TITLE: Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) is an ancient Slavic holiday of seeing off winter, which is accompanied by the burning of a giant scarecrow, symbolizing winter. In this series, we see how the ancient pagan traditions that arose long before the advent of Christianity in Russia, still pass into new generations as a cultural heritage. Outside the big modern cities, in the quietness of small historic villages the celebrations of Maslenitsa often take place in very mystic and pretty wild way.

AUTHOR: Andrei and Ekaterina Chino (Russian Federation)

1989 - born in Kazan, Russia
2006 - Andrei and Ekaterina have met at University courses
2006 - 2012 - study at Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering
2006 - Andrei Chino is a co-founder of Caprichos street-art team in Kazan
2008 - Working practics in New York, USA
2008 - Andrei and Ekaterina founded an interior design studio in Kazan
2010 - Started to dive into photography
2012 - Entered to the Designers Union of Russia
2015 - Moved to Moscow
2015 - Founded an interior design studio in Moscow
2016 - Started to make art (oil paintigs and digital)
2016-2017 - studying a Gallery Business in school of RMA
2019 - Listeners of Sci-Arch and UCLA open lectures in Los Angeles, USA
2019 - Shortlisted designers in Lexus Design Award Russia Top Choice 2020

Past group exhibitions:
1 - 30 of October 2014 - Designers Union Exhibition at VEKO exhibition center, Kazan, Russia
Upcoming group exhibitions:
3-11 of June 2020 - Isolation. Living oneself, галерея LoosenArt, gallery, Rome, Italy
July 2020 - Transitions and Displacements, LoosenArt gallery, Rome, Italy