Sveta Maximova is a multidisciplinary artist and creative director from the Sakha Republic.  

Sveta works at the intersection of different mediums, such as performance, video, lighting design, sound and photography. She focuses on cultural practices and explores the indigenous knowledge of the Sakha people through the prism of the current state of postcolonial history. Sveta got a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University and studied Photo in Media at Rodchenko Art School. In 2022, Sveta moved to Budapest (Hungary), where she continued her artistic practice. Currently, she is getting a master’s degree in photography at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.

Education

2022-now            Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Photography MA, Budapest
2018-2022          Lomonosov Moscow State University, Journalism BA, Moscow
2020-2021          Rodchenko Art School, Photo in Media, Moscow

Working experience

2022                     Lighting design teacher at Perspectiva Lab Photoschool
2021-2022          Art Director and producer in Parallel Agency
2022-now            Lecturer and contributor at XMedia School
2016-now            Freelance photographer and creative director

Exhibitions

2023                    Vitamin-B, TOBE Gallery x MOME, Budapest (group)
2023                    Photo Wien x MOME, Photobook Fair, Vienna (group)
2023                    Escaping from Reality, Budapest Photo Festival x MOME, Budapest (group)
2022                    ZAVTRA Art Gallery x Sxema, Moscow (group)
2021                    Kunst Dam Exhibition, Mutabor, Moscow (group)
2021                    Plural Mag Exhibition, Erring, Moscow (group)
2021                    Pobegi w/ Paduga, Moscow (group)

Competitions

2023                   Belgrade Photo Month, New Talents 2023 (finalist)

Performances

2024                   I Was Already Wondering Where I Am, Kassak Museum, Budapest
2023                   Salgyn, School of Disobedience, Jurányi - Performing arts theater, Budapest           
2023                   Ije. Buor. Salgyn, SSS: Syndicate of Sound and Space - Opening Week, Budapest
2023                   Khomus, Escaping from Reality - Opening ceremony, BPF x MOME, Budapest

Selected commissions and publications

2023                    TOBE Gallery x MOME, Vitamin-B, The Eye of Photography
2023                    YNKYY, Interview for Makers of Siberia (ru)
2022                   “How to understand the light?”, Interview for Rodchenko Art School (ru)
2021                    Special Project for The Village x Maison Margiela Replica
2021                    Birth of Rebirth for Nasty Magazine
2021                    Wardrobe for Wonderzine
2021                    Aurora Borealis for Purple Haze Magazine
2021                    Comics-posters for Moscow Transport Museum with Parallel Agency
2021                    Visual design for Park Gorkogo with Parallel Agency

Artist talks and lectures

2023                   Open lecture ‘Pro Svet’ at XMedia School w/ Anna Kortyukova and Mira Shu, Tbilisi    
2023                   Artist talk at XMedia School, Pro Svet, Moscow (online)
2022                   Artist talk at Perspectiva Lab Photoschool, Moscow
2022                   Open lecture at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow (online)
2022                   Artist talk at Rodchenko Art School, Photo in Media, Moscow (online)

Selected clients

MM6 Maison Margiela, Adidas, Zoological Museum of Moscow University, Sber, X5 Group, The Village, Wonderzine, Flacon.ru, Park Gorkogo, Moscow Transport Museum and others