Oksana Devochkina is an artist from St. Petersburg, based in Budapest, Hungary. She graduated from Design department in St. Petersburg State University, MA with honors. Her main interests were always painting, but she named herself an artist after 2015. From then, she observes female and feminist topics in art. Even her surname resembles a conceptual artist’s nickname — ‘Devochkina’, which means ‘a Girl’s’ in Russian.

Exhibitions

2018 — Solo exhibition ‘Make Art Not Warm’, Arctic Museum of Modern Art, Norilsk, Russia
2018 — On the shortlist in the contest — a group exhibition of Untitled Prize foundation, Moscow
2018 — Solo exhibition ‘Urban Orban’, Nyul Gallery, Budapest
2010 — Group exhibition ‘Modulor’, Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 — Group exhibition, International festival of creative communication, Maribor, Slovenia
2008 — Group exhibition ‘Verbindungs’, in collaboration with German artists, curator Igor Zaharov-Ross,
Museum of connections, St. Petersburg, Russia
2008 — Group exhibition ‘Disappearing Petersburg’, Center of print and graphics,
St. Petersburg, Russia
2008 — Group exhibition in the Museum of Nabokov, St. Petersburg, Russia
2002 — Social photo contest ‘Multi-Culti in Berlin’, Berlin, Germany, laureate
2001 — Social poster contest ‘Schau Hin! Sag was! Tu was!’ Oldenburg, Germany, finalist

Education

2017 — Hungarian language school, B1.2 Certificate
2002–2009 — Master degree in Design, Diploma with honours, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
2002–2003 — Photo school of Igor Lebedev
2002–2003 — French course at St. Petersburg State University
2001–2001 — Volkshochschule, German course, Oldenburg, Germany (BWT language certificate, level B1 )
2000–2001 — Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy, Russia

Personal projects

● Kunstfuck Art Residency / 2018–2019 / a multidisciplinary space Kunstfuck Art Residency, Budapest, Hungary. Painting classes and cultural lectures http://kunstfuck.tilda.ws or
● Tutdesign.ru / 2009–2017 / editor of an online magazine about the art and design of post-soviet block
● GoDesigner / 2012–2017 / — co-founder of a crowdsourcing web-platform for designers