ANNA BIRCH
Artist
Anna Birch (b. 1989, Moscow) is a multidisciplinary artist. She graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University and studied contemporary art at the Moscow School of Contemporary Art and the Free Workshops of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA).
Her works are held in the collections of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM), the Ruarts Foundation, and private collections in Russia, the Netherlands, France, and the United States.
Her works are held in the collections of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM), the Ruarts Foundation, and private collections in Russia, the Netherlands, France, and the United States.
Manifesto
In my artistic practice, I explore the tensions and shifting boundaries between the individual and the collective, freedom and control, cooperation and coercion.
I am interested in the movement from the collective to the individual and back: how social and cultural structures shape individual perception and behavior, and how individuals, in turn, reproduce, shift, or transform these structures. At the core of my practice are the processes through which they mutually shape one another.
I work across painting, ceramics, embroidery, printmaking, and installation. Layering images and materials allows me to bring together different, sometimes contradictory systems and explore the tensions that emerge through their interaction.
In my artistic practice, I explore the tensions and shifting boundaries between the individual and the collective, freedom and control, cooperation and coercion.
I am interested in the movement from the collective to the individual and back: how social and cultural structures shape individual perception and behavior, and how individuals, in turn, reproduce, shift, or transform these structures. At the core of my practice are the processes through which they mutually shape one another.
I work across painting, ceramics, embroidery, printmaking, and installation. Layering images and materials allows me to bring together different, sometimes contradictory systems and explore the tensions that emerge through their interaction.
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
2026 Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, 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
2026 Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, 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
