Lesha Pavlov is a Russian photographer and artist.
Comes from the Borogontsy village in the country’s coldest Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Currently based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
His work focuses on the features of socio-cultural interaction in the post-soviet space, environmental problems, colonial and decolonial processes.
Member of The Russian Union of Lens-based Artists.
Awards and grants
2021 Picture of the Year Asia — COVID Picture Story — Winner, 3rd place
2021 College Photographer of the Year — COVID Experience — Winner, 2nd place
2021 Cortona On The Move — New Visions — Winner
2021 A. Efremov Reportage Photography Contest — Federal Reportage — Winner
2021 Young Russian Photographers — Winner, Laureate
2021 Russian Federation State Grant for Outstanding Cultural Figures and Artists
2021 PORTRAITS — Hellerau Photography Award — Finalist
2021 Vilnius Photo Circle — Homework Contest — Finalist
2021 Makers of Siberia Photo Prize — Series — Finalist
2021 Sony World Photography Awards — Professional, Documentary — Shortlist
2021 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards — Documentary — Shortlist
2020 PhotoVisa — Single Images — Winner, 1st place
2020 College Photographer of the Year — Portrait — Winner, Award of Excellence
2020 Russian Federation State Grant for Outstanding Cultural Figures and Artists
2020 International Photography Grant: Talent of the Year — Finalist
2020 Bogota Photo Prize — Finalist
2019 World Biennial of Student Photography — Winner, 1st place
2019 Redkollegiya Prize — Nominee
Art-residencies and laboratories
2021 Peredelkino Residence, Moscow, Russia
2021 PubLab: Siberian Laboratory for Young Art, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2020 Vyksa Art Residence, Vyksa, Russia
Solo exhibitions
2021 Youth of the North, Galerie nEUROPA, Dresden, Germany
2020 Zhivlovka, Vyksa Art Residence, Vyksa, Russia
Group exhibitions
2021 Practice of Place: Landscapes, Distances, Infrastructures, CC19, Novosibirsk, Russia
2021 New Reality, Art of Omsk Museum, Omsk, Russia
2021 Togetherness, Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany
2021 You Were (Not) Here, PubLab, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2021 Young Russian Photographers, Kaluga, Russia
2020 Sea Line, Sevkabel Port, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2020 Photography in Light of the Pandemic, ZGA Gallery, Online
2019 World Biennial of Student Photography, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Teaching
2021 Photo Club Teacher, “Anton Tut Ryadom” Center, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Educational initiatives
2021 Artist-talk, School of Modern Photography “Docdocdoc”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2021 Artist-talk, Young Russian Photographers Week, Novosibirsk, Russia
2020 Artist-talk, Ivan Kulikov’s Photoschool, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
2020 Master-class, Vyksa Art Residence, Vyksa, Russia
2020 Artist-talk, Vyksa Art Residence, Vyksa, Russia
Interviews
I grew up on the shores of Lake Myuryu, Radio Svoboda
New love in the time of corona, Lensculture
I treat myself as critically as possible, Sony Russia
Publications
The Calvert Journal, Lensculture, Seance Magazine, Ogonyok Magazine, Republic, Zapovednik, Lenta.ru
Scholarship
2021 Zombie Photography by Untitled, 2020 Photohub with Sergey Novikov
2020 The Eddie Adams Workshop, with Sarah Leen and Matthew Jordan Smith
2020 The VII Academy Seminar: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography with Mary Gelman and Maciek Nabrdalik
2017 Mediapolygon by Russian Reporter Magazine with Marina Akhmedova, Vitaliy Leibin, Dmitriy Gienko
Education
2020 School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc — Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2016 Ural State Law University — Yekaterinburg, Russia