Born in Moscow.
Education:
2014-2011 Moscow Rodchenko Art School, Video and New media
2010-2004 Moscow State University, Physics
Awards/Grants (selected):
2019 Kandinsky Prize, “Project of the year”, Longlist
2017 Kandinsky Prize, “Young Artist – Project of the year”, Winner
2017 Future Generation Art Prize, Shortlist
2016 Present Continuous Program of V-A-C Foundation and M HKA, Winner
2016 Grant of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art for emerging artists
2014 Special Prize of the French Embassy
2014 Innovation Art Prize, “New generation”, Winner
Solo/tripple shows (selected):
2020 Garden, Kunsthall 3.14, Bergen, Norway
2017 Russian Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale
2016 Focuses, Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manege’, Moscow
Biennials:
2020 7th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow
2017 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg
2017 Future Generation Art Prize, Collateral event, 57th Venice Biennale
2017 Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Group shows (selected):
2023 Sympathetic Interactions, AZ Museum, Ivanovo
2022 Cosmoscow, Special project, Moscow
2021 Frenetic Standstill, Palazzo Madama, Turin
2020 I Haven’t told my garden yet, Monitor, Izmir
2019 Cambridge Show, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge UK
2019 Stage Is Yours, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
2018 Pervilion, ArtNight, London
2017 Superdemocracy, the Senate, Brussels
2017 Future Generation Art Prize, PinchukArtCenter, Kiev
2017 Borderland, The Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2016 Wandering with a troubadour, House of Impressions, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
2016 Cabaret Kultura, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2016 Hero Mother, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2015 Balagan!!! | Nordwind Festival, Kühlhaus am Gleisdreieck and Momentum, Berlin
2015 People in the City, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2014 Burning News, Hayward Gallery, London
2014 Photobiennale, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Artfairs:
2022 Cosmoscow, Moscow
2021 Artissima, Turin
2021 Miart, Milan
2020 Artissima, Turin
2017 LOOP, Barcelona
2016 viennacontemporary, Vienna
Talks/Workshops (selected):
2020 British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow
2019 Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge UK
2018 ImPulsTanz, Vienna
2017 Tate Modern, London
2017 Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2017 V-A-C Live, Moscow
Residencies:
2016 Jan – 2015 Nov Momentum Residency, Berlin
2015 Jul – Jun Bükü/Büro for cultural translation, Leipzig
2014 Dec – Oct Cité International des Arts, Paris
Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA)
Videoinsight Foundation, Bologna
Gazprombank Collection, Moscow
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM)
National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (NCCA)
Press reviews (selected):
July 2018 www.thevinylfactory.com Sasha Pirogova presents new performative work
May 2017 www.dazeddigital.com The artists to discover at the Venice Biennale
May 2017 www.berlinartlink.com Venice Biennale 2017 // The Russian Pavilion: An Interview with the Curator and Artists
Apr 2017 www.nytimes.com Scouring 11 Time Zones for a Contemporary Russian Art Show
Mar 2017 www.frieze.com 1st Garage Triennial
Oct 2014 www.calvertjournal.com 20 under 40: Russia’s rising generation of young artists
Interviews (selected):
May 2017 The Art Newspaper Russia Sasha Pirogova: I would like to say that this is not scary (in Russian)
Apr 2017 www.arterritory.com No Superfluous Movements
May 2016 www.colta.ru Text is not my thing (in Russian)