Gavrilova Mila

Biography

Born in Orel in 1987;

2002-2007 – the Orel Art College;

2013 graduated from the Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Easel Painting Studio, Honors Diploma and Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts;

Since 2013 and 2014 I am a member of the Moscow Union of Artists and the Artists Union of Russia;

A participant of over one hundred of Moscow, All-Russia and International exhibitions and art projects, including those in Argentina, Italy, France, Slovakia, and India. The artworks are in private galleries and museum collections (the Vyatka Art Museum named after V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsovs, the Zavolzhsky City Art and Local History Museum) in Russia and abroad.

2023-2024 – training on the course of contemporary art at MMOMA Free Workshops School

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The Artist’s Statement

Recognizing the issues of landfills and environmental pollution, I explore themes of overconsumption and single-use culture in my work. My primary media are canvas, tempera, and oil paint. In my paintings, I depict desolate landscapes and urban scenes with people, capturing moments of urban reality frozen in time. Through vibrant surfaces, decorative elements, and uneven textures, I create a visual noise that conveys the idea of overconsumption.

In addition to painting, I create multilayered objects from used disposable paper cups and paper waste. Torn cups serve as a base, creating uneven surfaces reminiscent of the painted bags in my series «A Plastic Bag over the City», thereby visually connecting painting and sculpture through a shared concept.

The modern city serves as a metaphor for consumer culture, its elements seamlessly integrated into our environment as if they were organic. Emphasizing the theme of overconsumption, I push the elements of urban environment to the point of absurdity. City dwellers are perpetually in motion, experiencing time nonlinearly and often losing touch with the present moment. To enhance this sensation, I fragment the space of my painting into planes, as seen in works like "Mimicry" or the series "Signs Everywhere," "Man and Crowd," and others.

By means of my work, I seek to spark a dialogue about rethinking habits and values, inspiring viewers to make more conscious and sustainable choices. Art becomes not only a reflection of reality but also a catalyst for change, no matter how modest. Through my visual imagery, I hope to provoke thought and discussion about our relationship with the world around us.

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Exhibitions

2024 – A LAMP AND A MIRROR, MMOMA Free Workshops graduates’ exhibition, New Wing of Gogol House, Moscow;

2024 – ORLOVSKY AVANT-GARDE, CTI FACTORY, Moscow;

2024 – personal exhibition ONE, curator Maria Sikirina, Izmailovo Gallery, Moscow;

2024 - personal exhibition ON THE WAY, Kolomensky Picture Gallery “Dom Ozerova”, Kolomna;

2023 – KEEPING THE SHADOW, Bogorodskoye Gallery, Moscow;

2023 – exhibition and presentation of Pyroskaf Magazine, issues 2 and 3, Zverevsky Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow;

2023 - 5 DIMENSION, gallery Rostokino, Moscow;

2023 – ART-MIR in the framework of the Annual Nizhegorodskaya Fair. The works presented: art objects, pictures at EcoArt project devoted to the topical issue of environmental pollution, Nizhny Novgorod;

2022-23 – RUSSUA-INDIA: FRIENDSHIP GARDEN, confined to 75-years of establishing diplomatic relations. The Museum and Exhibition Complex of Russian Arts Academy;

2022-23 - NON-DISPOSABLE WORLD, the Domodedovo Branch of RSHU;

2022 - Win-Win Modern Art Market, Modern Art Center Vinzavod;

2022 – Exhibition Moscow Union of Artists-90 organized by MUA in the New Tretyakov Gallery;

2022 – Exhibition and research project MOSCOW. LIVING ENVIRONMENT, art and science festival on the roof of the State Darwin Museum;

2022 – participation in the exhibition A CHARM OF ROUTINE LIFE organized by online gallery CHIZH at the Museum of Ex Libris and Miniature Books;

2022 – NEW ENERGY. CORPOREITY, ArtMaison Gallery, Moscow;

2022 – international project ArtEco, Jaipur, India;

2022 – exhibition MOSCOW-SAINT PETERSBURG. PETER THE GREAT-350, New Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow;

2021 – DIFFERENT PLACES, Stage Center of Culture, Moscow;

2021 – COMMON HORIZON, Vsekohudozhnik Gallery, 10 Frunzenskaya, Moscow;

2021 – Art-residence and exhibition BRANCHES, White Alleys, Moscow;

2020 – All-Russian Exhibition of Young Artists NEW TIME 2.0, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow;

2020 – in the framework of TAVRIDA FORWARD exhibition, she participated in the charitable auction DREAM WITH ME at the Central Business Space in Pokrovka, Moscow;

2020 – A MAN IN THE CITY exhibition, ВЗ Kuznetsky Most, Moscow;

2020 - All-Russian Exhibition of Young Artists NEW TIME, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow;

2019 – Exhibition MOSCOW AND MOSCOVITES. II. Putevoy Palace of Vassily III, Moscow;

2019 – Exhibition project of the festival TIME FORWARD, Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow;

2019 – Exhibition project OUR WORLD: NEW REALITY, ВЗ Kuznetsky Most, Moscow;

2019 - Exhibition project of Artis Gallery BIGCITYLIFE, Vinzavod CMA, Moscow;

2018 - Exhibition project of MUA THE CHILDHOOD WORLD, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2018 – MOSCOW RHYTHM, Kolomensky Picture Gallery Ozerov’s House, Kolomna;

2017 – ON THE PERYPHERY, Roof Gallery, Moscow;

2017 – Project SLOVAKIA WITH THE EYES OF RUSSIAN ARTISTS, Snina, Slovakia;

2017 – Exhibition 85 YEARS OF MUA organized by the Moscow Union of Artists, Room 8, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2016 – Art-project of young artists CITY, ВЗ MUA Kuznetsky Most, Moscow;

2016 – All-Russian art exhibition THE YOUTH OF RUSSIA, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2016 – DAY AFTER DAY, ВЗ MUA, 7-9 Begovaya, Moscow;

2014 - Art-project of young artists TIME FORWARD, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2014 - All-Russian art exhibition YOUNG ARTISTS OF RUSSIA, RUA, Ulyanovsk;

2014 – All-Russian exhibition project RUSSIA, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2013 – ArtSalone CHA 2013, Russian academy of Arts, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2013 – Exhibition GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS and youth exhibition 2013, MUA ВЗ Moscow House of Artists, Moscow;

2012 - Exhibition 80 YEARS OF MUA, Manezh, Moscow;

2010 - All-Russian art exhibition YOUNG ARTISTS OF RUSSIA, RUA, Central House of Artists, Moscow;

2010 – Project YOUNG RUSSIAN CULTURE IN ITALY, Santa-Marinella, Italy;

2010 – Exhibition project A WINDOW TO RUSSIA, Paris, France;

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