Jane Efremova (b. 1994) is a visual artist and curator from Moscow, Russia, currently based in Belgrade, Serbia. She works with photography, video, and performance to develop her personal projects.
Jane uses methods of deep presence, spontaneity, and performative acts to engage with her subjects and explore themes of closeness, embodiment, and movement. Her projects are often site-specific, as she examines how the environment influences the body and its connection to a place. She actively participates in contemporary dance workshops and incorporates her somatic experiences into her art.
In 2018, she graduated from the Academy of Documentary and Art Photography Fotografika in Saint Petersburg. In 2021, she completed the master's program Curatorial Practices in Contemporary Art, a collaborative educational project by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and HSE in Moscow.
Jane has participated in group exhibitions both in Russia and internationally. Her personal project, One-on-One, was exhibited at FFTN Gallery in Saint Petersburg in 2018.
She is a co-founder of the self-organized initiative Smena, which aimed to support young Russian artists. In 2019, she co-curated Photobookzineprintpressfest, the first photobook festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Education
2019–2021 Master's program of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and HSE University «Curatorial Practices in Contemporary Art» / Moscow, Russia
2020 «Кинотанец.weekend» / Alexandrinsky Theater, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 «More than a project» course by Yana Romanova and Maria Morina
2019 Contemporary dance workshop / Summer school, Dubna, Russia
2018–2019 Participation in laboratories and performance classes / SDVIG studio, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017–2018 Academy of documentary and art photography «Fotografika», advanced course / Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2018 Dummy workshop by Kazuma Obara / Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2018 Workshop by Elena Anosova / Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2017 Workshop by Anna Block / Moscow, Russia
2016 Portrait course by Vika Bukovskaya / Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Personal and group exhibitions, residencies
2024 «Architecture of life» group exhibition / Magacin Macura / Stari Banovci, Serbia
2022 «Architectural turbulence» photo project and laboratory / Residency «To walk or not to walk» / Point 55.754630, 37.638530 / Ground Solyanka gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 «Post-soviet zones» / The Mist That Carries Phantoms / October 2021 Virtual Program of aCinema space
2019 Short List / Photobook show of Athens Photo Festival / Benaki museum, Athens, Greece
2018 «One-on-one» / FFTN Gallery / Saint Petersburg, Russia
2018 «White silence» / site-spesific project «Spacing» / QuartaRiata Residency of Arts and Technology, Petergof, Russia
2018 Performance «For memory» / Fotografika Gallery / Saint Petersburg, Russia
2018 Installation «Periphery» / Fotografika Gallery / Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 Project «Boundaries of feelings: Love.» / self-organized gallery / Moscow, Russia
2017 Group exhibition «Stories»/ PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Published in Fotoroom, F-stop, Bird-in-flight .