ABOUT

Masha Kechaeva (born 1988) is an artist from Moscow, Russia. She graduated from Russian State University for the Humanities in 2010, Moscow Fashion School in 2011, and British Higher School of Art and Design - 2015. She worked for The Theatre of Nations (Moscow), Gogol-center theatre (Moscow), The Meyerhold Theatre Centre (Moscow) and Norwegian Theatre Academy (Fredrikstad, Norway). She is participant of an annual architecture and art festival Archstoyanie (Russia).

Masha is a multi-disciplinary artist. She uses established techniques and develops original work through a combination of costume and set design, lighting, video, photography, choreography and directing. An important part of her artistic research, whether it's working on a performance or personal project, is studying rituals, symbols, unconscious memories and dreams.

Artist StATement

My work is myth making filled with irony and paradox, where I invite folklore and rituals to dance in new surroundings. As a tribute to the materials’ origin in nature, I’m focused on the qualities of fabric and its manifestation in different forms. By bringing those forms together in one context I see it an act of scenography to unite the space, the object and the viewer in a performative ritualistic act.