Artist

Taus Makhacheva

Born in Russia, 1983 and lives in Moscow, Russia and Makhachkala

Taus Makhacheva is a contemporary Russian artist that lives and works between Moscow and Makhachkala. She attended the Goldsmith College in London, where she took her Bachelor Degreee, and afterwards she took a MFA in Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art, in London. In 2014 Taus Makhacheva won the Future of Europe prize at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig, and in 2012 she received the Innovation Prize, the Russian state award for contemporary art in Moscow, the ‘New Generation’ category, for her project The Fast and The Furious.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Art Here 2021: Richard Mille Prize, Memory, Time, Territory
What does it mean for a museum to be an integral part of its territory? What is the place of contemporary art in a universal story of human creativity? These questions are at the heart of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first annual Art Here exhibition.
18 Nov 2021 - 27 Mar 2022
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Taus Makhacheva: A Space of Celebration
In ‘A Space of Celebration’, facts merge with myth and fiction, troubling the notion of authenticity and opening doors to the fantastical.
23 Feb 2022 - 13 Aug 2022
Jameel Arts Centre
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
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