Simona Sharafudinov Lithuanian, b. 1991

Simona Sharafudinov (b.1991) is a Lithuanian artist who currently lives and works in London. She takes photography and personal experience as points of departure, to trace displaced identity and the sentience of being through performance and image-making. Simona is inspired by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, particularly the tension between infinite digital space and the limitations of the physical body. She is also inspired by the Soviet ‘Paper Architects’, Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utskin who create beautiful and haunting, imaginary cities.

"Working across a broad range of media I combine sculpture and durational performance, human body and artificial and natural materials or/and architectural elements to convey existential tensions and invite viewers to consider and experience the sentience of being."

SImona received her MA in Contemporary Photography from Central Saint Martins in 2017 and was the recipient of the 2017 Tiffany & Co. x Outset Contemporary Art Fund Prize