Mariia (Marusya) Baturina (b. Leningrad) is a visual artist based in St Petersburg. With an academic background in photography and textile arts, she works with a wide range of media, primarily focussing on photography and video. Baturina is particularly interested in exploring personal histories, mundane objects and materials, and searching for a poetic truth in the everyday. A graduate of Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam) and the Chto Delat School for Engaged Art (St Petersburg), she is a member of a queer-feminist affinity art group Unwanted Organisation.
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From the Diurnum book. The Latin title of the project has several meanings, among which are “diary, journal” and “official news, chronicle”
From the Diurnum book. In this project, Baturina works with a private archive that includes photographs and journals, creating a dialogue between the authors and owners of the archive, a mother and a son
From the Diurnum book
From the Diurnum book
From the Diurnum book
From the Diurnum book
From the Diurnum book
From the Diurnum book
From the Diurnum book
From the Landscapes project. In this series, Baturina juxtaposes personal memories with the fragments of the childhood rooms—the landscape of dreams, hopes, and fears
From the Landscapes project
From the Landscapes project
From the Landscapes project
From the Landscapes project
