Taus Makhacheva
Taus Makhacheva, Photo by Ivan Erofeev for Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
Taus Makhacheva (Moscow, Russia, 1983) lives and works in Moscow. She is known predominantly for her performance and video works that critically examine what happens when different cultures and traditions come into contact with one another. Having grown up in Moscow with cultural origins in the Caucasus region of Dagestan, her artistic practice is informed by this personal connection with the co-existing worlds of pre–and post–Sovietisation. Oftentimes humorous, her works attempt to test the resilience of images, objects and bodies in today’s world.
Taus Makhacheva has BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths (2007) and MFA from Royal College of Art (2013). Selected exhibitions: Liverpool Biennial (2018), Yinchuan Biennale (2018), Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2018), Venice Biennial (2017); Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art (Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, 2017); Museum ON/OFF (Centre Pompidou, 2016); Shanghai Biennial (2016); Kyiv Biennial (2015); Moscow Biennale (2015 and 2011); Sharjah Biennial (2013). Awarded by 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Foundation Prize (Moscow, 2015), “Future of Europe” Prize, Museum of Contemporary art, Leipzig, (2014) and the “New Generation – Innovation” State Prize (2012). Represented by narrative projects, London.