Bio
Bio
Serafima Sazhina was born in Pavlovsky Posad in 1993. In 2010-2012 she studied at the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts at Monumental and Decorative Applied Arts Faculty (metal department). In 2013 she stopped studying and began working as an apprentice, while simultaneously visiting art studios of painting and drawing in Moscow and the Moscow region. In 2016 she moved to St. Petersburg
and continued her studies at the private studio Practicum. In 2022 , she became a resident of the second season of Rhizome at the MAXART Foundation.
Since 2022 Serafima Sazhina has been a student at the Joseph Backstein School of Contemporary Art (new artistic strategies, 2022- 2024).
In 2025, the artist became a resident of Garage Museum’s studios, received a grant from GES-2 House of Culture, and worked at Svody Art Production Center.
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and continued her studies at the private studio Practicum. In 2022 , she became a resident of the second season of Rhizome at the MAXART Foundation.
Since 2022 Serafima Sazhina has been a student at the Joseph Backstein School of Contemporary Art (new artistic strategies, 2022- 2024).
In 2025, the artist became a resident of Garage Museum’s studios, received a grant from GES-2 House of Culture, and worked at Svody Art Production Center.
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Serafima Sazhina was born in Pavlovsky Posad in 1993. In 2010- 2012 she studied at the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts at Monumental and Decorative Applied Arts Faculty (metal department). In 2013 she stopped studying and began working as an apprentice, while simultaneously visiting art studios of painting and drawing in Moscow and the Moscow region. In 2016 she moved to St. Petersburg
and continued her studies at the private studio Practicum. In 2022 , she became a resident of the second season of Rhizome at the MAXART Foundation.
Since 2022 Serafima Sazhina has been a student at the Joseph Backstein School of Contemporary Art (new artistic strategies, 2022- 2024).
In 2025, the artist became a resident of Garage Museum’s studios, received a grant from GES-2 House of Culture, and worked at Svody Art Production Center.
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and continued her studies at the private studio Practicum. In 2022 , she became a resident of the second season of Rhizome at the MAXART Foundation.
Since 2022 Serafima Sazhina has been a student at the Joseph Backstein School of Contemporary Art (new artistic strategies, 2022- 2024).
In 2025, the artist became a resident of Garage Museum’s studios, received a grant from GES-2 House of Culture, and worked at Svody Art Production Center.
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Artist statement
I am an interdisciplinary artist whose practice centers on bridging the dream world with reality. Through dream analysis, I discover characters whom I then place into our everyday life — each acquiring its own distinct visual language. Among my characters are the angel Seraphim Mikhalych, the Beast, the Creatures, the Knight, Green George, the Daisies, the Sailor, and the Clouds. A crucial aspect of my artistic inquiry is the desire to access an experience of the Other — an existence distinct from habitual routine and sameness. I also frequently engage in collective practices, which deepen my exploration of the dream world and enable the creation of new anomalous spaces.
Education
2022-2024
New artistic strategies, The Joseph Backstein School of Contemporary Art
2010-2012
Monumental and Decorative Applied Arts Faculty (metal department), The Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts
Personal exhibitions
2024
Smiles Cannot Hide from Our Gaze, Triptych Gallery (Moscow)
2023
Under the Cover of Sleep, Na Peschanoy Gallery (Moscow), curator: Polina Mogilina
2021
Seraphim Mikhalych, ”Guslitsa” art estate (Ilyinsky Pogost), curator: Anastasia Belkina
Group exhibitions
2025
To the Sea and Back, Exhibition Complex of the Darwin Museum (Moscow), curated by Vlada Zags
Hyperborea, Okhra Gallery (St. Petersburg), curated by Ksenia Makarenko
Hyperborea, Okhra Gallery (St. Petersburg), curated by Ksenia Makarenko
2024
Echo Appeared in the Shadow of Reflection, pop-up project at Zrenie Ophthalmology Clinic (St. Petersburg), curated by Ilya Shurinov
BIG BURUNDUCHINO IS READY, Gallery Marina (St. Petersburg), joint exhibition with artist Marina Abadzheva
MAY BOSCH GIVE YOU STRENGTH, Prografika Space (St. Petersburg), curated by Ekaterina Vasilieva
Archipelago of Dreams, Sinara Gallery (Yekaterinburg), curated by Sergey Guskov
BIG BURUNDUCHINO IS READY, Gallery Marina (St. Petersburg), joint exhibition with artist Marina Abadzheva
MAY BOSCH GIVE YOU STRENGTH, Prografika Space (St. Petersburg), curated by Ekaterina Vasilieva
Archipelago of Dreams, Sinara Gallery (Yekaterinburg), curated by Sergey Guskov
2023
Paris apartment, Nakovalnya Gallery (Moscow)
Archipelago of Dreams, SMENA Gallery (Kazan), curator: Sergey Guskov
Illusion of Reality, AbramovaGallery (St. Petersburg), curator: Ksenya Chemezova
The Ground Goes from under Your Feet, House on Khlebny (Moscow), curator: Geolina Morgulis
Reboot, Triptych Gallery (Moscow)
Archipelago of Dreams, SMENA Gallery (Kazan), curator: Sergey Guskov
Illusion of Reality, AbramovaGallery (St. Petersburg), curator: Ksenya Chemezova
The Ground Goes from under Your Feet, House on Khlebny (Moscow), curator: Geolina Morgulis
Reboot, Triptych Gallery (Moscow)
2022
everplace nft, Third Place Gallery (St. Petersburg), curator: Anastasia Belkina
Someone Else`s Eyes, RakovGallery (St. Petersburg), curator: Ekaterina Kozlova
Wilderness, 3rd.floor.gallery (Moscow)
The Others, Rostokino Gallery (Moscow)
Skin and Bones, ”Constructor” microinstitution (St. Petersburg), curator: Liza Svetlova
Someone Else`s Eyes, RakovGallery (St. Petersburg), curator: Ekaterina Kozlova
Wilderness, 3rd.floor.gallery (Moscow)
The Others, Rostokino Gallery (Moscow)
Skin and Bones, ”Constructor” microinstitution (St. Petersburg), curator: Liza Svetlova
2021
Velvet Eclipse, MYXA Gallery (Moscow)
Group exhibition of contemporary art laboratory ”Episode”, Ozero Gallery (St. Petersburg),
curator: Anastasia Belkina
Renaissance — exhibition of ceramic art, DirtyHands Gallery (Moscow)
cyberbullying (St. Petersburg)
Group exhibition of contemporary art laboratory ”Episode”, Ozero Gallery (St. Petersburg),
curator: Anastasia Belkina
Renaissance — exhibition of ceramic art, DirtyHands Gallery (Moscow)
cyberbullying (St. Petersburg)
Residences and scholarships
2025
Garage Museum Residency in collaboration with Svody Art Production Center at GES-2 House of Culture (Moscow)
2022
Rhizome MaxArt Foundation residence (Moscow)
2021
Scholarship and participation in ”TAKT” laboratory, ”Chetverg” foundation (St. Petersburg)
Participation in art fairs
2025
COSMOSCOW, Arttube Gallery (Moscow)
BLAZAR, curated selection section (Moscow)
Kontur, SetProjects Gallery (Nizhny Novgorod)
BLAZAR, curated selection section (Moscow)
Kontur, SetProjects Gallery (Nizhny Novgorod)
2024
COSMOSCOW, Arttube Gallery (Moscow)
BLAZAR, Reloft Gallery (Moscow)
Third Place Art Fair, Soulmate Gallery (St. Petersburg)
PortArtFair, FWB Agency Gallery (St. Petersburg), curated by Ilya Shurinov
BLAZAR, Reloft Gallery (Moscow)
Third Place Art Fair, Soulmate Gallery (St. Petersburg)
PortArtFair, FWB Agency Gallery (St. Petersburg), curated by Ilya Shurinov
2023
WIN-WIN, Winzavod (Moscow)
1703, Third Place Gallery (St. Petersburg)
PortArtFair, section of independent artists (St. Petersburg), curator: Anna Zavediy
1703, Third Place Gallery (St. Petersburg)
PortArtFair, section of independent artists (St. Petersburg), curator: Anna Zavediy
2022
BLAZAR, section of independent artists (Moscow)