Born 1984, Belarus. From 2010 lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Multidisciplinary artist. Using media of photography and film as well as text form. Working both with personal art projects and commercially (Pazdniakova Photography & Design) with specialization in jewellery, art and crafts. Combining theoretical education within applied arts, academic philosophy and practical photographic studies: MA in Traditional Arts from the University of South-Eastern Norway, with the project Collective Identity in Photography: Construction and Deconstruction of the Myth (2012); a Specialist and BA Diploma in Philosophy and Social Sciences from the Belarusian State University with the thesis The Problem of the Nature of Art in Transcendental Philosophy (2007); a Diploma in Photography from the Belarusian State Academy of Art (2007). Primary interest is the combination of philosophical and photographic experiences, phenomenology of art, problem of collective identity and its cultural constructs.
Member of The Norwegian Association of Fine Art Photographers (FFF).
Board Member of The Norwegian Association of Jewellery Designers (NAJD).
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Group exhibition “Who´s voices are being heard?”, BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.
Group exhibition “Hvitsten Salong”, Hvitsten, Norway.
Group exhibition “Behind The Mask”, Semmingsen Gallery, Oslo, Norway.
2022
Group exhibition “When The Sun Is Low - The Shadows Are Long”, Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig (GfZK), Leipzig, Germany.
Group exhibition “When The Sun Is Low - The Shadows Are Long”, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland.
2021
Group exhibition “Atlantis”, Norway designs, Oslo, Norway.
Group exhibition, Galleri Bak Fasaden, Skåtøy, Norway.
Group exhibition “A Collection of Secrets”, MJW, München, Germany.
Group exhibition “A Collection of Secrets”, Riutta Gallery, Lapeenranta, Finland.
2020
Group exhibition AJW, Athens, Greece.
Group exhibition CYAN galleri, Oslo, Norway.
2019
Duo-exhibition “On the Origin”, Bærum Kunsthåndverk, Bærum, Norway.
2017
Group exhibition «I Craft, I Travel Light». North-Norwegian Art Museum, Tromsø, Norway.
Duo-exhibition «On the Origin». Sørum Kunsforening, Norway.
2016
Group exhibition, Galleri NOK, Bodø, Norway.
Group exhibition «The Shadow´s Talk - Project Ekely», Munch´s Atelier Ekely, Oslo, Norway.
Group exhibition, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway.
2014
Group exhibition “Familiar in unknown outfits”. Kvamsdals Fargeri, Masfjordnes, Norway. 2013 Scholarship exhibition, CYAN studio, Oslo.
2012
Group exhibition. Grotten, University of South-Eastern Norway, Rauland, Norway.
WORK
From 2021 -… Board member / communication and promotion in Norwegian Association of Jewellery Designers (NAJD)
From 2012 -… Photographer and Graphic Designer in Pazdniakova Photography and Design
TEXT PUBLICATIONS
2019 Article «Photographer in the Mirror» as a chapter in anthology «Faces between Fact and Fiction: Studies on Photographic Portrait in Norway», ed. Mikkel Tin (pp. 195 - 226, Novus - Oslo).
2014 Article «Intersubjectivity in photography: Husserl and the aesthetic of Oddleiv Apneseth» as a chapter in anthology «Phenomenology of The Everyday», ed. Mikkel Tin (pp. 84 - 115, Novus - Oslo)
EDITORIALS (as photographer)
Nordic Style Magazine, Flanelle magazine, The Atlas Magazine, Feroce Magazine.
GUEST TEACHER
2022
The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts (Norske Kunsthåndverkere, NK). Webinar om digital portfolio. Photo-representation.
The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts (Norske Kunsthåndverkere, NK). Photo-workshop: The meeting of photography and material based art.
2021 Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO). Lab-lectures Art and Crafts department, BA, MA Metal.
2014 Universitet i Sørøst-Norge (USN), Bø. Lecture + seminar on “Phenomenology of the Everyday”. Cultural Studies department, PhD-course.