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LIVA TAGIRA
artist
series
Sibai
The Time Is Noon
Blueness
Recycled childhood memories are reproduced time and time again, intertwining with universal cultural meanings and providing an opportunity to reconsider time, space, and the experience of presence itself
I transform painting into a cinema of memory by collecting fragments with an endlessly repeating plot and arranging them into panoramic polyptychs. Colour blocks appear as gaps between 'frames', simultaneously creating separation and unity. The effect is that of repeatedly experiencing the same emotional state, which is not literal but recognisable. This creates a metaphysical space that could be called a spiritual refuge. Repetitive and slightly ajar, it becomes an image of a lost childhood refuge where one could exist outside of time in a state of pure presence.
BIO
Liva Tagira
She was born in Ufa in 1971 and graduated from the Ufa School of Arts with a degree in easel painting in 1996. She currently lives and works in Moscow.

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She is an artist, an art exhibition curator, the co-founder of the Suninbun contemporary art school, and the author of courses on visual language, colour theory, and creativity.

She is also the co-author of a method for developing colour intelligence and the book Colour Intelligence (Bombora, EKSMO Group, 2024).

She is the art director of photo projects for publications: L'Officiel, Mercury, L'Optimum and TOPBEAUTY, as well as brands such as Chanel, Dior, Versace, Guerlain, BMW and Volvo, and institutions such as the Bolshoi Theatre.
He has curated exhibitions of creative photo projects for magazines in collaboration with Bosco di Ciliegie (GUM), the Ritz-Carlton, the Agalarov Estate and the Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation.


His works are held in private collections in Russia, France and Sweden.
Selected exhibitions


2025
Settling into Time, A. Tyrtshnikov Art Cluster, Moscow
curator and artist

2024
Nesting Ideas, A. Tyrtshnikov Art Cluster, Moscow
curator and artist

2024
Exceptional Vulnerability, Omelchenko Gallery, Moscow
curator and artist

2023
Pollination, Omelchenko Gallery, Moscow
curator and artist

2019
Storage Device, Omelchenko Gallery, Moscow
curator

2019
Landscapes of the Right Side, VIA Gallery, Moscow
solo exhibition as part of the stereoDUSYA duo

2018
The Door is Open, Shazina Gallery, Moscow
curator

2004
R. Voligamsi, A. Tagirov and E. Ivanova-Tagirova (Liva Tagira), Miras Gallery, Moscow

2003
Fashion and Style in Photography Biennale, FineArt Gallery, Moscow
solo exhibition as part of a creative partnership

2001
Characters, FineArt Gallery, Moscow
solo exhibition as part of a creative tandem

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