Polina Kanis | |
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Born | 02.08.1985 Saint Petersburg |
Nationality | Russian |
Education | Herzen State Pedagogical University, Rodchenko School of Arts |
Polina Vladimirovna Kanis (born August 2, 1985, Leningrad) is a Russian artist, winner of the Kandinsky Prize (2011) and the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize (2016). She graduated from the Rodchenko Art School (Moscow) in 2011. Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, film festivals and film screenings, including a solo exhibition at the Haus der Kunst Munich (2017).,[1] the VISIO program at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence (2019),[2] the parallel program of the Manifesta 10, in 2015 at the Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (2014, 2018), the VI Moscow International Biennale of Young Art (2015), the Moscow International Experimental Film Festival (2016, 2018), the Hamburg Short Film Festival (2019) and many others. Her films are in the collections of numerous museums and foundations, including the Fonds régional d'art contemporain Bretagne,[3] Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome, Foundation Kadist,[4] Paris, etc. Kanis was an artist-in-residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten[5] programs in Amsterdam (2017-2018) and ISCP New York (2020).[6]