Open Studios

The Open Studios project is a platform that combines the principles of a workshop, residence and art school based on one of the leading Russian art institutions.

The project was launched by the Foundation for the Support of Contemporary Art Winzavod within the framework of the strategic direction New Names. It offers a modern space for creativity and work, an up-to-date educational program, the opportunity to integrate into the professional environment.

Open studios are developing the direction of supporting young artists and complementing the idea of ​​projects of the Center for Contemporary Art Winzavod START (since 2008) and portfolio reviews in Russian art and creative universities (2017). For aspiring talented artists, selected by an expert council, participating in a project is an opportunity to take their first steps in the creative and commercial fields under the guidance of experienced professionals.

For viewers, Open Studios are an opportunity to observe the process of creating works of art, which, in the future, will probably adorn the best museums in the country. For collectors, this project is a great chance to meet future stars at the stage of their formation. Open studios occupy the premises of the legendary Aidan Gallery. Artists work in a common space, a concept developed by the architects of the Project Eleven bureau.

Season 13

Artists of the thirteenth season: Oksana Afanasyeva, Irina Zyushkina, Tim Illarionov, Artur Krivoshein, Alexander Krylov, Anna Lapshinova, Katya Nikitina, SAMUEL, Gosha Khomich, Arina Shabanova.

The mentor of the 13th season of the Winzavod's Open Studios is Polina Mogilina, curator, art critic, chief curator of the Triumph Gallery. She graduated from the Faculty of Art History of the Russian State University of Fine Arts (2009). Researcher, curator of the Department of Art of Old Masters at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (2009-2017). Art Director of the TPAF Fair (2023). Lecturer and course supervisor at MSCA. Winner of the Kuryokhin Prize (2022) in the nomination "Best Curatorial Project". Mentor of the 11th season of the Winery's Open Studios. He has curated more than 70 projects in the field of contemporary art.

The expert council includes: Sofia Trotsenko, founder of the CCA Winzavod, Polina Mogilina, art critic, chief curator of the Triumph Gallery, mentor of the 11th season of Open Studios, co-founder of the LOBBY art concierge and a digital project for collectors and art professionals Sofia Karpovskaya, co-founder of the Shift Gallery of Contemporary Art Daria Kuznetsova, art critic, mentor of 1-5 seasons of Open Studios, lecturer at the Joseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art Andrey Parshikov, art critic, educational program methodologist, director of the Esther Panek Gallery Association.

Season 12

Artists of the twelfth season: Pavel Grishin, Katya Zhilina, Alina Zolotykh, Karolina Roslyak, Varvara Silantieva, Lena Solovyova, Andrey Soul, Maria Stadnik. 

The mentor of the 12th season of the Winzavod's Open Studios is Alexey Maslyaev, an independent curator and teacher. Head of the Scientific and Methodological Work Section of the Educational Department of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, MMOMA, curator of the Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art, mentor of the 7-8 seasons of the Winery's Open Studios. Nominee of the State Prize in the field of contemporary Art "Innovation" in the nominations "Curatorial Project" and "Regional Project"; nominee of the Sergei Kuryokhin Prize in the field of contemporary art in the nomination "Best Curatorial Project".

The expert council of the 12th season includes: Sofia Trotsenko, founder of the CCA Winzavod, Andrey Parshikov, curator and mentor of seasons 1-5 of the Open Studios, Polina Mogilina, art critic and lead curator of the Triumph Gallery, mentor of the 11th season of the Open Studios, Ekaterina Lapshina, founder of the Era Capital investment platform, OkkO service, and the New Collectors Foundation, Ekaterina Lapshina, co-founder of the ART GalleryEkaterina Nechaeva, Director and curator of the gallery's exhibition activities, co-founder of BHD STUDIO, lecturer at the Higher School of Design "Details".

Season 11

The participants of the eleventh season of Open Studios are: Alisa Smorodina, Yuri Chernyshev, Anya Grositskaya, Nadia Petrova, Dina Borovik, Lana Morozova, Marina Glebova, Alexander Gordeev, Evgenia Bolyukh and Vanya Repkin.

Polina Mogilina, mentor of the 11th season of Open Studios, art critic and leading curator of the Triumph Gallery: "The motive of the new season is to capture borderline states between the real and the irrational, the collective and the intimate, the historical and the mythological, the figurative and the abstract. Combining different media and materials in their practice, the artists explore the space of an emotional response to external factors and events through an attempt to capture flickering in an artistic form."

The expert council of the 11th season includes: Sofia Trotsenko, founder of the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Andrey Parshikov, curator and mentor of seasons 1-5 of Open Studios, Alexandra Lekomtseva, co-founder of the Sample Gallery, co-founder and director of development of the blazar young Contemporary art fair, Chief curator and Deputy Director for exhibition activities of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, mentor of the 10th season of Open studios Anna Zaitseva and artist Gosha Ostretsov.

Season 10 

The participants of the tenth season are: Elena Kholkina, Yulia Dibrova, Olga Mikhalchuk, Aksana Prutskova, Daria Arbuzova, Elena Sharganova, Margarita Zhuravleva, Polina Savina, Ulyana Elkina, Taisiya Kamyshan.

Anna Zaitseva, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Exhibition Activities of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, is a mentor of the tenth season of Open Studios.  "The motives of the season are to articulate their own position in a dialogue with artists of previous eras and modernity. Engage in the active production of knowledge, explore areas indirectly related to the self-realization of the artist, including exhibition practices, institutional environment and curatorial strategies," - Anna Zaitseva.

Expert Council of the tenth season of Open Studios: Sofia Trotsenko, founder of the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Sergey Popov, art critic, founder of pop/off/art gallery, Alina Pinskaya, art critic, gallery owner (Alina Pinsky Gallery), Andrey Parshikov, art critic, curator of the V-A-C Foundation, mentor of 1-5 launches of Winzavod Open Studios, artist Irina Korina.

Season 9

The Expert Council selected new participants of the Open Studios: Sasha Puchkova, Vitaly Tyurlik, FARANGIZ Ra, Vivato Eka, Zhenya Kuzma, Sayan Baigaliev, Mara Pilyasinskaya, Danya Pirogov, Marina Koshlina.

The expert council of the ninth season of Open Studios included: Elvira Tarnogradskaya, director and founder of the Syntax Gallery; Sofya Trotsenko, founder of the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art; Andrey Parshikov, art critic, curator of the V-A-C Foundation; Alexey Maslyaev, curator, culturologist, head of the sector for scientific and methodological work of the MMOMA Educational Department; Ekaterina Bochavar, artist, curator, architect of exhibition spaces, director of the GROUND Solyanka gallery-workshop, art director of the Vyksa-Fest - 2023 festival. 

The mentor of the ninth season of the Winery's Open Studios, Lera Kononchuk, will focus with residents on working with different artistic methodologies. The motives of the season: research art and the embodiment of knowledge in the situation of hybridization of artistic strategies.

Season 8

The eighth season is underway in the new space of Open Studios. The expert council of the season included: Ksenia Podoinitsina - member of the Board of the AGA, founder of the InArt Gallery, Sergey Limonov – collector of contemporary art, Elvira Tarnogradskaya – director of the Syntax Gallery and art dealer, curators Alexey Maslyaev and Andrey Parshchikov, founder of the Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art Sofia Trotsenko and artist, teacher of IPSI Stas Shuripa. According to the results of the selection , the participants of the season were: Anastasia Kovaleva, Vasilisa Lebedeva, Ekaterina Afonina, Alexey Ryabov, Ekaterina Popchenko, Katika, Kirill Manchunsky, Polina Abina, Tanya Prystavka, Yulia Vlasova. 

"The theme of the eighth season of the Open Studios of Winzavod is formulated according to the situation. It describes an approach when the priority in choosing a practice is the figure of the artist, and not the boundaries, areas (interests, methods of work, expressive means, etc.) outlined by the tutor." 

Mentor of the season – Alexey Maslyaev

Season 7

According to the results of the expert council, which included curators Olga Profatilo, Alexey Maslyaev and Andrey Parshikov, art critic Boris Klyushnikov, art critic Sergey Guskov and founder of the Center for Contemporary Art Winzavod Sofia Trotsenko, ten young authors were selected. The participants of the seventh season of Open Studios were: Julia Modest, Mikhail Rubanov, Sergey Karev, Viktor Zhdanov, Katya Granova, Daria Golovkova, Evgenia Voynar, Sergey Boyarintsev, Zhanar Bereketova, Anastasia Antipova. The mentor of the season is Alexey Maslyaev.

Season 6

The open call for the sixth season is closed. The names of the new participants in the program will be announced after the meeting of the expert council - Sophia Trotsenko, Andrey Parshikov, Simon Mraz, Alina Gutkina, Sergei Limonov, Alexey Maslyaev, Agniya Mirgorodskaya.

Season 5

As a result of the open call for participation in the fifth season, the expert council selected seven artists of the general program "Workshop", two participants in the "Pop-up" program and five participants in the "Open Studios +" - a new program that appeared this season. Maria Aligozhina, Alina Brovina, Ekaterina Gerasimenko, Misha Goodwin, Roman Kazus, Ivan Simonov, Veronika Chernyaeva became the new residents of the Open Studios of the Winery of the Workshops program; Pop-up programs - Yulia Nemova and Andrey Stadnikov; Open Studios + programs - Elena Buzueva, Ivan Volkov, Anna Kondratyeva, Bella Pokrova, Maria Filimonova.

Season 4

As a result of the open call for participation in the fourth season, more than a hundred applications were received, of which the expert council - Aidan Salakhova, Valentin Dyakonov, Stanislav Shuripa, Anastasia Karneeva, Andrey Parshikov and Sofya Trotsenko, chose ten participants: seven artists of the Workshop program and three participants "Pop-up", a new program that appeared this season. Slava Nesterov, Alexey Zhuravlev, Liza Neklessa, Rina Volnykh, Vera Evstigneeva, Karina Sayfullina, Sergey Nikitin became the new residents of the Open Studios Workshops program; Lydia Zhudro, Lyuba Sautina and Sergey Morozov became the new participants of the Pop-up program.

Season 3

As a result of the open call for participation in the third season, 114 applications were received, of which the expert council selected eight. The season's residents are: Alena Fedotkina, Anna Brandush, Varvara Grankova, Elena Minaeva, Mika Plutizkaya, Mikhail Lepyatskiy (Buryj), Olesya Lavrinenko, Roma Bogdanov. 

Season 1

Participants of the first season: Vladimir Kartashov, Anton Kushaev, Asmik Melkonyan, Kristina Strunkova, Daria Neretina, MAXIM MIXAM, Alexey Zhuchkov and Denis Uranov. Artist of the first season worked in various techniques: painting, objects, installation, graffiti, fresco, mosaic, and porcelain. One of the highlight during the first season was a fashion capsule collection, a collaboration between artists with OTOCYON, T3CM and E404. The final exhibition "Victory over white" was presented at the end of the first season, after nine months of work in the Open Studios.