ARTIST BIO:
Margarita Galandina (b. 1999) is a Siberian-born multidisciplinary artist based in London. Her practice sits at the intersection of photography, research, and archival intervention, addressing questions of Indigeneity, migration, and memory. Raised in the Republic of Buryatia in eastern Siberia, her work is rooted in the cultural and historical landscapes of this region. Through experimental image-making, she weaves visual research with personal narrative, refiguring archives and histories into new forms of storytelling.
EXHIBITIONS:
Group Show
2025
International Photography Exhibition, 166, Royal Photographic Society, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. 5 Aug - 15 Sep
Female in Focus x Nikon, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, UK. 26 Jun - 27 Jul
Female in Focus x Nikon, 1014 Gallery, London, UK. 10 Apr - 14 May
Pareidolia, Mandy Zhang Art, London UK. 12 Mar - 17 Apr
Portrait of Britain x JCDecaux, vol. 7. 100 Winning Images Exhibited Nationwide, UK. 5 Jan - 2 Feb
2024
KLPA Autoportrait, Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy, 23 Nov - 15 Dec
Common Ground, Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Art Space, UK. 5 Oct - 17 Nov
Rethinking Eastern Europe, Arles, France. 5 July
2023
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. 9 Nov - 25 Feb
Belfast Photo Festival - Open Submission Photo Book Winners, Belfast, UK. 1 - 30 Jun
2022- 2021
LCC MA Photography WIP Show, Copeland Gallery, London, UK. 16 - 17 Mar 2022
CSM Fashion Communication & Promotion x London TFL, UK. 5 - 30 May 2021
Solo Show
2024
Ovoo: Evocations, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK. 10 - 15 Jun
PRESS:
Flower power! Female in Focus awards – in pictures, Guardian, 2025
Introducing the 2024 Female in Focus Award winners, British Journal of Photography, 2025
Echoes of the Steppes: In Search of an Elusive Memory, VIP Lounge Latvia, 2024
UAL Graduate Voices - Margarita Galandina, 2024
Reflective Nostalgia: Recreating a Lost Russian Childhood, British Journal of Photography, Performance Issue, 2023
Weekend Portfolio - Margarita Galandina, Musee Magazine, 2023
SHOWstudio - BA Fashion Communication & Promotion, Central Saint-Martins, 2021
AWARDS:
2025
IPE 166, Royal Photographic Society, Exhibitor
Portrait of Britain, vol. 7, Winning Image
2024
BJP Female in Focus x Nikon, Series Winner
KLPA Awards, Autoportrait, TOP30
International Photography Awards - Honourable Mention
Analogue Sparks, Fine Art Category Winner - Gold
2023
Infinix x MVA Awards, Best-in-Category Winner
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize, Exhibitor
Belfast Photo Festival, Open Submission Book Winners
2022
Sproxton Photography Award, Shortlisted
PUBLICATIONS:
Portrait of Britain, vol. 7, Bluecoat Press, 2024
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize Catalogue, National Portrait Gallery, 2023
Research Workshop Collected Paper: Capturing Memories: Real and Imaginary, BCS Science Open, 2023
ARTIST TALK:
British Journal of Photography - Alice Poyzer, Margarita Galandina, Charlotte Jansen In Conversation, 1014 Gallery, 8 May, 2025
Photography and the Archive: Mapping Memory and Identity through Photographic Practice and Research. Brighton Camera Club, 7 Jan, 2025
LCC MA Photography Guest Lecturer, Dec 2024
Whose Histories: Artist Talk and Family Archive Workshop /Sine Screen - Museum of Home, 23 Nov, 2024
EDUCATION:
2021-2022: UAL London College of Communication: MA Photography
2018-2021: UAL Central Saint-Martins: BA Fashion Communication and Promotion
2017-2018: Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts, Foundation in Art and Design
CONTACT:
For all enquiries, please email: mgalandina@gmail.com
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