Olga Michi
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Olga Michi is a modern digital artist, author of the concept of cinematographic projects. Olga’s works cover and address a wide range of topics, including both acute problems of modern life and absorbing philosophical questions. What lies in the heart of Olga Michi’s art projects is photographic images that undergo a multitude of artistic, conceptual, and technical processing stages to become finished pieces of art that together constitute thematic series. At every phase of image preparation, final printing, publication of signature albums, exhibitions, or cinematographic production, a team of specialists ensures the impeccable level of execution of Michi’s works.
One of Olga’s projects, „Vulnerable“, is devoted to the problem of preserving the culture of Northern, Asian, and African people, whose traditions grotesquely converge with the innovations brought by the modern European civilization. The project received international recognition with the publication of the namesake album, „Vulnerable“, by German publisher teNeues, in English and German. The album gained positive reception in more than 10 leading European outlets, including Stern, Daily Mail, XLSemanal, Digital Camera and others. The British magazine Amateur Photographer called „Vulnerable“ the best book from the world of photography published recently.
The project „Deity’s Likeness“ exploits a variety of expressive means that, synthesized in the media format, help throw light on the problem of the deity and how its perceived image changes under influence of social and cultural transformations. The use of neural network-powered artistic tools in the project is not limited to two-dimensional works. The project also comprises dynamic compositions melting together the esthetics of a static easel painting and video art animation and holographic works that explore the borders between the planar and plastic arts.
Olga Michi’s film „Small People, Big Trees“ gained credence at international festivals hosted in the US, Germany, and Czech Republic. Another film, „Missing Girls“, brings up the acute social issue of economic sexual slavery in provincial society in India. In this context, the work takes a step toward finding a way to overcome the problem.
Biography
Born in 1982, Havana, Cuba
Lives and works in Moscow, Russia
2011 – 2014 photojournalist of TASS (TASS Russian News Agency)
2014 – 2016 journalist, host of the TV program «Extreme Photographer» Live planet, Russia
2016 Production of Documentary film «Massai: From Sand to Snow» for RT (Russia Today)
2016 Production of Documentary film «Small People Big Trees»
2017 Production of Documentary film «Missing girls»
2021 Production of Documentary film «My friend Yeti»
Education
- 2003 Moscow Academy of Economics and Law
- 2006 Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Exhibitions 2021/2022:
- «Vulnerable». Gallery of Modern Art of The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable». The Mario Giacomelli Museum of Photography. Italy (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable». Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable. Asian Diary» The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Deity’s Likeness». Gallery of Modern Art of The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable». Samara Regional Art Museum. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable». The Photo Gallery Paffrath. Düsseldorf. Germany (solo exhibition)
- «Future Dwelling». Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Museum «Moscow House of Photography». Russia (group exhibition)
2021 г.
- «Future Dwelling». IV International Interactive Festival of Contemporary Art ARTLIFE FEST. Russia.
- «Vulnerable». White Gallery. Novosibirsk, Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnarable», «Deity’s Likeness». National Museum of Art and Photography. Olga Michi, AES+F, Konstantin Khudyakov, Francisco Infante-Arana, Oleg Dou, Valery Katsuba. Moscow. Russia (group exhibition)
- «Deity’s Likeness». The General Staff. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint-Petersburg. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable. The African Diary» The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow. Russia (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable». Immagis Fine Art Photography. München. Germany (solo exhibition)
- «Vulnerable». Central Exhibition Hall Manege, XII Moscow International Biennale Fashion and Style in Photography, Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Museum «Moscow House of Photography». Russia
- «Deity’s Likeness» international art center Main Avenue. Russia (solo exhibition)
2020 г.
- «Vulnarable», «Deity’s Likeness». Cosmoscow International Art Fair. Moscow. Russia
Museum collection
- Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Museum «Moscow House of Photography». Moscow. Russia
- The ETHNOS KALOS Foundation. Germany.
Exhibition
Studies
1994 – 1996 Plastic Arts, University Antonio Nariño, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
1996 – 2001 Plastic Arts, National University, Bogota, Colombia.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Magdalena, Klaus Steinemetz Arte Contemporáneo, San José de Costa Rica
2015
Magdalena, El Nogal Club, Bogota, Colombia
2014
Magdalena, Sandra Montenegro Contemporary Art, Miami, Fl
2013
Magdalena, Beatriz Esguerra Arte, Bogota, Colombia.
Exodus, Theater Santiago Londoño, Carlos Drews Castro Chamber, Pereira Colombia.
2010
Mathematical Logics, Galería Christopher Paschall s. XXI, Bogota, Colombia.
2008
Atmospheres and Stilt Houses Montealegre Galería de Arte, Bogota, Colombia.
At he Other Side, ADN Galería, Cali, Colombia
2007
The True Widow, Please Stand Up. Galería La Cometa, Bogota, Colombia.
2006
Parallel Realities, Arte Consultores Galería, Bogota, Colombia.
Silences, Gyvathayim National Theater, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2005
Silences, Consulate of Colombia in Frankfurt, Germany.
Silences, Synart Art Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2004
Exodus, Artecamara, Chamber of Commerce of, Bogota, Colombia.
Magdalena, Galería Valenzuela y Klenner Contemporary Art, Bogota, Colombia.
2003
Silences, Fabiola Gonzales Ángel Galería Cali, Colombia.
Silences, Galería La Cometa, Bogota, Colombia.
Encounters, Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba.
2002
Paintings. Sair García, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Barrancabermeja, Colombia.
Earth in Verse Public Library Gabriel Turbay, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Lost Paradise, Cultural Center Cultural, Universidad de Salamanca
2001
Poetry of Sadness, Universidad de Panamá. Ciudad de Panamá
Collective Exhibitions
2017
Zona MACO Mexico Contemporary Art Fair, Mexico
2016
Art Stage Fair, Singapore
Art Lima Fair, Peru
Feria Barcu, Bogotá, Colombia
Feria Artbo, Bogotá, Colombia
Art Context Fair, Miami Fl, USA
Scope Fair, Miami Fl, USA
2015
Art Stage Fair, Singapore
Art Fair Lima, Peru
Art Context Fair, Miami Fl, USA
XII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
North Of The Border, Art Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014
Open Lounges, Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
2013
Painting Occurs Here Also, Galería Christopher Paschall S.XXI, Bogota, Colombia.
De-materialized Nature, NC Contemporary Art, Bogota, Colombia.
Rewind, Winners of the National University Art Venue, Artes Guerrero Academy, Bogota, Colombia.
2012
Escaping with the Landscape, Sandra Montenegro Contemporary Art, Miami Fl, USA
Scope New York, International Art Fair, New York, NY, USA.
XXI Ibero-American Art Fair FIA 2012, Caracas, Venezuela.
2011
Colombia Underground, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space & Galería Christopher Paschall S. XXI, Miami .FL.
XX Ibero-American Art Fair FIA 2011, Caracas, Venezuela.
Houston Fine Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, USA.
Ethnical Groups 11, Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
BE PART, Art Auction, New York, NY, USA.
2010
Contemporary Art From Colombia, Witzenhausen Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, USA.
Art Beijing, Art Fair, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Pinta Art Fair, The Modern& Contemporary Latin American Art Show, London, UK.
Scope Basel Art Show, International Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland.
2009
Latin Art Brussels, Ethnical Group 2010, Brussels, Belgium.
2008
5DE Internacionale Foto en kunst tentoonstelling. Special guest, Latin American Art. Watermolenwal, Heule, Belgium.
The Latin Eye, Benetton Foundation, Milan Italia.
The Latin Eye, Benetton Foundation, Contemporary Art Museum, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
XXth Century Colombian Drawings. Galería La Cometa, Bogota, Colombia.
2007
XVI Ibero-American Art Venue. MIGRATION Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington D.C, USA.
2006
First Art Venue Fernando Botero, Corferias, Bogota, Colombia.
Place/ No Place, or space between things. New Names Program, Library Luis Ángel Arango, Bogota, Colombia.
Art Bo, International Art Far Bogota, Corferias, Bogota Colombia.
Resistances, Colombo-French Alliance, Pereira, Colombia.
2005
Limits, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogota, Colombia
II Bi-dimensional Art Venue Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation. Bogota. Colombia.
2004
Fresh Painting, Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, Bogota, Colombia.
2003
Sample 2.International Contemporary Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico, D.F.
2002
Creative Incitements Human Figure, Instituto de Cultura Brazil-Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.
2002
Creative Incitements Human Figure, Instituto de Cultura Brazil-Colombia,Bogota, Colombia.
New Colombian Painting Tour: Hall of Lost Steps UNESCO, Paris France.
Halls of Gallery ETAJ 3/4 of the National Theater of Bucarest, Romania.
Art Museum, Constanta Romania.
City Hall Cultural Center, Athens, Greece.
Art Museum Szombathely, Hungary.
2001
VI National Universitary Art Venue, FENALCO Bogota, Colombia.
PHILIPS Art Prize for Young Talents, Bogota, Colombia.
PHILIPS Art Prize for Young Talents, Marta Traba Hall, Latin American Memorial, Sao Paulo Brazil.
IX National Painting Venue, Banco Ganadero, Bogota, Colombia
Awards
2001 PHILIPS Art Award for Young Talents, Bogotá, Colombia. First prize.
VI National Exhibition of University Art, FENALCO, Bogotá, Colombia. Second prize.
PHILIPS Award for Art for Young Talents, Marta Traba Hall, Memorial of Latin America, São Paulo, Brazil. First prize.
IX National Painting Exhibition, Banco Ganadero, Bogotá, Colombia. First prize.
2005 II. Two-Dimensional Art Show, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia. Honorable Mention.
2006 I Fernando Botero Award, Corferias, Bogotá, Colombia. FINALIST.
2007 XVI Art Hall Ibero American MIGRATION Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington D.C, Usa. First Prize Colombia.
Collections
Collection Luciano Benetton, Milan, Italy.
Collection of the Bank Republic of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Collection c21 Museum, Louisville Kentucky, USA.
Private collection Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, Bogotá, Colombia.
Collection Memorial Museum of Latin America, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Unesco Collection, Paris, France.
Collection National Museum Givatayim Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Collection Pierre and Sonia Falcone, Miami, USA.
