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Leyla Samodurova, b. 1992, Moscow, Russia

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Education

2027“Free Workshops” School of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2025Institute of Fine Arts, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia

2014Belgrade State Art Institute FLU, Belgrade, Serbia

2012SLŠ PETAR LUBARDE, Cetinje, Montenegro

Further education

2025MSCA. Contemporary Art Practice and Theory, Moscow, Russia

2024OP-POP-ART. Contemporary Art (online)

Residencies and labs

2026“All That Will Remain After Me”, SECOND WIND Foundation lab (online)

2026“What Jobs We Work At”, Anna Tararova's lab, Moscow, Russia

2024“The ego constructor”, Third Place Residence, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Awards

2026ROOM TO MAKE grant for the Collective Conscious website-laboratory project

2026“Aluminium Reed” Prize, III Swamp Biennale, Moscow, Russia

2011Second place at the 16th International Exhibition of Art Works, Slovenia

2011Golden Palette in the art studio “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Bitola, R. Macedonia

201111th Biennale, Celoslovenska

2009Tianjin International Paintings Competition, China

Biennials

2026“Flying Beyond the Textures of the Field”, III Swamp Biennale, Moscow, Russia

201111th Biennale, Celoslovenska

Solo exhibitions

2026Korney Gallery, Moscow, Russia (upcoming), curated by Anna Tararova

Selected group exhibitions

2026“40+40”. Performance at Sloboda, Moscow, Russia

2026“One Whole”, Palaty Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2026“Flying Beyond the Textures of the Field”, III Swamp Biennale, Moscow, Russia

2026“What Jobs We Work At”, Korney Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2026“Between the Personal and the Collective”, Oktyabr Gallery, Belgorod, Russia

2026“Only Silence”, Linda De La, Moscow, Russia

2025“Opora”, Palaty Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2025“What Is a Beginning”, Tikho Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2024“8 Women Under Barter”, FABRIKA Centre for Creative Industries, Moscow, Russia

2024“Reflection”, D. V. Davydov Exhibition Hall No. 11, Moscow, Russia

2024“Love in the City”, ARTMAISON, Moscow, Russia

2024“The Youth View”, Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow, Russia

2023“Lightness of Being”, Apartment S, ARTPLAY, Moscow, Russia

2020Old Brother's Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

2013National Library “Đurđe Crnojević”, Cetinje, Montenegro

2012Perjanički dom, Podgorica, Montenegro

2012“Feather House”, Exhibition at the American Embassy, Podgorica, Montenegro

2007Centar Gallery, Podgorica, Montenegro

Art fairs

202612th WIN-WIN New Names Fair, Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia

2026“Sisters” Contemporary Art Fair, Linda de La Art Centre, Moscow

2025ArtLiquidation, Moscow, Russia

20248th WIN-WIN New Names Fair, Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia

Auctions

2025CABINET ABSTRACT, Sevkabel Port, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Collections

Works are held in private collections in Montenegro, Serbia, Georgia and Russia.

Press

2026ST.ART — III Swamp Biennale: a carnival of ghosts over the evening metropolis — Evgeny Naumov

2026Art Focus Now — The Day Job of an Artist: Curse or Blessing? — Ekaterina Wagner

2026Art&You — III Swamp Biennale: growing up brings new challenges — Katya Kartseva

2012Vijesti — The exhibition of graduates of the High School of Fine Arts opened in Billiard

2011Vijesti — Students of the art school from Cetinje won prizes in Slovenia

Short bio

Leyla Samodurova is a visual artist born in 1992. She was born in, lives and works in Moscow.

She studied painting in the studios of Ella Božović from 2007 and Radomir Knežević in 2012, and received her professional art education at SLŠ PETAR LUBARDE (Montenegro), Belgrade State Art Institute FLU (Serbia) and the Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (Russia).

Since 2007 she has taken part in group exhibitions in Montenegro, Serbia and Russia. In 2026 she received the “Aluminium Reed” Prize at the III Swamp Biennale; in 2011 she won second place at the 16th International Exhibition of Art Works (Slovenia) and the Golden Palette award at the “St. Cyril and Methodius” studio, Bitola (Macedonia).

Until 2019 she worked in the non-profit sector making art with seriously ill children — an experience reflected in her method of making and bandaging a series of sculptures as a metaphor for accepting pain and healing.

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