ABOUT
Vlad Kononkov
— media-artist, currently residing in Yerevan

In his artistic practice, he works on group and individual projects in the field of technological art, media art and sound art.
Attention to environmental issues and exploration of life of marine mammals in captivity in his works are intertwining with generative graphics and sound experience.

CURRICULUM VITAE
Vlad Kononkov
b. 1997, Blagoveshchensk, Russia
Education
2019-2021
Far Eastern Federal University,
Master’s degree in Digital Art (–Da.)

2016-2019
Far Eastern Federal University,
Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration
Languages
EN С1, advanced
RU — native speaker
EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2022
  • “Harmonising Reason with Sensibility​”, Annual International Conference of Young Scientists, Global Young Academy, Fukuoka, Japan
2021
  • "RE.MISSION", Center for contemporary art MARS, Moscow, Russia
  • “Tat Cult Fest”, Kazan Kremlin, Kazan, Russia
  • "DOCA", IGUMO, Moscow, Russia
  • “SEAL×2 Connecting Spaces”, Spatial ElectroAcoustics Laboratory SEAL
  • “Cryptorave”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
  • "Wonderful World”, Artservatory, Khabarovsk, Russia
  • “Nekogda”, web-exhibition
2020
  • “Wonderful World”, Artetazh, Vladivostok, Russia
  • “Aesthetics of Biodiversity”, Global Youth Academy compilation
  • “Waiting for the New Nature”, VR-exhibition
  • “Collaboration technologies”, Ajax, Vladivostok, Russia
Lectures and artist-talks
  • “Deep Media”, Word Play independent bookstore, Vladivostok, Russia, 2021.
  • “Aesthetics of marine mammals”, DOCA, Moscow, Russia, 2021.
  • “Digitocene”, Cryptorave, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2021.
  • “Technologies, science and art”, ITMO, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2021.
  • “About Beluga Distancing”, nekogda, 2020.
  • "Following beluga whales”, Artservatory, Khabarovsk, Russia, 2020.
  • “Wonderful World”, FEFU.TV, Vladivostok, Russia, 2020.
  • “Contemporary art”, Chekhov’s Library, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, 2020.
Educational programs
  • "Digital art with TouchDesigner". MUSE online university, Moscow, Russia. 2023.
  • “Generative graphics with TouchDesigner”. Digital Art Master’s program in FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia. 2022.
  • “Generative graphics”. Digital Art Master’s program in FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia. 2021.
Residencies
  • DOCA, Moscow, Russia, 2021.
Awards
  • Portfolio review of VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia — Finalist in Media Art, 2021.