Polina Vladimirovna Kanis was born on August 2,1985, Leningrad) is a Russian artist, winner of the Kandinsky Prize (2011 and and the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize.
11 Facts About Polina Kanis
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Polina Kanis graduated from the Rodchenko Art School in 2011.
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Polina Kanis's 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.
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Polina Kanis's films are in the collections of numerous museums and foundations, including the Fonds regional d'art contemporain Bretagne, Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome, Foundation Kadist, Paris, etc.
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Polina Kanis graduated from the Herzen State Pedagogical University and from the Nekrasov Pedagogical College No 1.
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In 2012, along with the group Voina, AES+F, Oleg Kulik and others, Polina Kanis took part in the Russian Renaissance exhibition at Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna.
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In 2014, Polina Kanis is working on two projects: Celebration and Parade Portrait.
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Celebration by Polina Kanis was presented at the Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2015.
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In 2016 Polina Kanis received the Sergey Kuryokhin Award in the "Best Media Object" category for the project The Pool.
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In 2017, Polina Kanis had a solo exhibition at the Haus der Kunst Munich curated by Daniel Milnes.
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Together with Boris Klyushnikov, Andrei Kachalyan and Kirill Savchenkov, Polina Kanis teaches the workshop Image in Motion.