Evgeniya Strygina

Joined Artfinder: Nov. 2023

Artworks for sale: 24

United Kingdom

About Evgeniya Strygina

 
 
  • Biography

    Evgeniya Strygina (b. 1989) is a London-based contemporary artist who specialises in landscape and architecture photography as she captures urban and natural environments to highlight both their relation to and their autonomy from human beings.

    Following her early essays in film and digital photography as a teenager, Evgeniya took a real interest in the art of picture-taking while studying for her degrees in journalism and Spanish in Moscow. After graduating, she completed two courses at the Fine Art Photography School, also in the Russian capital, and a year-long course on contemporary art theory and practice at the Free Workshops, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA).

    ​A perfectionist in her work, Evgeniya has stuck to digital photography, a medium she believes helps her attain the result she is after as she is prepared to spend hours making dozens of shots to get the few mesmerising images that would satisfy her.

    ​Between 2017 and 2019, Evgeniya took part in at least a dozen group exhibitions in Moscow, including two shows at the MMOMA, art fairs, biennales and festivals, including the Festival of Visual, Sound and Performing Arts in Brindisi, Italy. After taking a hiatus from art photography, Evgeniya relocated to the UK in 2022 to resume her artistic career and work on new projects further exploring her preferred themes such as the nature of space and longing for home.

    ​The change in her environment brought new opportunities and recognition for her work. After relocating, her photographs have been showcased in numerous exhibitions, including Mall Galleries, London Lighthouse Gallery, PH21 Gallery, LoosenArt Gallery. She has received notable awards such as the Top 150 MIRA Mobile Prize, MonoVisions Photography Awards, and Photometria Awards judged by Martin Parr. Additionally, her work has been published in The Courtauldian, Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine, Artdoc Photography Magazine, and F-Stop Magazine.

    In 2023, Evgeniya held first solo exhibition as a result of her art residency in the Czech Republic.

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  • Education

    2023 - 2024

    PH Museum

    2018 - 2018

    School of Photography "Fine Art"

    2016 - 2016

    School of Photography "Fine Art"

    2016 - 2017

    Moscow Museum of Modern Art

  • Awards

    2023

    MIRA Mobile Prize

    150 Top MIRA Mobile Prize

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    2023

    Photometria Awards

    Finalist, "Emerging Roots" competition judged by Martin Parr

    2023

    MonoVisions Photography Awards

    Honorable Mention, Series, Street Photography

    2015

    Best of Russia Photo Contest

    Finalist, Architecture
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: Borders and Beyond

    Dates: 16 Sep 2023 - 16 Oct 2023

    Venue: Výměník, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

    First solo exhibition as a result of the art residency in the Czech Republic

    Event: Darkness Falls

    Dates: 4 Sep 2023 - 29 Sep 2023

    Venue: The Glasgow gallery of photography, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    International Photography Exhibition called Darkness Falls showcasing the work of local photographers as well as photographers from around the world

    Event: Through The Looking Glass

    Dates: 28 Aug 2023 - 3 Sep 2023

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London

    Mall Galleries, situated near the iconic Buckingham Palace, is showing a thought-provoking exhibition, titled “Through the Looking Glass”. Capturing the zeitgeist of our time, the exhibition presents an array of artworks that mirror life’s ephemerality and the human desire to understand the ever-evolving world around us.

    Event: Photographic Visions

    Dates: 24 Aug 2023 - 16 Sep 2023

    Venue: PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

    Photographic Visions is a biannual exhibition at PH21 Gallery, showing mini-series of the works of selected artists. The aim is to celebrate the work of photographers whose portfolio is progressive and visionary, forwarding photography in the 21st century.

    Photographic Visions – Summer 2023 presents three images (in the form of mini-series) from photographers in two sections.

    Event: I Want To Believe

    Dates: 11 Jul 2023 - 19 Jul 2023

    Venue: LoosenArt, Rome, Italy

    Art and iconography were the first channels of communication that aided the spreading of collective imaginaries capable of inspiring the beliefs of several different peoples of diverse cultures and religions.

    The group exhibition "I Want to Believe" at Millepiani – Rome, brings together representative works of a conscious trust in a narration, story, thought or idea in which we see a way to hope and/or an alternative to the present reality.

    Event: Urban

    Dates: 4 May 2023 - 27 May 2023

    Venue: PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

    Urban spaces have always been significant sources of inspiration for photographers for a very good reason; the dwelling places of much of humanity provide intensified experiences of how we shape our environment and how we live in the environment we create for ourselves. Cities offer a bounty of visual stimuli for the eye and the camera to catch. The structural beauty of the still lines and shapes of the buildings and streets provide for exciting compositions. The ever-changing swirl of the streets challenges us to capture precious passing moments. Urban life shows an entirely different face during the day and with the lights on at night. Cities are usually busy with action, but recently we have experienced empty streets as well. There are endless ways of portraying the life of the inhabitants of cities, endless ways for photographers to construct their unique interpretations of what urban environments mean for them.

    Event: Spring Exhibition

    Dates: 1 May 2023 - 31 May 2023

    Venue: London Lighthouse Gallery, London

    London Lighthouse Gallery & Studio presents our annual Spring Exhibition featuring over 96 Artworks by 51 Artists. from the UK across the globe. This year's lineup will feature a variety of works by the most exiting artists from the UK and across the globe The works include paintings, prints, photography, ceramics, sculptures, textiles mixed media and much more.

    Event: Data in ART

    Dates: 27 Nov 2020 - 27 Nov 2020

    Venue: Art Gallery "Bogorodskoe", Moscow, Russia

    "Date" - one-day exhibitions-parties invented for works that have not yet found their open call and are lying idle in the portfolio. These can be art canvases, photographs, installations or multimedia works. At the "Date" the authors will be able to show such works for the first time, discuss them with colleagues and listen to what the public has to say.

    The theme of each "Date" is determined by the results of the collection of applications. The main requirement for selection is that the work has not been exhibited elsewhere.

    Event: It drives me crazy

    Dates: 2 Nov 2018 - 9 Dec 2018

    Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

    The works of all the artists represented in the exhibition explore the numerous fears of the contemporary world and the Millennial generation: fears of surveillance and persecution, the constant pressure of society, the obsessive striving for unattainable perfection, the conflict between financial comfort and the lack of self-fulfilment, hidden mental suffering that does not find a response in the general imaginary optimism. All these problems and contradictions are expressed in various forms in the works of actual young artists in the form of graphics, paintings, photography, video art, sculpture, and are designed to evoke a certain emotional response in the audience through the prism of personal experience and experiences of the authors.

    Event: Dynamic Chaos

    Dates: 9 Jun 2018 - 19 Aug 2018

    Venue: The State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia

    Parallel program of the 6th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia

    Event: Festival of Visual, Sound and Performing Arts "Timeless Fragments"

    Dates: 7 Dec 2017 - 8 Jan 2018

    Venue: Palazzo Granafei-Nervegna, Brindisi, Italy

    Timeless fragments: chromatic vibrations between water and earth - whose title is borrowed from fragments and archaeological finds in the city of Brindisi, the venue of the event - is a FESTIVAL of Visual, Sound and Performing Arts, that wants to make sense of detail in its uniqueness, recalling the places of "universal synergies" and the relationship between "identity and territory". About 60 national and international artists have been invited to dialogue with the city and the space that hosts them.

    The Festival - promoted by Primo Piano LivinGallery and curated by Dores Sacquegna - has as institutional partner the Municipality of Brindisi, and as a cultural partner the Cact Center of Arts, Culture and Tourism, Department of the Atlantic Museum of the Island of Lanzarote in Spain. Artists from all over the world show thier works and projects: From Europe, Asia, Middle East, Russia, USA, in synergy dialogue with the Puglia's Region.

    Event: Black and white is Here

    Dates: 10 Aug 2017 - 31 Aug 2017

    Venue: Gallery "ZDES na Taganke", Moscow, Russia

    Artistic director of the gallery and curator of the exhibition Andrey Bartenev gathered more than 30 contemporary authors, uniting their works with one idea: all of them had to be black and white.

    Black-and-white photography is a strong artistic technique that allows both the photographer and the viewer to uncover meanings that are sometimes inaccessible to colour images. Colour sometimes hides the main things from view - dynamics, texture, form, emotions, feelings. It distracts our gaze so aggressively that accents and nuances are drowned in the polyphony of colours, and only black and white images help us to notice what is hidden.

    Event: Workshop 17

    Dates: 4 Jul 2017 - 13 Aug 2017

    Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

    The Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Free Workshops School of Modern Art present the annual exhibition project "Workshop`17. Where No One Dreams: From Sacred Geography to No Place", which will show not only works by graduates of the MMOMA School of Contemporary Art, but will also present to the audience works by young artists from all over Russia.

    Event: Baltic Photo Biennale

    Dates: 24 May 2017 - 24 Jun 2017

    Venue: Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia

    The Baltic Biennale of Photography has been held every two years in the Kaliningrad region since 2003. The peculiarity of the project is the unification of professional and amateur photography into one large-scale project.

Links


Education

2023 - 2024

PH Museum

2018 - 2018

School of Photography "Fine Art"

2016 - 2016

School of Photography "Fine Art"

2016 - 2017

Moscow Museum of Modern Art


Awards

2023

MIRA Mobile Prize

150 Top MIRA Mobile Prize

Show more awards Hide

2023

Photometria Awards

Finalist, "Emerging Roots" competition judged by Martin Parr

2023

MonoVisions Photography Awards

Honorable Mention, Series, Street Photography

2015

Best of Russia Photo Contest

Finalist, Architecture

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Borders and Beyond

Dates: 16 Sep 2023 - 16 Oct 2023

Venue: Výměník, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

First solo exhibition as a result of the art residency in the Czech Republic

Event: Darkness Falls

Dates: 4 Sep 2023 - 29 Sep 2023

Venue: The Glasgow gallery of photography, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

International Photography Exhibition called Darkness Falls showcasing the work of local photographers as well as photographers from around the world

Event: Through The Looking Glass

Dates: 28 Aug 2023 - 3 Sep 2023

Venue: Mall Galleries, London

Mall Galleries, situated near the iconic Buckingham Palace, is showing a thought-provoking exhibition, titled “Through the Looking Glass”. Capturing the zeitgeist of our time, the exhibition presents an array of artworks that mirror life’s ephemerality and the human desire to understand the ever-evolving world around us.

Event: Photographic Visions

Dates: 24 Aug 2023 - 16 Sep 2023

Venue: PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Photographic Visions is a biannual exhibition at PH21 Gallery, showing mini-series of the works of selected artists. The aim is to celebrate the work of photographers whose portfolio is progressive and visionary, forwarding photography in the 21st century.

Photographic Visions – Summer 2023 presents three images (in the form of mini-series) from photographers in two sections.

Event: I Want To Believe

Dates: 11 Jul 2023 - 19 Jul 2023

Venue: LoosenArt, Rome, Italy

Art and iconography were the first channels of communication that aided the spreading of collective imaginaries capable of inspiring the beliefs of several different peoples of diverse cultures and religions.

The group exhibition "I Want to Believe" at Millepiani – Rome, brings together representative works of a conscious trust in a narration, story, thought or idea in which we see a way to hope and/or an alternative to the present reality.

Event: Urban

Dates: 4 May 2023 - 27 May 2023

Venue: PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Urban spaces have always been significant sources of inspiration for photographers for a very good reason; the dwelling places of much of humanity provide intensified experiences of how we shape our environment and how we live in the environment we create for ourselves. Cities offer a bounty of visual stimuli for the eye and the camera to catch. The structural beauty of the still lines and shapes of the buildings and streets provide for exciting compositions. The ever-changing swirl of the streets challenges us to capture precious passing moments. Urban life shows an entirely different face during the day and with the lights on at night. Cities are usually busy with action, but recently we have experienced empty streets as well. There are endless ways of portraying the life of the inhabitants of cities, endless ways for photographers to construct their unique interpretations of what urban environments mean for them.

Event: Spring Exhibition

Dates: 1 May 2023 - 31 May 2023

Venue: London Lighthouse Gallery, London

London Lighthouse Gallery & Studio presents our annual Spring Exhibition featuring over 96 Artworks by 51 Artists. from the UK across the globe. This year's lineup will feature a variety of works by the most exiting artists from the UK and across the globe The works include paintings, prints, photography, ceramics, sculptures, textiles mixed media and much more.

Event: Data in ART

Dates: 27 Nov 2020 - 27 Nov 2020

Venue: Art Gallery "Bogorodskoe", Moscow, Russia

"Date" - one-day exhibitions-parties invented for works that have not yet found their open call and are lying idle in the portfolio. These can be art canvases, photographs, installations or multimedia works. At the "Date" the authors will be able to show such works for the first time, discuss them with colleagues and listen to what the public has to say.

The theme of each "Date" is determined by the results of the collection of applications. The main requirement for selection is that the work has not been exhibited elsewhere.

Event: It drives me crazy

Dates: 2 Nov 2018 - 9 Dec 2018

Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

The works of all the artists represented in the exhibition explore the numerous fears of the contemporary world and the Millennial generation: fears of surveillance and persecution, the constant pressure of society, the obsessive striving for unattainable perfection, the conflict between financial comfort and the lack of self-fulfilment, hidden mental suffering that does not find a response in the general imaginary optimism. All these problems and contradictions are expressed in various forms in the works of actual young artists in the form of graphics, paintings, photography, video art, sculpture, and are designed to evoke a certain emotional response in the audience through the prism of personal experience and experiences of the authors.

Event: Dynamic Chaos

Dates: 9 Jun 2018 - 19 Aug 2018

Venue: The State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Parallel program of the 6th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Event: Festival of Visual, Sound and Performing Arts "Timeless Fragments"

Dates: 7 Dec 2017 - 8 Jan 2018

Venue: Palazzo Granafei-Nervegna, Brindisi, Italy

Timeless fragments: chromatic vibrations between water and earth - whose title is borrowed from fragments and archaeological finds in the city of Brindisi, the venue of the event - is a FESTIVAL of Visual, Sound and Performing Arts, that wants to make sense of detail in its uniqueness, recalling the places of "universal synergies" and the relationship between "identity and territory". About 60 national and international artists have been invited to dialogue with the city and the space that hosts them.

The Festival - promoted by Primo Piano LivinGallery and curated by Dores Sacquegna - has as institutional partner the Municipality of Brindisi, and as a cultural partner the Cact Center of Arts, Culture and Tourism, Department of the Atlantic Museum of the Island of Lanzarote in Spain. Artists from all over the world show thier works and projects: From Europe, Asia, Middle East, Russia, USA, in synergy dialogue with the Puglia's Region.

Event: Black and white is Here

Dates: 10 Aug 2017 - 31 Aug 2017

Venue: Gallery "ZDES na Taganke", Moscow, Russia

Artistic director of the gallery and curator of the exhibition Andrey Bartenev gathered more than 30 contemporary authors, uniting their works with one idea: all of them had to be black and white.

Black-and-white photography is a strong artistic technique that allows both the photographer and the viewer to uncover meanings that are sometimes inaccessible to colour images. Colour sometimes hides the main things from view - dynamics, texture, form, emotions, feelings. It distracts our gaze so aggressively that accents and nuances are drowned in the polyphony of colours, and only black and white images help us to notice what is hidden.

Event: Workshop 17

Dates: 4 Jul 2017 - 13 Aug 2017

Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Free Workshops School of Modern Art present the annual exhibition project "Workshop`17. Where No One Dreams: From Sacred Geography to No Place", which will show not only works by graduates of the MMOMA School of Contemporary Art, but will also present to the audience works by young artists from all over Russia.

Event: Baltic Photo Biennale

Dates: 24 May 2017 - 24 Jun 2017

Venue: Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia

The Baltic Biennale of Photography has been held every two years in the Kaliningrad region since 2003. The peculiarity of the project is the unification of professional and amateur photography into one large-scale project.


 

Biography

Evgeniya Strygina (b. 1989) is a London-based contemporary artist who specialises in landscape and architecture photography as she captures urban and natural environments to highlight both their relation to and their autonomy from human beings.

Following her early essays in film and digital photography as a teenager, Evgeniya took a real interest in the art of picture-taking while studying for her degrees in journalism and Spanish in Moscow. After graduating, she completed two courses at the Fine Art Photography School, also in the Russian capital, and a year-long course on contemporary art theory and practice at the Free Workshops, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA).

​A perfectionist in her work, Evgeniya has stuck to digital photography, a medium she believes helps her attain the result she is after as she is prepared to spend hours making dozens of shots to get the few mesmerising images that would satisfy her.

​Between 2017 and 2019, Evgeniya took part in at least a dozen group exhibitions in Moscow, including two shows at the MMOMA, art fairs, biennales and festivals, including the Festival of Visual, Sound and Performing Arts in Brindisi, Italy. After taking a hiatus from art photography, Evgeniya relocated to the UK in 2022 to resume her artistic career and work on new projects further exploring her preferred themes such as the nature of space and longing for home.

​The change in her environment brought new opportunities and recognition for her work. After relocating, her photographs have been showcased in numerous exhibitions, including Mall Galleries, London Lighthouse Gallery, PH21 Gallery, LoosenArt Gallery. She has received notable awards such as the Top 150 MIRA Mobile Prize, MonoVisions Photography Awards, and Photometria Awards judged by Martin Parr. Additionally, her work has been published in The Courtauldian, Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine, Artdoc Photography Magazine, and F-Stop Magazine.

In 2023, Evgeniya held first solo exhibition as a result of her art residency in the Czech Republic.