Taus Makhacheva

1983, Moscow

In 2006 graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities, faculty of “World Economy”. In 2007 received a bachelor's degree in Modern Art at the Goldsmiths College, University of London. From 2008 to 2009 she studied “New Artistic Strategies“ at the Institute of the Contemporary Art (ICA) in Moscow. She lectured about performance at the Moscow State University and at the “First Gallery” in Makhachkala. From 2011 to 2013 she studied at the Royal College of Art (Master's degree in “Contemporary Art”) in London.

In 2011, Makhacheva became a finalist of the Kandinsky Prize in the nomination “Media Art. Project of the Year”. In 2012 she was announced a laureate of the VII All-Russia “Innovation” prize in the sphere of contemporary visual art in the nomination “New Generation”. The same year, Taus took part in the Liverpool Biennale, in 2013 she participated in Sharjah Biennale and in the special program of the 55th Venice Biennale. In 2014 she became a finalist of the All-Russia “Innovation” prize in the sphere of contemporary art in the nomination “Regional Project of 2013”, of the Future of Europe Award, GfZK Museum of Modern Art in Leipzig.

Lives and works in Makhachkala.

Photos of the works are provided by the artist. The author of the artist’s photo is Ilias Hadji.

Selected Exhibitions

2008 — Me, nature (curated by Stanislav Shuripa). I Moscow International Biennale for Young Art ‘Stop! Who goes there?’. Contemporary City Foundation. Moscow, Russia

2008 — Migration (curated by Daria Kamyshnikova). I Moscow International Biennale for ‘Young Art Stop! Who goes there?’. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

2009 — A Space of Celebration. Pervaya Gallery. Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia

2010 — Intimate Capital (curated by Andrey Parshikov). II Moscow International Biennale for Young Art ‘Stop! Who goes there?’. Fabrika project. Moscow, Russia

2010 — Affirmative Actions (curated by Alexey Maslyaev). Panopticon Inutero. Artplay Design Center. Moscow, Russia

2011 — Rewriting Worlds (curated by Peter Weibel). IV Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, main project. Artplay Design Center. Moscow, Russia

2011 — Get Up and Run Away With It - About Love and the Impossible (curated by Nadine Wietlisbach). Palais Bleu Le-Lie. Trogen, Switzerland

2011 — Now&Then. Within the framework of Workshop 2011. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

2011 — Practice for Everyday Life (curated by David Thorp). Calvert 22. London, the UK

2011 — Affirmative Action (mimesis) (curated by Marco Scotini). Laura Bulian Gallery. Milan, Italy

2012 — Let Me Be Part of a Narrative (curated by Alexey Maslyaev). Paperworks Gallery, Winzavod. Moscow, Russia

2012 — Topography of Masculinity (curated by Irina Stark, Kelly Klifa). 7th Liverpool Biennial City States. LJMU, Liverpool John Moores Copperas Hill Building. Liverpool, the UK

2012 — I am who I am (curated by Olga Sviblova). Kunst im Tunnel. Dusseldorf, Germany

2012 — Joyful Archipelago (curated by Olga Grotova). Guest Projects. London, the UK

2012 — Migrasophia (curated by Sara Raza). Maraya Contemporary Art Centre. Sharjah, the UAE

2012 — Génération P. City Hall of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (near Paris). France

2013 — On Historical Ideals of Labour in the Country that Conquered Space. The Mews artist run space. London, the UK

2013 — The Process of Instance of Breaking Open (curated by Maria Kotlyachkova and Emmeli Person). Kalmar Konstmuseum. Kalmar, Sweden

2013 — What? Whose? Why? (curated by Daria Kirsanova). Raf projects. Tehran, Iran

2013 — Story Demands to be Continued (curated by Alexey Maslyaev). Republic of Dagestan Union of Artists Exhibition Hall. Makhachkala, Dagestan

2013 — Spaces of Exception (curated by Elena Sorokina and Jelle Bouwhuis). V Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, special project. Artplay Design Center. Moscow, Russia

2013 — Nostalgia Nervosa (curated by Iliana Fokianaki). State of Consept. Athens, Greece

2013 — Love me, Love me not (curated by Dina Nasser-Khadivi). 55th Venice Biennial. Venice, Italy

2013 — No Water Tomorrow (curated by Alexey Maslyaev). Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

2013 — The Enchanted Wanderer (curated by Andrey Misiano). Chukotka’s Heritage Museum Center. Anadyr, Russia

2013 — Re: emerge-Towards a New Cultural Cartography (curated by Yuko Hasegawa). XI Sharjah Biennial. Sharjah, UAE

2014 — Russian Performance: a Cartography of its History (curated by Yulia Aksenova and Sasha Obukhova). Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia

2014 — Close and Far: Russian Photography Now (curated by Kate Bush). Calvert22. London, the UK

2014 — An Opera of Labour and Revolution (curated by Lanfranco Aceti and Susanne Jaschko). Kasa Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey

2014 — See you, and Thanks for All the Fish. Lawrie Shabibi. Dubai, the UAE

2014 — Dagestan. Not for Sale (curated by Alexey Maslyaev). artSumer Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey

2014 — A Walk, A Dance, A Ritual (curated by Ilina Koralova). Museum of Contemporary Art. Leipzig, Germany

2015 — Vababai Vadadai! Narrative Projects. London, the UK

2015 — (In)sidenotes (curated by Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson). Uppsala Konstmuseum. Uppsala, Sweden

2015 — Too Early, Too Late. Middle East and Modernity (curated by Marco Scotini). Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Arte Fiera. Bologna, Italy

2017 — Cloud Caught on a Mountain. MMOMA. Moscow, Russia

2017 — Triennial of Russian Comtemporary Art. Garage. Moscow, Russia

2017 — Ural Industrial Biennal of Contemporary Art. Ekaterinburg, Russia

2017 — The 57th International Exhibition La Biennale Di Venezia. The Main Project. Italy

Awards

2011 — Kandinsky Prize, Media Art category. Moscow, Russia

2012 — Winner of the All-Russia prize in the sphere of contemporary art Innovation, New Generation category

2014 — Winner of the All-Russia prize in the sphere of contemporary art Innovation in the category Regional Project 2013. Russia

2014 — Future of Europe, winner. GfZK Museum of Contemporary Art. Leipzig, Germany