Marina Istomina (b.1993) is a young visual artist working with studies of memory, trauma and particularly with traumatic experience. Her practice often based on interviews and archives, embodied through visual images. Originally hailing from Ust-Kut, the region of Irkutsk (Russia, Siberia), she is currently based in Moscow. In 2015 she graduated from the faculty of Cultural Studies, now Marina is a student of the School of Modern Photography "Docdocdoc" (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Istomina’s projects were shown at various cities of Russia – Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Saint-Petersburg. She is a finalist of the Calvert Journal’s Makers of Siberia Special Jury Prize 2019.
Education
2011 - 2015
Bachelor of Cultural Studies
2018
School of photography "FineArt" (Studio photography course)
2018 - 2020
School of Modern Photography "Docdocdoc"
Awards & Participation
2020
short-listed: KosMost (Festival of Modern Photography in Kostroma)
2019
Finalist: Makers of Siberia Photo Prize, Russia
2019
Short-listed: international Photography Grant
2019
Nominee: Bird in Flight Prize ‘19 — Panasonic Readers’ Choice Award
Group exhibitions
2020
“Krysha“. Museum center of Krasnoyarsk World Square (Krasnoyarsk)
2019
In appartment N all the Kunststücks are taken seriously, ZGA Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2019
Siberia. Presence,
Art of Omsk Museum, Omsk, Russia
Publications
2020
A Siberian photographer contemplates life in an isolated place, The Calvert Journal
2020
Krysha. Why photographer did the project about dead criminal group? Verbludvogne
2020
Something about 2000-s, Republic
2019
Siberia's mighty forests are ablaze: is photography futile in the face of such disaster? The Calvert Journal
2019
Suffocation. Fire in Irkutsk region, Republic
2019
Protection, International Photography Grant
2019
Krysha, Makers of Siberia