LUCIA SOTNIKOVA

Lucia Sotnikova

*1986 in Volgograd, USSR

based in Düsseldorf, Germany

Education

2012 — 2018 Master student, class of Andreas Gursky, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE

2010 — 2012 MA Exhibition Design, HSU Düsseldorf, DE

2003 — 2009 Diploma Architecture, Volgograd State Architectural University, RU

Awards / Stipends / Grants

2025			3rd Prize for Kunst am Bau Competition, WAL Berlin, DE
2024			Nomination, Kunst am Bau, WAL Berlin, DE
2020			Working Grant, European Ceramic Workcentre, sundaymorning@ekwc, NL
2019			New Talents, award from Neue Galerie im Rathauspark, Gladbeck, DE
			Stipend and Residency at Künstlerhaus Lauenburg/Elbe, DE
2018			Prize of Friends and Supporters of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
2016			BEST Kunstförderpreis in Cooperation with Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
2012			Benelux-Award, Kunst kennt keine Grenzen, Brussels, BE
2011			The Great Expectations Award, Maastricht, NL
2010			DAAD Artist Scholarship, Düsseldorf 2010-2012, DE

Solo Exhibitions (*catalogue)

2024			Stage Lights, Kitchen Nights, Gallery Berthold Pott, Cologne
2021			OSIP, Norbert Arns Gallery, Cologne — together with David Mackaay *
			Fermentiertes Sehen, La Felce, Cologne
			bisque, Schwarzweißlabor, Düsseldorf
2020			Portrait of a Background, Richas Digest, Cologne *
2019			New Talents — Lucia Sotnikova, Neue Galerie im Rathauspark, Gladbeck
			Chess Informant, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg/Elbe *
2018			Yenisei, Rundgaenger Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
2017			Calendar 2018, Richas Digest, Cologne
			Transfigurative Glitch, Setareh X, Düsseldorf *
2016			Atom Abenteuer – A Hotel Without Memories, BEST GRUPPE Düsseldorf *
2012			Evidence, Cologne City Hotel, Cologne *

Group Exhibitions (selected, *catalogue)

2025			Die Grosse, Kunstmapals Düsseldorf
			WE. Der Körper als Zeichen, Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr
			Deep Dream, part of EMOP festival, FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin
			A Sudden Sense Of Liberty, Berthold Pott Gallery, Cologne
2024			Je est un autre, Sophie Scheidecker Gallery, Paris
			Crémant Feuilleton, La Felce & M.A.R.S, Cologne
			Leonard Horres, Manfred Paul, Lucia Sotnikova, linienstr, Düsseldorf
			Size Matters, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf *
2023			Die Grosse, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
			Tribune Eins, Michael Horbach Stiftung, Cologne
			12. Darmstadt Photography Days Festival, Darmstadt
			Love and Human Remains, Berthold Pott Gallery, Cologne
2022			Zweiter Persönlicher Magnetismus, Kunsthaus Essen
			screen time, Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster *
2020			Time, XBunker, Soenderborg *
			Surprise, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf *
			Five Years, Rundgaenger Gallerie, Frankfurt am Main
			Andreas Gursky, Alexander Romey, Lucia Sotnikova, Embassy of Germany in cooperation with Sprüth Magers Gallery, London
2019			MKK Auswahlausstellung, Industriemuseum Gut Rödinghausen, Menden
			Der 33. Stipendiatengeneration, Lauenburg/Elbe
			Moment, Achenbach Hagemeier Gallery, Berlin *
			Planet 58., K21, Düsseldorf
2018			Pieces, Richas Digest, Cologne
			Persönlicher Magnetismus, Kaiser-Friedrichstr, Düsseldorf
2017			123 Klasse Gursky, Goethe-Institut, Paris
2016			Artist Windows Hermès — Natur im freien Gallopp, Hermes, Düsseldorf
2014			En el Castillo, MIAC, Castillo de San Jose, Lanzarote
2013			Klasse Gursky, Tokio Hiyoshi, Tokio
2012			ReKOLLEKT, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
			Common Grounds. Vacant Potential, Bureau Europa, Maastricht

Collections

Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Royal Book Lodge

Freundeskreis Kunst Palast Düsseldorf

Private collections

Publications (selected)

2020			Portrait of a Background, artist book, Richas Digest, Cologne
			Chess Informant, exhibition catalog, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
2017			Sapiens, together with Juli Susin, laboratories of Magnet River, Paris
			Transfigurative Glitch, artist book, Düsseldorf
2016			Atom Abenteuer – A Hotel Without Memories, exhibition catalog, Düsseldorf
2015			Stretched ceiling, manuskript, Volgograd
2013			La vie dans la maison, together with Juli Susin, Royal Book Lodge, manuskript, Berlin
			Richas digest #1, journal for photography, Cologne
			Learning by cooking, the book of complaints, Royal Book Lodge, Montreuil