Teknikk
visuell kunst, film, performance, installasjon
Artist statement
- Åpent atelier lør 19.september 2026 -
Separatutstilling BLOKK Project Space lør 19.-søn 27. september, kl 12-17 (åpning fre 18. september 2026)
Polina Medvedeva (NL) works within the intersection of film, installation and performance. Thinking through loopholes and informal economic structures, she is interested in sharing stories of those who exist by circumventing political prohibitions, societal stereotypes, and effects of economic crises and conflicts. Questioning linearity and objectivity in storytelling, she explores formats that allow for multiplicity of narratives, site specificity, and audio responsive imagery. Her focus on the tactics of civil disobedience and mechanisms of vernacular resilience – improvised, passed through generations as oral histories, smuggled in through migration – speaks of the (im)possibilities of existing within while being against systems of oppression.
Besøksadresse
Lille Markeveien 15
5005 Bergen
Kontakt
Telefon: 92925110
E-postadresse: p.a.medvedeva@gmail.com
Web: http://www.polinamedvedeva.net
CV
Education:
2020-2022 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, NL post-graduate residency
2021-2022 Utrecht Univerity of the Arts, NL – Basic qualification didactic competence
2012-2014 MFA Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, NL
2013 OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, US – MFA, exchange programme
2008-2012 BA Utrecht University of the Arts, NL
Performances:
2026 BEK Archival intelligence, NO
2026 Rewire festival, NL
2024 Ultima festival, NO
2024 Tromsø Kunstforening, NO
2024 Tromsø Museum, NO
2023 The Old Market, UK
2023 Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, NO
2023 Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
2023 De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Baltic Circle, Helsinki, FI
2022 Hellerau European Center for the Arts, Dresden, Hybrid Biennale, DE
2022 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Open Studios, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Open Studios, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK
2019 Sonic Acts Festival, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvær, NL
2019 A4 Space for Contemporary Culture, Bratislava, SW
2019 Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, NL
Solo exhibitions
2026 Tromsø Kunstforening (with Andreas Kühne)
2026 BLOKK Project Space
2023 Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
2022 Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL (collaboration with Isaura Sanwirjatmo)
2021 Lighthouse, Brighton, UK ((collaboration with Andreas Kühne)
2020 BAK Basis voor actuele Kunst, Netherlands Film Festival, NL (collaboration with Isaura Sanwirjatmo)
2020 WORM Rotterdam, NL (collaboration with Isaura Sanwirjatmo)
Group exhibitions:
2025 Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, NO
2024 Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, NO
2024 Tromsø Museum, Tromsø, NO
2023 Billytown, The Hague, NL
2023 Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, NO
2022 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2022 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Open Studios, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Open Studios, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2018 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Teaching:
Tutor and lecturer at the Utrecht University of the Arts, guest lecturer at Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, ArtEZ Zwolle, St. Joost Breda, KMD Bergen and Kunstakademiet Tromsø
Advisor for Creative Industries Fund NL, Rotterdam
Board member of The One Minutes Foundation, Amsterdam
