ANNA BIRCH
Artist
Anna Birch (b. 1989, Moscow) is a multidisciplinary artist. She graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University; she received her art education at the Moscow School of Contemporary Art and the Free Workshops programme of MMOMA. She lives and works in Moscow. Her works are held in private collections in Russia, France and the USA.
Manifesto
In my practice I explore zones of tension and mutual passage between the personal and the collective, freedom and control, cooperation and coercion.
I am drawn to the movement from the general to the particular and back: how large structures become a person's inner form, and how the person, in turn, reproduces, displaces or transforms those structures. What stands at the centre of my attention is not one direction of this movement, but the very logic of their mutual production.
I work with painting, ceramics, embroidery, print techniques and installation. Through the layering of image and material I explore the overlap and friction of several logics within a single image, space or state.
In my practice I explore zones of tension and mutual passage between the personal and the collective, freedom and control, cooperation and coercion.
I am drawn to the movement from the general to the particular and back: how large structures become a person's inner form, and how the person, in turn, reproduces, displaces or transforms those structures. What stands at the centre of my attention is not one direction of this movement, but the very logic of their mutual production.
I work with painting, ceramics, embroidery, print techniques and installation. Through the layering of image and material I explore the overlap and friction of several logics within a single image, space or state.
Education
2021/22 Free Workshops, MMOMA — Contemporary Art, Moscow
2018/20 Moscow School of Contemporary Art — Contemporary Art, Moscow
2017/18 British Higher School of Art and Design — Pre-Foundation Art & Design, Moscow
2011/12 University of St Andrews — International Business, United Kingdom
2010/12 Lomonosov Moscow State University — Business School, Moscow
2006/10 Lomonosov Moscow State University — Faculty of Economics, Moscow
2021/22 Free Workshops, MMOMA — Contemporary Art, Moscow
2018/20 Moscow School of Contemporary Art — Contemporary Art, Moscow
2017/18 British Higher School of Art and Design — Pre-Foundation Art & Design, Moscow
2011/12 University of St Andrews — International Business, United Kingdom
2010/12 Lomonosov Moscow State University — Business School, Moscow
2006/10 Lomonosov Moscow State University — Faculty of Economics, Moscow
Solo Exhibitions
2025 White as Soot, Ruarts Foundation for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2025 White as Soot, Ruarts Foundation for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 The Triumph of Melancholy, Ruarts Foundation, Moscow
2026 3rd Bolotnaya Biennale, Moscow
2025 Labour, MSCA Gallery, Cube.Moscow, Moscow
2024 TemperatYRA 5, Fabrika CCI, Moscow
2024 Connection Lost. Reconnect, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow
2023 Nothing Would Stand Here If Not for You, Arkhangelsk Museum of Local Lore, Arkhangelsk
2023 Forms of Memory, N. Ostrovsky Museum, Moscow
2022 Future Is Now, Masterskaya'22, MMOMA, Moscow
2022 1st Karelian Biennale of Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Petrozavodsk
2020 TemperatYRA! 2.0, Elektrozavod Gallery, Moscow
2020 Decentralisation, Winzavod OPEN, Winzavod CCA, Moscow
2019 Obsession, Cube.Moscow, Moscow
2019 In Search of the Beginning, Cosmoscow parallel programme, Zaryadye Media Centre, Moscow 2019 Breaking Isn't Building, GROUND Solyanka, Moscow
2026 The Triumph of Melancholy, Ruarts Foundation, Moscow
2026 3rd Bolotnaya Biennale, Moscow
2025 Labour, MSCA Gallery, Cube.Moscow, Moscow
2024 TemperatYRA 5, Fabrika CCI, Moscow
2024 Connection Lost. Reconnect, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow
2023 Nothing Would Stand Here If Not for You, Arkhangelsk Museum of Local Lore, Arkhangelsk
2023 Forms of Memory, N. Ostrovsky Museum, Moscow
2022 Future Is Now, Masterskaya'22, MMOMA, Moscow
2022 1st Karelian Biennale of Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Petrozavodsk
2020 TemperatYRA! 2.0, Elektrozavod Gallery, Moscow
2020 Decentralisation, Winzavod OPEN, Winzavod CCA, Moscow
2019 Obsession, Cube.Moscow, Moscow
2019 In Search of the Beginning, Cosmoscow parallel programme, Zaryadye Media Centre, Moscow 2019 Breaking Isn't Building, GROUND Solyanka, Moscow
Residencies, Competitions and Grants
2026 Aluminium Reed, 3rd Bolotnaya Biennale
2025 LESCHUKFOND, Grant
2023 Arkhangelsk Youth Theatre, Residency
2019 Seasons × Cosmoscow × BHSAD, Moscow — award for best art object
2026 Aluminium Reed, 3rd Bolotnaya Biennale
2025 LESCHUKFOND, Grant
2023 Arkhangelsk Youth Theatre, Residency
2019 Seasons × Cosmoscow × BHSAD, Moscow — award for best art object
Selected Fairs
2025 Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Moscow
2025 WIN-WIN Young Contemporary Art Fair, Winzavod CCA, Moscow
2023 WIN-WIN Young Contemporary Art Fair, Winzavod CCA, Moscow
2025 Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Moscow
2025 WIN-WIN Young Contemporary Art Fair, Winzavod CCA, Moscow
2023 WIN-WIN Young Contemporary Art Fair, Winzavod CCA, Moscow
