CV
Anastasiia Nelen, photographer
Personal exhibitions:
2023 — “Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Komi Republic, Russia)
2022 — “Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Komi Republic, Russia)
2022 — “Kind Gradnfather’s Island” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2022 — “Kind Gradnfather’s Island” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2021 — “Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Armavir, Russia)
2020 — "Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Krasnodar, Russia)
Group exhibitions:
2024 — “Photographs, Images, Thoughts” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2022 — “30th Anniversary of the Russian Union of Art Photographers” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2021 — “The Bearr Trust” (online)
2021 — “A Person” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2019 — “Languages of the Peoples of Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
2015 — “Kyzyl-Kuragino” (Moscow, Russia)
2015 — “Kyzyl-Kuragino” (Tuva Republic, Russia)
2014 — “Multinational Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
2010 — “Best of Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
Awards:
2023 — shortlisted, top 20%, Belfast Photofestival (Belfast, UK)
2021 — winner, BEARR 30th Anniversary Photography Competition: Side by Side 2021, (London, UK)
2021 — shortlisted out of 444K photos, 35AWARDS (International, online)
2021 — winner, Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture (Moscow, Russia)
2020 — winner, Blogger award “Star Under the Backpack” (Kolomna, Russia)
2019 — silver laureate, National Award “My Planet” (Moscow, Russia)
2019 — semifinalist, “The Most Beautiful Country” (Moscow, Russia)
2014 — winner, National Geographic Russia “Multinational Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
2010 — winner, “Best of Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
Publications:
Works were published on websites such as Elle, L’Officiel, NYTimes Blog, Forbes, Vanity Fair.
2021 — “Hi Home” interior design magazine, interview (Russia)
2021 — “Picturesque Russia” book, contributed photos (Russia)
2019 — “My Planet, ” “Gold of Tuva, ” article (Russia)
2019 — Shutterstock.com, expert tips for photographers (USA)
2014 — “Multinational Russia” catalog of the exhibition, contributed photos (Russia)
2010 — “Best of Russia” catalog of the exhibition, contributed photos (Russia)
Education:
2011 — 2016 Kuban State University, Russia.
Bachelor of Architecture, diploma with excellence.
Architect
2021 — 2022 School of Modern Photography DocDocDoc, Russia. Documentary photography.
Photographer
2023 — now School of Modern Photography DocDocDoc, online.
Post-documentary photography.
Photographer
Lecturer:
2023 — Artist talk (Antalya, Turkey)
2021 — Artist talk (Krasnodar, Russia)
2021 — Artist talk “Under the Backpack” (Kolomna, Russia)
2020 — Artist talk (Goryachiy Kluch, Russia)
2020 — Artist talk “Under the Backpack” (Moscow, Russia)
Books:
2020 — “Morocco”
Unions:
Since 2020 — Member of The Russian Union of Art Photographers
Since 2019 — Member of the Russian Geographical Society
Languages:
English — Advanced
Spanish — Intermediate