Maria Sky (1997) living and working in
artist statement
In my art, I explore the relationships between
space, nature, and human presence, perceiving
space as a living entity and collaborator.
Nature and technology intertwine in my work, with
materials like seeds, mycelium, and stars merging
with tools like augmented reality and AI.
These elements create a dialogue between growth
and decay, the eternal and the fleeting.
My goal is to liberate spaces and objects of
my research from their imposed limits, inviting
viewers to slow down, reflect and reimagine their
connection to the world.
Bio
Born in 1997 in a family of physicists, I started my artistic careerat 5 in Russia as a cellist.
In 19, I moved to the field of visual arts in search for
more freedom and space for self-expression in Italy.
I am a chaotic artist: choosing to be free from the
confines of one specific technique, I use different ones,
such as sculpture, installations, photography, video,
CGI, and others, based on the needs of the project.
In my art, I concentrate on relationship between
nature and humanity, concepts of space and freedom.
I always tend to capture and show the invisible and to liberate
delicately the objects of my research from the existing limits
education
2020-2024. Master cum laude in Visual Arts, Sculpture,
Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Italy (AbaBo)
2023. Interactive Media Systems,
Hochschule Augsburg (Erasmus+),
Augsburg, Germany
2022. Designer of interactive installations
CONTENTED School of Design
Moscow (online)
2021. Data Science Technology and Software – IFOA,
Bologna, Italy
2019-2020. Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design HEAD (Erasmus+),
Geneva, Switzerland
2019. Villa Arson (Erasmus+),
Nice, France
2017-2020. Bachelor cum laude in Visual Arts, Sculpture,
Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Italy (AbaBo)
2002-2011. Moscow Gnessin school of music, class Cello,
Moscow, Russia
awards
2024. Premio Montauti | 1°edition – winner
2024. Premio Roberto Daolio | 9°edition – honorable mention
2024. Arcipelago 2024 | 8°edition – winner
2023. Nuovo Grand Tour | 1°edition – winner
2022. Young Art Award – 2nd Prize
2019. Gold at Moscow International FotoAward 2019 (MIFA 2019),
Fine Arts, Collage category
2019. Bronze at Moscow International FotoAward 2019 (MIFA 2019),
Fine Arts, Collage category
residency
2024. Domaine de Boisbuchet,
Lessac, France
public collections
Arte in Alta Quota.
Patto tra Arte e Natura nei Borghi montani Abruzzesi
Fano Adriano, Italy
Contemporary Sculptures
Garden of University of Teramo
Teramo, Italy
exhibitions
05.2025. 19th Venice Architecture
Biennale – Italian Pavilion
curator: Guendalina Salimei
05.2025. Festival Sviluppo Sostenibile 2025 – NOW!
Scuola di Ceramica
Montelupo Fiorentino
curator: Fondente Arte
03.2025. Arnia 33
Rocca Albernoz, Narni
curator: Antonio Rocca
11.2024. vagabOnde (solo)
Università di Teramo,
Curator: Paola Di Felice
Teramo
09.2024. Arcipelago – Winners
Rocca dei Bentivoglio,
Valsamoggia
curators: Francesco Finotti, Sandro Malossini
07.2024. Spazio dei Mille Spazi (solo)
Galleria Pescheria, Cesena
self-curated
06.2024. THE MIRROR
Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna
curator: Guido Molinari
02.2024. Vita brevis. Ars longa
ephemere gallery al-di-là, Bologna
self-curated
07.2023. House of New Realities
pop-up museum, Augsburg
curated by Bluespots Production
06.2022. Sino Non Qua
CAR DRDE gallery, Bologna
curator: Maura Pozzati
06.2022. CORNERAHOLIC
Bologna
curator: Massimo Bartolini
11.2021. Special Zucchelli Award
Opificio Golinelli, Bologna
(performance)
08.2020. CIP Festival, Chania
03.2020. Foley Gallery,
New-York
08.2019. La Fragilité (solo)
Timiryazev Library Space, Saint-Petersburg
06.2019. MIFA Winners 2019
Moscow Photocenter, Moscow