Lucia Sotnikova

Born 1986 in Volgograd, RU, lives and works in Düsseldorf. 

Studies:

2012 — 2018      Liberal Arts, Master student of Prof. Andreas Gursky, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE

2010 — 2012      M.A. with Honors, Exhibition Design, EDI at University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, DE

2003 — 2009      Diploma in Architecture, Volgograd State Architecture University, RU

Exhibitions 2025:

Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (museums collection, since Jan 2025)

Kunstmuseum Mülheim, Germany (WE. The body as a sign. incl. Rosemarie Trockel, Anna Uddenberg, Thomas Schütte, Thomas Struth…, Feb-Sept 2025)

EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin (Deep Dream, FWR, March 2025)

Berthold Pott Cologne (A Sudden Sense of Liberty. Feb – April 2025)

Selected Exhibitions: Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (presentation of the museums collection, Jan 2025 ongoing) / Kunstmuseum Mülheim, Germany (WE. The Body as a Sign, incl. Anna Uddenberg, Rosemarie Trockel, Thomas Struth, Thomas Schütte, … Feb – Sept 2025) / EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin (Deep Dream, FWR) / Sophie Scheidecker Gallery, Paris, France (Je est un autre, with Nan Goldin, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Hans Ballmer, Nov-Dec 2024) / Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (Tilt Shift – Experiment als Normalzustand, 2023) / Michael Horbach Foundation (2023) / Berthold Pott, Cologne (group, 2023), Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (Size Matters, Jan-May 2024), Berthold Pott Cologne (Stage Nights Kitchen Lights, solo, 2024) / Plus One Antwerp, Belgium (Face Time, Dec 24 – Jan 2025) /Richas Digest project space, Cologne (solo, 2022, 2020, 2017), Kunsthaus Essen, Germany (2022, group), Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Germany (2019, solo), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany (2020, group), XBunker, Soenderborg, DK (2020 group),  German Embassy London (Andreas Gursky, Lucia Sotnikova, Alex Romey), together with Sprüth Magers, Museum K21 (Planet 58), Düsseldorf (group, 2019), Goethe Institut Paris, France (2017, group),  Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (2016, group), MIAC, Castillo de San Jose, Lanzarote, ES [Klasse Gursky, 2014 ] Tokio Hiyoshi, Tokio, JP 820 (2013, group), Kjubh Kunstverein e.V., Cologne, DE (2013, group), [ReKOLLEKT] Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, DE (2012, group)

Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova „Stage Nights, Kitchen Lights“ solo at Berthold Pott Cologne (2023)
Lucia Sotnikova: Exhibition views New Talents, award of Neue Galerie Gladbeck, 2019
Lucia Sotnikova: Exhibition view Surprize, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Primordial Forum, latex print on textile, 2.9 x 15 m, 2020
Lucia Sotnikova: Exhibition view Zweiter Persönlicher Magnetismus, Kunsthaus Essen
Nonchalant and Primordial Forum — HS. Latex prints on stretched textile planes, pigment prints, each 2.6 x 1.9 m, 2022
Lucia Sotnikova: 250 x 180 cm, pigment print mounted on the wall. Sculptural elements by David Mackaay, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie Festival, 2023
Lucia Sotnikova: Exhibition view Andreas Gursky, Alexander Romey, Lucia Sotnikova in cooperation with Sprüth Magers and German Embassy, London
Lucia Sotnikova, duo exhibition OSIP with David Mackaay at Norbert Arns Gallery Cologne, 2021
Lucia Sotnikova: Exhibition view Andreas Gursky, Alexander Romey, Lucia Sotnikova in cooperation with Sprüth Magers and German Embassy, London
Zoom in — Zoom out, enlarged LC-Display photogram, fine art print, 135 x 100 cm, 2019 Untitled, enlarged LC-Display photogram, fine art print, 135 x 100 cm, 2019
Lucia Sotnikova, installation view „Reading each letter“.
Lucia Sotnikova: Exhibition view Chess Informant, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg.
Gelatin silver print, silver spray paint on deconstructed architecture, 2019
Lucia Sotnikova: Modus Operandi, 80×120 cm, pigment print, acrilic glass, AluDibond, wooden frame, 2018
Lucia Sotnikova: Virulent Gaze I, enlarged LC-Display photogram, framed fine art print, 150 x 110 cm, 2020
Lucia Sotnikova: From the series Sechs Bilder, digitally enlarged photograms, fine art prints. Each approx 100 x 120 cm, sculptural frames by Da