About me

Artist and teacher at the Printnonstop printmaking studio, leading printmaking classes and workshops at Prostaya School

Olya Viguro in the studio, beneath a graphic artwork on the wall

Artist statement

In my work, I reflect on the traces people leave: the surfaces they leave them on, and how, over the years, the things people wish or feel compelled to say have changed. Today, the surfaces carrying these “traces” are often fragile and lack durability, while the materials used to make them fade quickly.

As an artist, this makes me want to imagine how long these traces will survive, who will find them, what they will look like after a long time, whether they will be considered works of art, and how they will affect people in the future. The properties of my main media — ceramics and printmaking — have led me to these reflections.

Education

2025 — 2026
Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art, MMOMA
2022 — present
Open practices at Prostaya School
2022 — present
Printnonstop printmaking laboratory
2015–2017
Russian State University for the Humanities, Advertising and Public Relations, master’s degree
2011–2015
Russian State University for the Humanities, Advertising and Public Relations, bachelor’s degree

ART RESIDENCIES

2026 BurmaginFest printmaking residency, Vologda:
curators: Valeria Tsertsvadze, Alexander Laptev

CURATORIAL PROJECTS AND LABORATORIES

2026 “Converter”, Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow
“A Kind of Topography”, a project within the Archstoyanie festival of contemporary art and architecture, Nikola-Lenivets art park

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

“Circumstances of Place”, Krasny Most Gallery, Vologda. Curators: Alexander Laptev, Elena Ukhanova, Valeria Tsertsvadze

2025

“ROCK PAPER SCISSORS”, Tri Vokzala. Depo, Moscow; curators: Nelli Galias, Dmitry Samodurov, Galina Sarycheva

“Towards Presence”, Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow; curators: Tatiana Belchenko, Alexander Laptev

“Status: Print”, Vologda Regional Picture Gallery, Vologda; curators: Elena Ukhanova, Maria Zaitseva, Valeria Tsertsvadze

2024

“Dialogue about an Authentic Place”, Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow; curator: Elizaveta Fadeeva

Exhibition of participants in Live Print Exchange 6, Zotov Centre, Moscow; curators: Maria Zaitseva, Lada Shapovalova

2023

“Topoi and Landscapes”, Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow; curator: Michael Arutyunyan

“The Living in the Industrial”, Doc Industrial Theatre, Moscow; curator: Alexander Laptev