Masha Psilocybe
b. Russia, 1999
Education
2017- 2018 – “Institute of Business and Design B&D” Faculty of Illustration and Animation
2019 - 2022 - “St. Petersburg State University
of Industrial Technologies and Design” Faculty
of graphic design
Personal exhibitions:
2024 – “Souvenir” (Austria, Vienna, MuseumsQuartier Wien Pop-Up Schauraum)
Group exhibitions:
2025 - “Bootleg’’ (Russia, Moscow, Reloft Art gallery)
2024 – “TAVERNVAWE’’ (Russia, Moscow, Lado Moscow)
2022 – “Blazar Art Fair’’ (Russia, Moscow,
Moscow Museum)
2022 – “Liquidation of norms’’ (Russia, Moscow, Lobby Moscow)
2022 – “7.753: Forest” (Russia, Kursk,
Center of Contemporary Art “CHUDO”)
2021 – “АУ” (Russia, Saint-Petersburg,
Street Art Museum)
Site specific projects:
2022 - one-day exibition (club “Machty”,
Saint-Petersburg)
2020 – one-day exhibition “death is an ENDLESS TRIP” (Moscow)
Summary of current research
In my work, I explore socio-cultural stereotypes and the complex aspects of human nature through the interplay of innocent imagery with cold reality and nihilism.
I am also interested in exploring the mixing of verbal and visual images in my works, the text and words taken out of context give birth to new meanings and set the narrative movement of static works. The plots of my drawings and sculptures develop in a children's context, where there is no dichotomy of good and evil. Innocent and harmless images from childhood are recreated in a new narrative, remaining in the safe plane of metaphors, or blurring into the totality and banality of everyday experience. The main medium I work with is graphics, this choice is directly related to the illustrative aesthetics of my work. Conscious infantilism, sincerity and at the same time a simultaneously dark irony towards our present reality is the basis of my author's statement.
b. Russia, 1999
Education
2017- 2018 – “Institute of Business and Design B&D” Faculty of Illustration and Animation
2019 - 2022 - “St. Petersburg State University
of Industrial Technologies and Design” Faculty
of graphic design
Personal exhibitions:
2024 – “Souvenir” (Austria, Vienna, MuseumsQuartier Wien Pop-Up Schauraum)
Group exhibitions:
2025 - “Bootleg’’ (Russia, Moscow, Reloft Art gallery)
2024 – “TAVERNVAWE’’ (Russia, Moscow, Lado Moscow)
2022 – “Blazar Art Fair’’ (Russia, Moscow,
Moscow Museum)
2022 – “Liquidation of norms’’ (Russia, Moscow, Lobby Moscow)
2022 – “7.753: Forest” (Russia, Kursk,
Center of Contemporary Art “CHUDO”)
2021 – “АУ” (Russia, Saint-Petersburg,
Street Art Museum)
Site specific projects:
2022 - one-day exibition (club “Machty”,
Saint-Petersburg)
2020 – one-day exhibition “death is an ENDLESS TRIP” (Moscow)
Summary of current research
In my work, I explore socio-cultural stereotypes and the complex aspects of human nature through the interplay of innocent imagery with cold reality and nihilism.
I am also interested in exploring the mixing of verbal and visual images in my works, the text and words taken out of context give birth to new meanings and set the narrative movement of static works. The plots of my drawings and sculptures develop in a children's context, where there is no dichotomy of good and evil. Innocent and harmless images from childhood are recreated in a new narrative, remaining in the safe plane of metaphors, or blurring into the totality and banality of everyday experience. The main medium I work with is graphics, this choice is directly related to the illustrative aesthetics of my work. Conscious infantilism, sincerity and at the same time a simultaneously dark irony towards our present reality is the basis of my author's statement.
