Margarita Galandina, Among The Trees, 1/5, silver gelatine p...

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Margarita Galandina, Among The Trees, 1/5, silver gelatine print, 42cm x 28cm, framed, featured in the 'Ovoo Exhibition', London, summer 2024

A portrait of the artist's brother contemplating Olkhon landscape, marked by Serge - a totem post marking the land with a spiritual presence, shot on Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia

Margarita Galandina (born 1999) is a photographer and researcher from Siberia, currently based in London. She was raised in the Republic of Buryatia and maintains a strong connection with her homeland. She studied ballet and academic drawing in her early years before moving to the UK in 2017. Galandina holds a BA in Fashion Communication and Promotion from Central Saint Martins and an MA in Photography from the London College of Communication. Her work is deeply influenced by Indigenous Siberian Heritage, particularly Buryat-Mongolian, and delves into themes of memory, indigenisation, migration, and cultural identity in postcolonial spaces.

Margo has been recognised with several awards and has exhibited her work internationally. In 2023, she was a Mead Fellowship Awardee, included in the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023 at the National Portrait Gallery, Belfast Photo Festival 2023. She was shortlisted for the Sproxton Photography Award 2022 and had her work featured in the British Journal of Photography