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 accomplish her personal projects.
She works with her subject using methods of deep presence, spontaneity and performative act to discover the topics of closeness, embodiment and movement. Her projects are mostly site-specific as she explores how environment influences the body through the reflection of connection with the place. She takes part in contemporary dance workshops and uses her somatic experience in her art.
She graduated from the Academy of documentary and art photography «Fotografika» in Saint-Petersburg in 2018. In 2021 she graduated from the master's program «Curatorial practices in Contemporary Art», educational project of Garage MCA and HSE in Moscow.
Jane participated in group exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Her personal project «One-on-one» was held in FFTN gallery in Saint-Petersburg, Russia in 2018.
Jane Efremova is a co-founder of self-organisation «Smena», that's aim is to support young Russian artists. In 2019 she was one of the curators of Photobookzineprintpressfest, 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
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 .