in contrast to the enormous amount of research on even the smallest “male” problems.
Kristina Burbela
+ 381 629 383 748 (Serbia)
+7 920 520 27 86 (WhatsApp, Telegram)
burbela.artist@gmail.com
+7 920 520 27 86 (WhatsApp, Telegram)
burbela.artist@gmail.com
I am always open to interesting projects and collaborations.
You can contact me in any way that is convenient for you!
