Photographer: Julia Smirnova

Born 1981 in Yaroslavl, Russia. • Moves to Germany in 1997. • Photography & design study at Munich University of Applied Sciences, 2003- 2007, • Art Study at Munich Art Academy in the class of Gunter Forg and Jean-Marc Bustamante, 2009-2015, • Worked and studied in Calcutta (2005-2007) and Paris (2010-2012). • Lives in Munich, Germany. • COLLECTIONS: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, New York; • Bavarian State Picture Collection, Munich; • Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K’MoPA), Japan.