Yulia Spiridonova is a multimedia, lens-based artist working across photography, collage, and installation. With over a decade of experience as a photo editor and commercial photographer, she has collaborated with clients such as PORT Magazine, Esquire Russia, RBC Magazine, and L'Officiel. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in publications including Dazed Digital, The Calvert Journal, and A New Nothing. Yulia holds a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and an MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She is the recipient of the Anderson Ranch MassArt Fellowship (2023), the Abelardo Morell MassArt Photography Thesis Prize (2024), and the MASS MoCA Studios MassArt Fellowship (2024). She is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts, and works as a Teaching Assistant at Harvard University's Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies.

EDUCATION

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. MFA in Photography  — 2024

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. Post-Baccalaureate in Photography — 2013

Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. Student Affiliate — 2010

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. BA in Sociology — 2008

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

'Leftovers', Curated by Yorgos Efthymiadis, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA — January, 2025

' Heirloom Convoy', 4th Annual MassArt Graduate Alumni Exhibition, MassArt x SoWa Gallery, Boston, MA — September–October, 2024

‘In Dialogue’, MassArt’s Doran Graduate Gallery, Boston, MA — September, 2023

‘DRIFT’, MassArt’s Doran Graduate Gallery, Boston, MA — April, 2023

‘All School Show’, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA — April, 2023

‘The Unicorn and the Lost Kingdom’, BÉTON Center of Visual Culture, Moscow, Russia — 2022

‘Gentle Tuesday’, Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia — 2019

‘Kvartirnik #6’, Noémie Baumann Space, Moscow, Russia — 2019

‘Art Berlin’, Osnova Gallery, Berline, Germany — 2018

‘Presence’, International Festival of Contemporary Photography, Saint Petersburg, Russia — 2017

‘Deep inside', Main project, 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia — 2016

‘Extended Memory', Aff Galerie, Berlin, Germany — 2016

‘Brownian motion experiments', The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russia — 2015

‘Neither you nor I', Solo Show, Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia — 2015

‘Are you aware of the war?', Red Square Gallery, Moscow, Russia — 2014

‘Noetica', Massachusetts College Of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA — 2014

‘Carousel V', New Art Center, Newton, MA, USA — 2014

‘Away', Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA —2013

‘Crying festival', represented by Gallery of Classical Photography, Moscow Photographic Salon Photo Fair, Moscow, Russia — 2013

‘Off the wall', Taiga Space, Saint Petersburg, Russia — 2013

‘Post_', Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA — 2013

‘Raw', Solo Show, Fotodepartament Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia — 2013

‘Reality, decoration', Group Show, BIKCIM Library of V.V. Mayakovskogo, Saint Petersburg, Russia — 2012

ARTIST TALKS

Flux(us) Artists’ Round Table Discussion (Moderator), Harvard University, Boston, MA — November, 2024

Sleight of Hand: Photography and Creative Process Workshop on InDesign, Harvard University, Boston, MA — October, 2024

Graduate Thesis Artist Talk, DMC Hall, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA — May, 2023

Sleight of Hand Sleight of Mind studio photography seminar (Artist Talk),  Harvard University, Boston, MA — September, 2023

Artist Talk, MassArt x SoWa Graduate Gallery, Boston, MA — April, 2023

AWARDS

MASS MoCA Residencies Massachusetts College of Art and Design Fellowship — 2025

Adjective Production Prize (Honorable Mention) — 2024

Abelardo Morell Thesis Prize, MassArt, Boston, MA — 2024

Anderson Ranch Scholarship, MassArt, Boston, MA — 2023

Graduate Foundation Scholarship, MassArt, Boston, MA — 2022–2024

Graduate Dean's Scholarship, MassArt, Boston, MA — 2022–2024

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

https://phmuseum.com/projects/unseen-presence-homeland-hues

https://boldjourney.com/meet-yulia-spiridonova/

https://shoutoutla.com/meet-yulia-spiridonova-artist-photographer/

https://afvs.fas.harvard.edu/news/92-seattle-staff-exhibition-show-fluxus

https://benrubigallery.com/exhibition/732/lonely-among-us

https://hyperallergic.com/905668/massarts-2024-mfa-thesis-exhibition-opens-in-bostons-sowa-arts-dist...

https://g-a-s-p-m-a-g.com/defenseandresistance/juliaspiridonova/

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/efrem-zelony-mindell-primal-sight

http://yogurtmagazine.com/journal/yulia-spiridinova-neither-you-nor-i/

http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/29648/1/yulia-spiridonova-photographing-sensuality-i...

http://www.art-magazin.de/fotografie/akt/16358-bstr-akt-now-yulia-spiridonova

http://anewnothing.com/yulia-spiridonova-margo-ovcharenko/

https://calvertjournal.com/articles/show/6299/moscow-young-art-biennale-deep-inside

https://calvertjournal.com/lists/show/6065/21-portrait-photographers-from-the-new-east

https://www.yet-magazine.com/post/focus-on-russia-yulia-spiridonova

https://www.new-east-archive.org/articles/show/6299/moscow-young-art-biennale-deep-inside

https://fotoroom.co/neither-you-nor-i-yulia-spiridonova/

https://aroundart.org/2016/01/26/glavnye-raboty-2015/