BIO
Svetlana Talanova is a London-based artist, working with cameraless photography, creating images by hand in the darkroom. She explores the intersection and interconnection of nature and humanity, ecology and sustainability.
She holds an MA in Photography (with Distinction for Research) from the Royal College of Art (2021). Talanova has been featured widely in group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US, including Summer Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts, London (2022); Shaping Futures at the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai (2022); CCP Salon at Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia (2022); Inspiration Women Exhibition at God’s House Tower, Southampton (2022); London Grads Now at Saatchi Gallery, London (2021); #social 2021 at Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea (2021); After The High Tide at Cromwell Place, London (2021); The Makeable Mind at Noorderlicht International Photography Festival, Netherlands (2021); Time to Think at Festival Pil’Ours, France (2019 & 2020); and A Day in Your Life at Saatchi Gallery, London (2019).
She was commissioned by Westfield London (Future Fashion, 2021), to produce a unique large scale work promoting Sustainability for exhibition at Westfield for a year from September 2021 to August 2022.
She was shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2021) and Arts Thread Global Design Graduate show in Collaboration with GUCCI (2021), nominated for the Fine Art Photography Awards (2021 & 2020) and was selected as a finalist in the Food Photographer of the Year Awards (2020). She was shortlisted for the Royal Photographic Society Postgraduate Bursary (2020). Talanova is the recipient of the a-n Bursary ‘Time Space Money’ (2022) and was selected for the Nikon – NOOR Academy Masterclass in Paris (2022).
CV
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2019 – 2021 MA Photography with Distinction for Research, Royal College of Art, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Shaping Futures: Design-Led Innovation, Expo 2020 Dubai, UK Pavillion, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inspiration Women Exhibition, God’s House Tower, Southampton, UK
Colour, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK
CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Postcards from Great Britain, University of Cambridge, Alison Richard Building, UK
Postcards from Europe, University of Cambridge, Alison Richard Building, UK
Future Fashion, Westfield, London, UK
Shaping Futures: Design-Led Innovation, Expo 2020 Dubai, UK Pavillion, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inspiration Women Exhibition, God’s House Tower, Southampton, UK
Colour, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK
CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Postcards from Great Britain, University of Cambridge, Alison Richard Building, UK
Postcards from Europe, University of Cambridge, Alison Richard Building, UK
Future Fashion, Westfield, London, UK
2021
London Grads Now. 21, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
#social 2021, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Arts Thread Global Design Graduate show 2021 in Collaboration with GUCCI, Online, UK
The Makeable Mind, Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
Future Fashion, Westfield, London, UK
Travelled Path, Decode gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA
After the High Tide, RCA Degree Show, Cromwell Place, London, UK
RCA 2021, Royal College of Art Graduation show, Online, UK
37th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, Lake Gallery, London, UK
Shutter Hub OPEN 20/21, Gallery Cafe at St. Margaret’s House, London, UK
Postcards from Great Britain, FuoriLuogo, Asti, Italy
Postcards from Great Britain, Pop-up exhibition, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Postcards from Great Britain, Pop-up exhibition, Porto, Portugal
Postcards from Great Britain, Pop-up exhibition, Bergeon op Zoom, Netherlands
Spring Open, Absent Gallery, Online
#social 2021, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Arts Thread Global Design Graduate show 2021 in Collaboration with GUCCI, Online, UK
The Makeable Mind, Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
Future Fashion, Westfield, London, UK
Travelled Path, Decode gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA
After the High Tide, RCA Degree Show, Cromwell Place, London, UK
RCA 2021, Royal College of Art Graduation show, Online, UK
37th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, Lake Gallery, London, UK
Shutter Hub OPEN 20/21, Gallery Cafe at St. Margaret’s House, London, UK
Postcards from Great Britain, FuoriLuogo, Asti, Italy
Postcards from Great Britain, Pop-up exhibition, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Postcards from Great Britain, Pop-up exhibition, Porto, Portugal
Postcards from Great Britain, Pop-up exhibition, Bergeon op Zoom, Netherlands
Spring Open, Absent Gallery, Online
2020
WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020 Award, Virtual Exhibition, UK
36th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
Situationist RCA, Hyde Park, London, UK
Time to Think, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020 Award, Virtual Exhibition, UK
36th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
Situationist RCA, Hyde Park, London, UK
Time to Think, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
2019
A Day in Your Life Photographic Prize, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
HOME, Gallery at Home, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Time to Think, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
HOME, Gallery at Home, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Time to Think, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
AWARDS
2022
a-n Bursary ‘Space Time Money’
International Photography Exhibition (IPE 164), shortlisted
Nikon-Noor Academy Masterclass, Paris
International Photography Exhibition (IPE 164), shortlisted
Nikon-Noor Academy Masterclass, Paris
2021
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, shortlisted
Future Fashion, winner
Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Show, shortlisted
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, longlisted
Fine Art Photography Awards, nominee
Future Fashion, winner
Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Show, shortlisted
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, longlisted
Fine Art Photography Awards, nominee
2020
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020, finalist
Fine Art Photography Awards, nominee
Royal Photographic Society Postgraduate Bursary, shortlisted
International Photography Awards, honourable mention
Fine Art Photography Awards, nominee
Royal Photographic Society Postgraduate Bursary, shortlisted
International Photography Awards, honourable mention
2019
A Day in Your Life Photographic Prize, runner up
Photobox Instagram Photography Awards, shortlisted
Photobox Instagram Photography Awards, shortlisted
PRESS
Group Exhibition, Open Theme
F-Stop Photography Magazine, issue 113, 2022
https://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html#gallery-243
‘Postcards from Europe, Art at the ARB’
F-Stop Photography Magazine, 2022
https://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2022/postcards-from-europe-art-at-the-arb/
‘RCA Graduates exhibit at Saatchi Gallery for London Grads Now.21’
Royal College of Art, 2021
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/rca-graduates-exhibit-saatchi-gallery-london-grads-now21/
‘After the High Tide. RCA MA Photography Class of 2021’
Rica Cerbarano, Vogue Italy, 2021
‘Westfield London’s Future Fashion winners reveal commissioned work in exhibit’
Rachel Douglas, FASHIONUNITED, 2021
https://fashionunited.uk/uncategorised/westfield-london-s-future-fashion-winners-reveal-commissioned-work-in-exhibit/2021101458404
Source Graduate Photography, 2021
https://www.source.ie/graduate/2021/royacollma/royacollma_student_18_22_54_28-07-21/royacollma_student_18_22_54_28-07-21.php
After The High Tide, Folium, 2021 (p.81)
Postcards from Great Britain, collection catalogue Shutter Hub, 2021
Be Kind Magazine, Issue 9, September 2019
© Svetlana Talanova. 2021
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