Olga Sviblova | |
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Born | (1953-06-06) 6 June 1953 (age 71) Moscow, USSR |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation(s) | Curator, film director, arts administrator |
Years active | Since 1987 |
Olga Lvovna Sviblova (Russian: Ольга Львовна Свиблова, born on June 6, 1953, in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian curator, film director, and arts administrator. In 1996, she founded the Moscow House of Photography, which later became the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow; she has been a director there since the institution's establishment.
Life and career
A graduate of Moscow State University with majors in psychology, she has later pursued a Ph. D. researching psychology in arts. In 1970s, she took a job as a street sweeper, to have, in her own words, "a job for intelligent people". In the 1980s, she created a number of documentaries, earning her prominence both in the USSR, and internationally. The first exhibition she organized was in 1987, when she arranged for a showcase of emerging Soviet artists. Over a career spanning three decades, she has curated more than five hundred exhibitions of contemporary visual art and photography in Russia, and internationally.
In 2007 and in 2009, she was the curator of the national pavilion of Russia at the Venice Biennale.
Selected awards
- Order of Friendship (2007), Russia
- Chevalier, and Officer of Legion d'Honeur (2008, 2017), France
- Order of Merit (2011), Italy
References
- Sópova, Alexandra (2013-12-21). "Multimedia Art Museum's director: Life as work of art". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Olga Sviblova". The Russia Forum 2012. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Duguid, As told to Hannah (2008-03-08). "First Person: Olga Sviblova". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Stites, Richard (2010). Passion and Perception: Essays on Russian Culture. New Academia Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 9780982806166.
- ^ Brownell, Ginanne (2010-05-28). "Russia's Photo Impresario". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Руководство". www.mamm-mdf.ru. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Kallaway - Opening Minds". mediacentre.kallaway.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Diverse Russian Art on Show at Venice Biennale | Arts and Ideas". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Официальный сайт Министерства культуры Российской Федерации - Свиблова Ольга Львовна, Директор Мультимедиа-арт-музея..." mkrf.ru. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Владимир Потанин стал Кавалером Ордена Почетного Легиона". www.forbes.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- web, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". Quirinale. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
Further reading
- Groskop, Viv (May 12, 2007). "Secret history". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- Directors of museums in Russia
- Women museum directors
- Curators from Moscow
- Living people
- 1953 births
- Soviet art historians
- Russian art historians
- Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Academic staff of Moscow State University
- Members of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- Photography critics
- Full Members of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Russian art curators
- Russian women curators
- Russian women historians
- Honored Workers of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation