About CV
Ilmira Bolotyan is an interdisciplinary artist and curator with a PhD in philology. She works in the fields of participatory and feminist arts, video, performance, painting, and graphic arts. In her participatory projects, Ilmira creates various social situations: from inviting the audience to determine the nationality of an unknown woman to asking men out on dates in a museum.
B. 1980, Chuvashia, Russia.
Lives and works in Moscow.
Education:
• PhD in Philology, 2008
• Moscow Pedagogical State University, 1999-2005
• High Courses for Screenwriters and Directors, 2006
• “Baza” Contemporary Art Institute, 2011-2013
• Free Workshops, MMOMA, 2014-2015
Awards:
2019 FABRIKA WORKSHOPS award
“Experiment”. The project “Artists’ Promotion Agency” (the APA)
2018 Nominee of the SERGEY KURYOKHIN CONTEMPORARY ART AWARD
“The Best Visual Art Project”. The project “Date in the Museum”
2016 Nominee of the INNOVATION AWARD
“Curatorial Project”. As a member of Center Red artist-run-space