Elina Gusarova
03.08.1998
Elina Gusarova is a visual artist and researcher from Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In 2020, she founded the contemporary art center “YADRO” in her hometown, where she actively contributed to the development of the local art community. Since 2023, she has been based in Moscow, pursuing her art practice and studies at the Rodchenko School.
Growing up in the vast landscapes of Siberia, Elina’s work explores the profound connection between humanity and the environment. Within this connection, she is particularly interested in the forces that create and transform communities, identity and history.
She works with photography, archival research, textiles, and found objects. For Elina, physical interaction with research material is an essential part of her process. During her school years, she participated in an archaeological expedition near a World War II frontline, where she unearthed human remains with her own hands. This experience deeply shaped her understanding of history, transforming it from abstract knowledge into a tangible experience that calls for reflection and responsibility.
In her current project, Elina focusing on the Kolyma region in Russia, where her familial utopia confronts the collective catastrophe of mass repression. Combining visual research with physical presence, she seeks to fill the gaps between an idealized and a demonized history, to address difficult heritage that remains marginalized within official history and systems of identity to this day.
Personal exhibitions
2025 The Haven / Museum center “Ploshchad Mira»/ Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2025 The Haven.Coda / Triumf Galery / Moscow, Russia
Group exhibitions
2025 The main program of the 16th Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale: “The Principle of Hope»/ Museum center “Ploshchad Mira»/ Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2025 bookelab / Belgrade Photomonth / Belgrade, Serbia
2025 Layout and surroundings / GROUND Solyanka Gallery / Moscow, Russia
2025 Little Man / Pirs Space / Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2024DARK MATTER / ONKAF gallery, New Delhi, India
2024 Heart is not stone / Museum center “Ploshchad Mira”, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2024 Seven / festival Earth of People / Levashovsky bakery / Saint Petersburg, Russia2024 Love from and to / Curator: Anna Malai / Typography I.D. Sytin, Moscow, Russia
2024 The Village That Never Sleeps / curator: Nicolas Oduro / CI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
2023 The Other Side of the Pillow, The Samoobman art-space/ Moscow, Russia
2022 Taigart. Flickering on the Border, Museum Center Ploshad’ Mira / Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2022 Srez 2.0 (The Cut 2.0), Youth Artists Union / Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2021 I, SPACE, Kvadrat loft-space / Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Curatorial practice (selected)
2023
Exhibitions in The Industry gallery / Krasnoyarsk, Russia:
Following, Daniil Shkaruba personal exhibition, photography
Spring on Mira Street, Alexandr Romanov personal exhibition
Oort Cloud, Anna Reinhardt personal exhibition, ceramics
City O, group exhibition of architectural research
2022
point.origins, Kvadrat loft-space / Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Taigart. flickering on the border, Museum Center Ploshad’ Mira / Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Education
2023-pres. Rodchenko Art School (mentor: Elena Anosova)
2016-2021 Siberian Federal University, Institute of Architecture and Design (Architecture)
Awards
2024 Winner of the SCAN AWARDS in the “Work of the Year” category
2024 Winner of IV Grant for Artists and Researchers from The GES-2 House of Culture / Moscow, Russia
Other activities
2024 Participant in the contemporary art fair |catalog| / Sytin Printing House / Moscow
2024 Participant in the first Siberian contemporary art fair SCAN FAIR / “Kvadrat,” Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2024 Participant of the WIN-WIN fair, СCA Winzavod / Moscow, Russia
2023 Participant of the WIN-WIN fair, СCA Winzavod / Moscow, Russia
2023 Speaker of the lecture “Community management in the Art Community”, Museum Center Ploshad’ Mira/ Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2019- pres. Founder of YADRO Center of Contemporary Arts/ Krasnoyarsk, Russia