Aleksandra Yuryevna Koneva

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Selfie by Aleksandra Koneva, 2018

Aleksandra Jurjewna Koneva (born March 10, 1972 in Schymkent , Kazakhstan) is a Berlin-based Russian artist, fashion and jewelry designer. As a fashion designer she is called Sascha Koneva.

Live and act

Aleksandra Koneva was born in Kazakhstan and grew up in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). She completed her studies in art education at the Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg from 1990 to 1996 with a diploma. In 1994 she enrolled for a guest semester at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and studied in AR Penck's graphics class .

She has lived in Berlin since 1996 and works as a freelance artist. As part of the education program of the Berlin Philharmonic , she led four projects in the visual arts section with the sculptor Michael Friedrichs-Friedlaender from 2003 to 2005 . Aleksandra Koneva's works of art include pictures, collages, objects and photographs. Characteristic of her art is the playful, skilled use of various techniques and unusual materials. In 2012 she received an artist in residence grant as part of the Passion Bild exhibition on Russian art since 1970 by the Arina Kowner Art Foundation and Collection in Switzerland. From 2001 to 2014 she worked with Galerie Sandmann (Marina Sandmann, Gallery and Art Management) in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her works are in public and private collections in Switzerland, Germany, the USA, England and Russia.

As an artist with Russian roots and a Soviet past, she often uses Russian-influenced topics. Important works are the photo series Sowki (2009), Kommunales Land , a 15-part composition (2010) and the diary of a conformist (2010), in which Koneva also acts as a writer (Kerber Verlag). The book gives an insight into her childhood and adolescence during the USSR to the Brezhnev era . Aleksandra Koneva dedicated a 10-part series to her second hometown, Berlin: Berliner Album (2003–2006) is a half-made-up, half-autobiographical story in which Berlin sights function as scenes. Popular motifs in her art are the world-famous Disney characters . In the series Dostojevski and Disney I (2006) and Dostojevski and Disney II (2010) she juxtaposes East and West as two cultures.

In 2016, Aleksandra Koneva founded her own label Sascha Koneva Berlin . The focus of her creations lies in the design of fabrics, the motifs of which predominantly emerge from her own visual arts. The design consisting of printed fabrics, unusual details and accessories resembles their works of art, almost like a graphic or a painting. Sascha Koneva Berlin's clothes are made in limited editions and as individual pieces with the help of a small team in Berlin. Jewelry and accessories are usually unique, as they are specially made by the designer for the fashion collection.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2008: Sotheby's Russian Art, Galerie Sandmann, London (catalog)
  • 2008: Sotheby's Russian Art, Galerie Sandmann, New York (catalog)
  • 2010: art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Sandmann, Karlsruhe (catalog)
  • 2010: ART SCOPE BASEL, Galerie Sandmann, Switzerland
  • 2012: Passion Picture . Russian art since 1970. Arina Kowner collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (catalog)

Publications (selection)

  • Diary of a conformist. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-86678-474-1 .
  • Clip stories , text Heidrun Adler, illustrations Aleksandra Koneva. Grossmann printing house, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 3-937336-47-8 .
  • How Bogdan got into grandfather's rucksack ... stories from the Spreewald. Text by Heidrun Adler, illustrations by Aleksandra Koneva. Pro Business, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86460-536-9 .
  • Art Karlsruhe 4th-7th March 2010, Volume 96, Lindemanns Bibliothek, Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-88190-581-7 .
  • Passion picture. Russian art since 1970. The Arina Kowner Collection. Scheidegger & Spiess Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-85881-199-8 .
  • Sotheby's, Russian Art, Post War and Contemporary Art, Volume II, April 15, 2008, New York 2008.
  • Sotheby's, Russian Contemporary Art, March 12, 2008, London 2008
  • Traditions of folk art and naive art in contemporary culture, The State Historical, Architectural, Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno. Moscow 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Education Programs of the Berlin Philharmonic
  2. ↑ Virtual exhibition, ArtInFlow | virtual space for art
  3. ↑ Arina Kowner Foundation
  4. ↑ Kulturportal, Marina Sandmann. Gallery and Art Management
  5. ↑ A. Koneva Diary of a Konformistin by Kerber Verlag
  6. ↑ Label Sascha Koneva Berlin, jewelry and fashion design (image film)
personal data
SURNAME Koneva, Aleksandra Yuryevna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Shymkent , Kazakhstan