From milk

Lyuba Sautina was born in Novosibirsk and having graduated the Sociology Department at the Novosibirsk State University, the Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art at MMOMA, Lyuba also resided in Open Studios at WINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center, was a member of the PeARL (HSE&Goldsmiths University of London). She has taken part in the project of the Moscow International Biennale of Young Art, international video art festivals (Now&After, Over The Real, W:OW, etc.), the Riga Performance Festival Starptela (together with the Roi group). Finalist of the NOVA ART 8 competition (all-russian contest of projects by young artists). In her artistic practice Lyuba addresses the themes of motherhood and childhood, looking upon them as an experience shaped by natural, local and cultural contexts. The author explores the issue of the mother’s image representation in art and society along with routine everyday practices. She is a multidisciplinary artist, using in her work traditional manual labor techniques, video, photo.