Sonya Kobozeva
Sonya Kobozeva was born in 1986 in Moscow.
In 2014, she graduated from the Russian Institute of Theater Arts, Department of Scenography. Since then, he has worked as a production designer and costume designer in the theater. Here are some her theatrical works — “Don Juan” at the National Theater of Mannheim, “Joan of Arc” at the Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Glinka, the Laboratory of Modern Opera “Cooperation” on the stage of MAMT named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko in Moscow.
Her characters live by themselves, immersed into the world of their own thoughts. They do not interact much even with each other, preferring to look at the phone or throw themselves into the «work». They are separated even more when the artist places them on single canvases, simultaneously limiting with the artificial frames, but at the same time giving private freedom and the opportunity to feel as natural as possible. The colour scheme is also extremely concise and only boosts the impression of isolation.
In her project «The First Love №2» Sonya Kobozeva talks about the first love, or rather its image, when pink translucent illusions collide with everyday solid reality. This project is perceived by Sonya Kobozeva as a program segment of her life, which she realizes through the prism of the past tense, colored by the irony of tender memories. The artist experiences this time once again, but already operating not the real people, but with symbolic allegories, constructing a theater with a lot of props, but without actors.
Sonya Kobozeva lives and works in Moscow.
SELECTED PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2022
The First Love #2.11.12GALLERY, Moscow
2020
Child’s Plays.11.12GALLERY, Moscow
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2022
Single Color.Reloft Art, Moscow
Young Art. BIZON Gallery, Kazan
YouAreNotRecognizable. Sevkabel-Port, Saint Petersburg
2021
Sphere and Cross. Collector’s Choice. All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow
Break for 15 min. State Center of Contemporary Art Arsenal, Nizhniy Novgorod
Out of the Capital’s Borders.Miras Gallery,Ufa
2020
Break for 15 min. Part 1.All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow
2015
Your Chance Festival. Theatrical Center «Na Strastnom», Moscow
Stories about Fire, Dragon and Bogatyr.Cultural Centre ZIL, Moscow
2014
Your Chance Festival.Theatrical Center«Na Strastnom»,Moscow
Student Exhibition. Educational Theatre GITIS, Moscow
KLIN10. Boyar’s Palaty, Moscow
Student Exhibition.Theater named after Stanislavskiy, Moscow
2013
Your Chance Festival.Theatrical Center«Na Strastnom»,Moscow
Baltic Festival Season. Fismen’s House of Culture, Moscow
KLIN9.Boyar’s Palaty,Moscow
Exhibition in Honor of 20th Anniversary GITIS.Theatrical Gallery on Malaya Ordynka, Moscow
2012
Your Chance Festival.Theatrical Center«Na Strastnom»,Moscow
Student Exhibition.Educational Theatre GITIS,Moscow
KLIN8.Boyar’s Palaty,Moscow
2011
Your Chance Festival.Theatrical Center«Na Strastnom»,Moscow
Martini Art Weekend. Red October, Moscow
SELECTED ART FAIRS
2022
International Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow
Art Moscow Contemporary Art Fair.Moscow
1703 Contemporary Art Fair.Saint Petersburg
2021
International Art Fair DA!Moscow!Moscow
International Art Fair ArtRussia. Moscow
International Art Fair Blazar. Moscow
2020
International Art Fair Blazar. Moscow