Curator: Lidia Malashenko
Kristina Baranova
Artist, illustrator, stage designer.
Born in Belarus. Graduated from Minsk State College of Arts No. 26 with a degree in “graphic design” (2012), Belarusian State Academy of Arts with a degree in “scenography, theatrical painting” (2018), and British Higher School of Design with a degree in “scenography” (2019).
Participated in international exhibitions, including the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (2015 and 2019) and the Tbilisi International Theatre Biennale (2022).
Works in theater: – “Love as Militarism” by P. Galdin, Y. Kupala National Academic Theatre of Belarus, directed by Dmitry Tishko (2016); – “Happy Dorothey” by N. Gernet, Belarusian Puppet Theatre, directed by Viktor Klimchuk (2017); – “Method” based on the play by J. Galsseran “The Gronholm Method,” Gomel City Youth Theatre, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2019). The performance won the National Theatre Prize of the Republic of Belarus in the “Best Performance of Small Form Drama Theatre” category (2017); – “The Gronholm Method” by J. Galsseran, Alpha Theatre, Minsk, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2017); – “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” by M. McDonagh, Gomel City Youth Theatre, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2018); – Coffee to stay, Workshop of Contemporary Theatre, St. Petersburg, directed by Miljana Chosich (2019); – “Side View Haiku,” a performative show as part of the training at the British Higher School of Design at the M. Shchepkin Theatre Museum, directed by Pavel Semchenko (2019); – Venus, Theatre Creative Association ZUG, Artplay, Moscow, directed by Fernando Luis (2019); – “Uncle Vanya” by A. Chekhov, Gomel City Youth Theatre, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2020); – “Papa” by F. Zeller, Gomel City Youth Theatre, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2021); – “Pippi Longstocking” by A. Lindgren, Altai Regional Theatre of Drama named after V. Shukshin, directed by Maxim Astafyev (2021); – “Kalia-Malia” by S. Dorozhko, Belarusian Puppet Theatre. “Doll,” directed by Viktor Klimchuk (2022); – “Butterfly Tango” by A. Nikolai, Gomel City Youth Theater, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2022); – “The House of Bernarda Alba” by F.G. Lorca, Gomel City Youth Theater, directed by Vitaly Kravchenko (2022).
At the Altai Youth Theater, I worked on a circus fantasy for family viewing “Kashtanka” by Anton Chekhov (2024).
Regular participant of Belarusian ant international stage exhibitions include Tbilisi Biennale 2020,2022.
