masharu is an earth eater and an earth lover, a founder of the Museum of Edible Earth. masharu's projects combine scientific research with a personal approach and cultural practices. In 2011 they obtained a PhD in Mathematics and graduated with honours from the Photo Academy Amsterdam. In 2013-2014 they participated in the art-in-residency programme at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst in Amsterdam. In 2018 masharu was an artist fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS-KNAW). masharu's artistic as well as scientific work has been exhibited, screened and published in more than 30 countries, in such venues and events as Word Soil Museum in Wageningen, Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Modern Art Museum in Yerevan, African Artists’ Foundation in Lagos, Spanish Cultural Centre in Guatemala City, World Design Event in Eindhoven, ReadyTex Gallery in Paramaribo, 4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale in Jakarta, European Ceramic Workcentre in Oisterwijk, Sustainica in Dusseldorf and Museo Maritimo in Bilbao. masharu received several awards, such as Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica (Austria) and YouFab Global Creative Awards (Japan). The work of masharu is supported by the Mondriaan Fund.
Education
2007-2011 Eindhoven University of Technology, Mathematical Image Analysis, The Netherlands (PhD)
2008–2011 Photoacademy Amsterdam, graduation with honors, The Netherlands (BA)
2002–2007 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Russia (MSc)
Residencies and additional training
2023 Residency at Manoor Art House, Yerevan, Armenia
2022 Residency at Kanamaison by Loftwork, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Residency at Animal Farm, Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
2021 Residency at the Center for Creative Industries Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
2020 Residency at diptych in love, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019 Residency at pIAR (perfocraZe International Artist Residency), Kumasi, Ghana
2019 Residency at Cassis Artist Residency, Cassis, France
2018 Residency at Nida Art Colony, Working Retreat, Nida, Lithuania
2018 Residency at DCR guest studio's by Satellietgroep, The Hague, the Netherlands
2018 Residency at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2017 Residency at ArtCEB, Botopasi, Suriname
2016 Residency at Pasirputih Foundation, Lombok, Indonesia
2016 Residency at Jatiwangi art Factory (JaF), Jatiwangi, Indonesia
2013-2014 Residency at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2011-2012 Residency at The Bookstore Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2011 Residency at PA-F (Performing Arts Forum), St. Erme, France
2010 Summer school, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, UK
Shows, performances, interventions, screenings
2023
Schemerlicht Festival, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (festival, upcoming)
Zavod Bunker, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ‘Multispecies Landscapes’ during festival Mladi levi (group, upcoming)
Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia, 'Gender Corpora', curated by Susanna Gyulamiryan (group)
IJsselbiënnale, the Netherlands (performative intervention)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 'Pop-up shop, Jatiwangi art Factory & friend' (pop-up store)
Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, ‘SOIL | EARTH | LAND | GROUND’ (performative lecture)
Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ‘Botanical College Tour’ (pop-up installation and performative lecture)
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam ITA (Stadsschouwburg), the Netherlands, ‘Surpassing the Beeline’ (performance)
Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria, 'There is no Planet B' (group)
2022
Atelier WG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ‘Open Ateliers’ (group)
PuntWG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'Art for UA' (group)
Möllerei, Esch, Luxembourg, 'In Transfer – a New Condition', curated by Ars Electronica (group)
The Warp, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'The Life of Earth: Local Claying' (performance)
Zone2Source, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'Our Living Soil' (group)
VADA theater, Klagenfurt, Austria, 'Museum of Edible Earth' (solo)
Klagenfurt festival, Klagenfurt, Austria (performance)
GEDOK gallery, Stuttgart, Germany (group)
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'FLAM Amsterdam' (festival)
FabCafe, Tokyo, Japan, 'Democratic Experiment(s)' (group)
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 'A More-Than-Human Night at Museum' (intervention) >>
Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria, 'There is no Planet B' (group)
2021
World Soil Museum, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 'Earth as Superfood' (solo) >>
Impulse, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 'Earth as Superfood' (solo) >>
The Regional Museum of Ustjany, Oktyabrsky, Russia, 'Dialogue between land and sea' (group) >>
Center for Social Innovation, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 'Видео Art' within the Night of Art (group) >>
Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia, 'Motherland', curated by Susanna Gyulamiryan (group)
Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria, 'There is no Planet B' (group)
V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil Science, St. Petersburg, Russia, 'Grounding' (group) >>
Art.ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 'Grounding' (group) >>
OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz, Austria 'CyberArts' (group)
Kepler's Gardens, Linz, Austria, 'A New Digital Deal' (group)
Imagine IC and Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'Van Religieuzen Huize' (group)
Think as a Forest Festival, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia, 'Cyber Village of Taste the Waste' (festival)
shooshoo gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, 'Бедность/Poverty' (group)
Eto Zdes (Studio 4413), St. Petersburg, Russia, 'Museum of Edible Earth' (solo)
OFF-Biennále, curated by MENÜ imaginaire, Budapest, Hungary, 'INHALE!' (group)
Center for Social Innovation, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 'Hidden Things' (group)
Lomonosov Palace of Culture, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 'Dialogue between land and sea', curated by CSI (duo) >>
The Center for Creative Industries Fabrika, Moscow, Russia, 'Museum of Edible Earth' (solo)
Animal Farm Family Gallery, Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, 'Lockdown well' (group)
2020
Art Museum of the Arctic Exploration, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 'Dialogue between land and sea' (duo)
Arctic Nature Museum, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 'Climate and People: Changing Together' (group)
Vibes of Earth festival, Bergen, the Netherlands, 'Museum of Edible Earth' (festival installation)
Vondelpark, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'Earthing' (a series of interventions)
Climate Justice Camp, Brussels, Belgium, 'Eco feminist walk' (intervention, festival)
Music Art Lab, Solovetsky Islands, Russia, 'We Here' (festival)
Ogonek festival, Kaluzhskaya Oblast, Russia, 'Museum of Edible Earth' (festival installation, performance)
Rosalia’s Menagerie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'Multisensory Art Experience' (duo)
diptych in love, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 'earth & salt dialogues' (solo)
Arkhangelsk International Cultural Center, Arkhangelsk, Russia, ‘Ochevidnoe / Evident’ (group)
Het Huis, Utrecht, the Netherlands, ‘Surpassing the Beeline’, directed by Abhishek Thapar (performance)
Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, JingDezhen City, China, ‘Concept store by Sundaymorning@ekwc’ (group)
2019
Waag Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Expedition to planet B' (group)
Akwaaba Festival, Kumasi, Ghana, 'Museum of Edible Earth' (festival)
WG Terrein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, '35 jaar WG open dagen' (open studio’s)
FFTN, St Petersburg, Russia, ‘Museum of Edible Earth’ (solo)
Art Potok Festival, Russia, ‘Technoashram’ curated by Future Foundation (group)
13th Havana Biennial of Contemporary Art, Havana, Cuba, ‘Ritualistic Technology’ (group)
CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Local hero's' (group)
African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, ‘Museum of Edible Earth’ (solo)
Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Side Dish' (solo)
Tender Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Art Auction’ (group)
Kunst Traject, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Privacy and Intimacy' (three artists)
2018
Corridor PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Action at a Distance IV’, with Beatrix Futák-Campbel (screening and discussion)
Frascati theater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Surpassing the Beeline’, directed by Abhishek Thapar (performance)
Electriciteitsfabriek, The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Climate as Artifact' curated by Satellietgroep (group)
Het Circus Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Intercourse with clay' (performance)
DCR Plein Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Acquired Taste' (performative installation)
The Ballroom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'A stage for living, loving and working together' (group show)
OBA Bijlmerplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Eating Earth' (one day intervention and a workshop)
NIAS-KNAW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Eating Earth' (one day intervention and a workshop)
Buurtsuper, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'De bodem van het Buikslotermeerplein' curated by Onkruidenier (expedition)
Ludo & Hedo, Spoonerist Session #1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Clay Gelato' (performative lecture and intervention)
Drop City, Dusseldorf, Germany, ' The Studio for Arousing Tools: Assembly III' (performative lecture and intervention)
Spanish Cultural Center, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 'Art, Science and Cosmovision' (workshop and intervention)
2017
Vdhp video biennale, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group)
Open Art Route Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'Klei eten in Kleiburg' (solo)
Open Studio's WG Plein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group)
World Design Event, Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, ‘Age of Wonderland’ (group)
Ready Tex Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname, 'Pimba. Closing the Gap' (intervention)
Archeologie, Designkwartier Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Making Time' curated by Satellietgroep (group)
Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Even my mom can make a book’ (group)
National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia '4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale' (group)
PopInnPark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Artificial Nature' curated by Zone2Source (group)
European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC), Oisterwijk, The Netherlands (group)
Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Casting Doubts’ (duo)
2016
Pasirputih Foundation, Lombok, Indonesia, 'InsideOut' (screening)
National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia '4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale' (group)
Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 'Age of Wonderland' (group)
MixTree, OT301, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'InsideOut’ (screening)
PopInnPark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Artificial Nature' curated by Zone2Source (group)
Corridor Project Space Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'InsideOut’ (3 artists / curators)
The Bookstore Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘InsideOut’ (screening)
Jatiwangi art Factory (JaF), Jatiwangi, Indonesia, 'Eat*a*ble' (solo)
European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC), Oisterwijk, The Netherlands (group)
Stichting De Flat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘InsideOut’ (screening)
IJ Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Expedition Landscape Extracts’, curated by Satelliet Groep (festival)
Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Mag Het Licht Aan’ (festival)
De Vitrine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
++ NRW forum, Dusseldorf Germany, ‘Sustainica’ (group)
Transnatural, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Regeneration: The Soil Movement’ (group)
West Wednesdays, Kulter, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘InsideOut’ (screening)
Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Casting Doubts’ (duo)
2015
‘Eat*a*ble’, Eureka! - Science Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Age of Wonderland’, Dutch Design Week, Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
‘InsideOut’, Museum Night, Jugendstiltheater Klagenfurt, Austria
‘InsideOut’, 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
‘Are u Real @ Kulter’, A Lab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Surrounding Education', de Appel arts centre / TAAK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Eat*a*ble’, Holland Festival Young Academies #1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Casting Doubts’, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Secret Doctrine’, The Bookstore project space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014
‘Reflection’, LTArt.NL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Eat*a*ble’, Punt WG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
’Secret Doctrine’, Off-festival Breda Foto, Breda, The Nederland
‘Inventing everyday life’, Manifesta side-program, St-Petersburg, Russia
‘Nothing disappears, everything transforms’, Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
‘High-Touch’, Contemporary Art Center Sokol, Moscow, Russia
‘The Moving Museum of Clothes’, Centre of Education and Culture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘All the attitudes, all the shapeliness, all the belongings’, RAM gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
‘Free Cinema’, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (screening)
2013
'No Land's Men', De Punt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Bestiary', Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
Reframe photography festival, Gallery Pennings, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
'First Book', Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow, Russia
'New Beginning', Gallery 'Placa', Sveti Lovreč, Croatia
'Sounds of the sea', La Torre Madariaga de Busturia, Spain
2012
'Perfect-Imperfect', Slideluck Potshow III, curated by Erik Kessels, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Sounds of the sea', Museo Maritimo, Bilbao, Spain
'MAP Photo', Festival de la photographie de Toulouse, France
'Eyephonography #3', FNAC Castellana Madrid, Spain
'Smoothie', De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'The Visual Sound of Music', Witte de Withstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Oog in Oog', Fotogram, The Netherlands
2011
'TPPA', The Hague museum of photography, The Netherlands
'Oog in Oog', Kunstkapele, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Discontinuity', The House of Rising, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Salon Glue', Sauna Gallery, London, UK
'Gateway to the future', Het Grachtenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Rotterdam museum night', Fotogalerie Rotterdam, The Netherlands
'Water beweegt je', Water Museum Arnhem, The Netherlands
'Water beweegt je', Nieuwspoort, The Hague, The Netherlands
2010
'Sensitive surface', Trouw Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group show and performance)
'Sensitive surface', Boterhal Hoorn, The Netherlands (group show and performance)
'Sensitive surface', Kunststelling Alkmaar, The Netherlands (group show and performance)
Teaching
2023 Guest teacher at Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023 Coaching Master thesis at MA programme, Ecologies of Transformation, Sandberg Institute, the Netherlands
2023 Guest teacher at Minerva Art Academy, Groningen, the Netherlands, project week [De:Re]Construct
2022 Guest teacher at designLAB, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022 Guest teacher at Lectorate Design x Studium Generale, KABK, Royal Academy of Art, the Hague, the Netherlands
2022 Guest teacher at Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany, 'once we were flooded' programme
2022 Guest teacher at Minerva Art Academy, Groningen, the Netherlands, 'Project Week: Co-existence'
2021 Guest teacher at SAB 2327 - Regenerative Food Systems, Middlebury Schools Abroad Division, Chile Department
2021 Teacher at Summer School “Hands-on anthropology and ethnographic storytelling”, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2020 Guest lecture at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Geography Department, Arkhangelsk, Russia
2020 Guest lecture at Fotoacademie Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019 Guest Teacher at University van Amsterdam (UvA), Economics and Business department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (programme initiated by Arne Hendriks)
2018 Guest teacher at Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands
2018 Guest teacher at The Master Artistic Research at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK)
2018 Guest lecturer at Universidad del Valle, Sololá, Guatemala
2018 Guest teacher at Centro Educativo Comunal Mixto Santa Cruz, Quixayá, Guatemala
2017 Guest teacher at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, The Fine Arts department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Guest teacher at Design Academy Eindhoven, Food Non Food Department, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2016 Coaching Master Thesis, Master Scenography, University of the Arts Utrecht (HKU), The Netherlands
2015 Guest teacher at Honours Programme Theory and Research (MA), ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arhnem, The Netherlands
2014 Guest teacher at Long Island University, Master program in Fine Arts, New York, USA
2014 Guest teacher at WDKA Art Academy, Photography department, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Guest teacher at ROC op MAAT, Video-mapping workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Workshop, Wearable Senses, Industrial Design Department, Eindhoven University of Technology
2010 Scientific Computing (2N460), Eindhoven University of Technology, teaching assistance, The Netherlands
2009 Calculus A (2DL04), pre-master program, Eindhoven University of Technology, teaching assistance, The Netherlands
2008 Numerical programming (6BP00), Eindhoven University of Technology, teaching assistance, The Netherlands
2004 School N1101, Computer Science and Media Design for high school students, Russia
Public talks, panels and workshops
2023 Workshop at Onmenselijk Adviesbureau, curated by stichting Platform DIS en stichting Bodemzicht, Malden, the Netherlands
2023 Workshop ‘Eating earth’ during Schemerlicht festival lab at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
2023 Workshop with Jatiwangi art Factory during Opening Positions #7 in Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2022 Speaker at Bodem in-zicht, curated by stichting Platform DIS en stichting Bodemzicht, Malden, the Netherlands
2022 Soil Talks, Zone2Source, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, dialogue with Alex Toland and earth tasting
2022 50 years Amstelpark, Zone2Source, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, earth tasting
2022 Symposium 'Earth as Superfood?', Wageningen, the Netherlands
2022 Earth tasting workshop with masharu studio, FabCafe, Kyoto, Japan
2022 Earth tasting workshop with masharu studio, FabCafe, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Script for a Synthetic Play, online radio theater performance / book launch event, an acoustic experience organised by VHDG, co-hosted by Onomatopee
2022 YouFab 2021 Award Ceremony – What is democratic manufacturing for a future where humans, nature and non-living things are inseparably intertwined?
2021 Speaker at the World Soil Day 2021 within the Global Soil Museum Network
2021 'Science Talk: Museum of Edible Earth', Museum of Soil Science named after Dokuchaev, Saint-Petersburg, Russia >>
2021 'Motherland and Mother Earth, non-binary concepts', FemLibrary, Yerevan, Armenia, artist talk
2021 'Prix Forum: Im/Material Infrastructures' panel, Kepler's Gardens, Linz, Austria
2021 'Let's talk Earth' panel, Festival University Stage, Kepler's Gardens, Linz, Austria
2021 'Multidisciplinary Garden Cartography', Roots & Seeds XXI workshop, within Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2021 Workshop "Museum of Edible Earth. Ecology and participatory art practice", Festival Direct Inclusion, Russian Impressionism Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 Talk 'Dialogue between Land and See', Conference on Climate risks and Space weather, Irkutsk State University, Department of Chemistry and Geography, Irkutsk, Russia
2021 Conference on Studies of Belonging, Panel Primary Souces in Artistic Practice, NIAS-KNAW, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021 'Live: Keep calm and eat Earth with masharu', conversation with Floating EKA, Baltic Sea Region, online event
2021 Seminar 'What Do Landscapes Say?', Het Nieuwe Instituut (NL) and MARCH Architecture Institute (RU), online
2021 Lecture within Series 'Soil! What lies beneath your feet?', Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
2021 Panel Discussion, 'Edible Earth. Solving Hunger through Art and Expansive Research', Harare Conversations, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
2020 Lecture, conversation and earth tasting 'Museum of Edible Earth', Palace of Culture, Onega, Russia
2020 Panel Discussion 'Growth/Waste - The aesthetics and care of the soil in the urban environment', Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), UK
2020 Lecture and exchange '(Eating?) Earth', Arctic School of Traditional Wooden Shipbuilding, Arkhangelsk, Russia
2020 Earth sharing and tasting, Unsko Ribosolie Museum (Музей Унско Рыбосолье), Pertominsk, Russia
2020 Panel discussion at EISA Virtual Conference (European International Studies Association), Prague, Czech Republic
2020 Workshop on art, activism and environment, Climate Justice Camp, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Artist talk and earth tasting, Suderbyn, Gotland, Sweden
2020 Lecture, online Marathon Climate Education Youth, Art-Science Module, Russia
2020 Artist talk (online), pIAR Virtual Studio Tour, Kumasi, Ghana
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, Unknown Grounds, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2019 Talk, exchange and earth tasting, Tumi Foundation, Kumasi, Ghana
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, 705 art group, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, Bartalk#16: Sensory Ecologies, curated by Marit Mihklepp, The Hague, The Netherlands
2019 Eating Earth, talk and tastings with Masha Ru and Elvira Semmoh, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, Science Com, Heidelberg, Germany
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, Arthouse, Havana, Cuba
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, El Bleko, Havana, Cuba
2019 Artist talk and earth tasting, Copincha, Havana, Cuba
2019 Museum of Edible Earth, conversation between Masha Ru and Celine Nneka, AAF, Lagos, Nigeria
2018 Public program ‘Time-depth landscape’, curated by Satellietgroep, Electriciteitsfabriek, The Hague, The Netherlands
2018 Participatory workshop 'Play The Clay', Ballroom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 Artist talk, 'Klei eten in Kleiburg', Burenhuis van Buuren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 Artist talk, 'Leven van de Kunst', Amsterdam Academic Club, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 Workshop and presentation 'Art, science and cosmovision', City of Imagination, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
2017 Artist talk, 'Art, science and spirituality', City of Imagination, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
2017 Workshop, 'Museum of Edible Earth', World Design Event, Eindhoven, Then Netherlands
2017 Artist talk, 'Museum of Edible Earth', Impulse, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2017 Artist talk, 'Conference of Stones', PopInnPark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Group Presentation during Sensory Reality Hackathon, Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2016 Artist talk, Pasirputih Foundation, Lombok, Indonesia
2016 'Zwarte Markt voor Kennis', LAB111, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Workshop 'Big Cosmic Data', Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2016 Workshop ‘Cooking clay’ with Dina Roussou, PopInnPark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Talk ‘Eat*a*ble’, West Java Cultural Park, Bandung, Indonesia
2016 Workshop ‘Clay Mural’, Jatiwangi art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia
2016 Workshop ‘Happiness Function’, Jatiwangi art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia
2016 'Zwarte Markt voor Kennis', Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 ‘BioTalk’, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 ‘RaisingDoubts.nl Platform Launch’, artist talk, The Bookstore Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Workshop ‘Clay=Food? Lab’ with Arie Syarifuddin and Dina Roussou, Baltan laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2015 Workshop ‘Nice 2 Map U’ with Xmas95, The Moving Museum of Clothes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 ‘Raising Doubts’, artist talk with Jasmin Moeller, National Gallery, Zimbabwe
2015 Workshop ‘Cooking clay’ with Dina Roussou, The Shelf, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Workshop ‘Eat*a*ble’, The Bookstore Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Lecture ‘Mathematics & Photography’, Zwaanshoek, The Netherlands
2014 Workshop ‘Eat*a*ble’, Art-route Amsterdam South-East, The Netherlands
2014 Workshop ‘A fresh look at clay’, Starvation experiment, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Workshop 'Video-mapping' with Xmas95, Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
2014 Short talk at ’Geert Wilders, arts benefit to society and 10 other ideas’, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Open conversation with Karin Arink, Ram Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013 Lecture, Tweespan Mira, organized by groups 'Veldhoeven' and 'Luminos', Veldhoven, The Netherlands
2012 WILCO - Conference on Social Innovation, Committee of the regions, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Workshop 'Dutch Weekend in M17' organized by Crea-Pro, M17, Kiev, Ukraine,
2012 Lecture 'Mathematics & Photography / Clothes of the future' UFW, Kiev, Ukraine
2012 Lecture, Greter Art Centre, 'Design. The New World' project, Kiev, Ukraine
2012 Lecture 'Mathematics & Photography', International Design Society, Moscow, Russia
2011 Lecture, Cultural night, the Bookstore project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grants, fellowships, awards and nominations
2023 Finalist at Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year in Art and Science
2023 Creative Industries Fund NL, Starters Grant Design
2023 The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), Development budget
2023 Mondriaan Fund, grant ‘International Art Presentation’
2022 Creative Industries Fund NL, grant 'Professionalization and deepening of the practice'
2022 Finalist at Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year in Art and Science
2022 YouFab, Global Creative Awards, Grand Prize, Democratic experiment(s), Japan
2021 Pauwhof Fonds, project grant
2021 Prix Ars Electronica 'Artificial Intelligence & Life Art', Award of Distinction
2021 Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, project grant
2021 The Embassy of the Netherlands in St. Petersburg, travel grant
2020 Creative Industries Fund NL, Grant Design
2020 The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), project grant
2020 Tijl Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2020 Creative Industries Fund NL, travel voucher
2020 The Embassy of the Netherlands in Moscow, travel grant
2019 Mondriaan Fund, Grant for Established Artists
2019 Wilhelmina Jansen Fonds, project grant
2019 Creative Industries Fund NL, travel voucher
2018 The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), development budget
2018 Creative Industries Fund NL, travel voucher
2017 Stichting Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds, travel grant
2017 Creative Industries Fund NL, Starters Grant Design
2016 Wilhelmina Jansen Fonds, project grant
2015 Mondriaan Fund, Grant for Established Artists
2014 KPN, fellowship Rijksakademie
2013 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Peter Paul Peterich Fonds
2012 Volkskrant magazine nomination, TPPA
2011 ELLE nomination, TPPA
2011 GUP nomination, TPPA
2009 Viewbook conceptual photostory: 2nd public prize
Other
2019-2022 External adviser of Amsterdam Art Fund (AFK)
2022 Co-organiser of 'Sacred Water' event, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022 Initiator and co-organiser of the symposium 'Earth as Superfood?' at Wageningen University, the Netherlands
2021 Co-host of selected episodes at the radio programme Soil Matters
2020 Panel 'Challenges of Diversity and Inclusion' at 'Ecovillage Solutions for Extraordinary Times', online gathering
2020 Initiator of the Grounding programme within Post Crisis Hope Radio
2020 Co-organiser of the online conference Post Crisis Immersion
2020 Co-organiser of the workshop 'Autonomous Servers Network'
2018 Initiator and organiser of two-days event 'Eating Earth' at NIAS-KNAW and OBA Bijlmerplein, Amsterdam >>
2016 Co-founder No Land’s Men Foundation
2011-2016 Participant Bookstore Foundation (community art project)
2013 Initiator and co-organizer of No Land’s Men exhibition, within bilateral Dutch-Russian year
Scientific Work
PhD Thesis: Automated focusing and astigmatism correction in electron microscopy, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2011, ISBN 978-90-386-2610-9
Book contribution: From scientific instrument to industrial machine
Editors: R. Doornbos, S. van Loo, 2012, Springer, ISBN 978-94-007-4146-1
Awards
2011 Presidential Student Award from Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
2011 Best Student Paper Award at International Conference of Applied Mathematics and Engineering, London, GB
Journal publications
[1] M.E. Rudnaya, R.M. Ochshorn, Sharpness functions for computational aesthetics and image sublimation, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, 38(4):359-367, 2011
[2] M.E. Rudnaya, H.G. ter Morsche, J.M.L. Maubach, R.M.M. Mattheij, A derivative-based fast autofocus method in electron microscopy, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 44(1):38-51, 2011
[3] M.E. Rudnaya, W. Van den Broek, R.M.P. Doornbos, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, Autofocus and twofold astigmatism correction in HAADF-STEM, Ultramicroscopy, 111:1043–1054, 2011
[4] M.E. Rudnaya, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, H.G. ter Morsche, Orientation identification of the power spectrum, Optical Engineering, 50(103201):1-13, 2011
[5] K. Kumar, M. Pisarenco, M. Rudnaya, V. Savcenco, S. Srivastava, Shape reconstruction techniques for optical sectioning of arbitrary objects, Mathematics–in–Industry Case Studies J., 3:19–36, 2011
[6] M.E. Rudnaya, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, Evaluating sharpness functions for automated scanning electron microscopy, Journal of Microscopy, 240:38-49, 2010
[7] V. Savcenco, K. Kumar, M. Pisarenco, M. Rudnaya, A note on analysis and numerics of algae growth, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 2012, accepted
[8] M. Rudnaya, W. Van den Broek, R. Doornbos, S. Kho, R. Mattheij, J. Maubach, A New Method for Defocus and Astigmatism Correction in Electron Microscopy, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 17 (Suppl. 2) 528-529
[9] M.E. Rudnaya, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, Iterative autofocus algorithms for scanning electron microscopy, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 15(Suppl 2):1108–1109, 2009
Conference proceedings
[1] M.E. Rudnaya, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, H.G. ter Morsche, Autocorrelation-based sharpness functions, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing Systems, Yantai, China, 2011
[2] M.E. Rudnaya, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, H.G. ter Morsche, Gradient-based sharpness function, International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics, volume 1, pages 301–306, London, UK, 2011
[3] M.E. Rudnaya, S.C. Kho, R.M.M. Mattheij, J.M.L. Maubach, Derivative-free optimization for autofocus and astigmatism correction in electron microscopy, 2nd International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010
[4] A. Thornton, T. Wienhart, O. Bokhove, B. Zhang, K. Kumar, M. Pisarenco, M. Rudnaya, V. Savcenco, J. Rademacher, J. Zijlstra, A. Szabelska, M. Van der Schans, V. Timperio, F. Veerman, Modeling and optimization of algae groth, 72nd European study group Mathematics with industry, pages 54–85, Amsterdam, The NetheRlands, 2010
[5] F. Schilder, R. Christensen, J. Sylvest, K. Kumar, M. Rudnaya, V. Savcenco, B. Sobiegraj, C. Please, R. Style, Design parameters for a siphon system, Proceedings of 76th European Study Group with Industry, Lyngby, Denmark, 2010
[6] M.E. Rudnaya, J.M.L. Maubach, R.M.M. Mattheij, Scanning electron microscopy: Power spectrum analysis, 9th Multinational Conference on Microscopy, pages 185–186, Graz, Austria, 2009
