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"The Road..." Lyalya Kuznetsova
Exposición 12 de agosto − 12 de septiembre 2021
The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, the National Gallery Khazine and the Gallery of Modern Art hold an exhibition "The Road..." Lyalya Kuznetsova.
Lyalya Mendybayevna Kuznetsova (Khalitova) was born on August 4, 1946 in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, she graduated from high school there and entered the Kazan Aviation Institute in 1966. After graduating from the institute in 1972, she worked as an aviation engineer at the Research Institute of Vakuummash. At the end of the 1970s, after the tragic death of her husband, she took up photography. Lyalya Kuznetsova exhibited many times in different countries, but she never forgot her roots and always proudly emphasized that she was from Kazan, from Tatarstan.
From 1979 to 1988, Lyalya Kuznetsova was a frequent participant of exhibitions "Contemporary Soviet Photography" in Vilnius, Prague, Paris, Tallinn, London, Helsinki, and Stockholm. In 1980 at the European Photobiennale she was awarded the Grand Prize of the city of Paris "For humanism in photography". Her first solo exhibition was held in the Lithuanian Photographers' Union exhibition hall in Vilnius in 1989. After the collapse of the Soviet Union up to 1992 Lyalya Kuznetsova's works were exhibited in Washington D.C. and Amsterdam within the framework of the Contemporary Soviet Photography exhibition. Throughout the 1990s her works were on display at festivals and exhibitions in France, Germany, USA, Netherlands and Portugal. In 1997 she was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence in New York for her contribution to the world of photography. In the 2000s her personal exhibitions were held in various Russian cities. Lyalya Kuznetsova's books have been published by famous foreign publishers Thames and Hundon, Aperture, etc. In Russia, her book "The Road" was published by "Treemedia". Lyalya Kuznetsova's works are in the collections of Russian museums, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, USA), Museum of Art Photography (Philadelphia, USA), Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany), Mayor`s Photo Museum Ville De Paris (Paris, France), Encontros de Fotografia (Coimbra, Portugal), and also in private collections in Russia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France and USA.
Prepared according to the materials of the website kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve.
Lyalya Mendybayevna Kuznetsova (Khalitova) was born on August 4, 1946 in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, she graduated from high school there and entered the Kazan Aviation Institute in 1966. After graduating from the institute in 1972, she worked as an aviation engineer at the Research Institute of Vakuummash. At the end of the 1970s, after the tragic death of her husband, she took up photography. Lyalya Kuznetsova exhibited many times in different countries, but she never forgot her roots and always proudly emphasized that she was from Kazan, from Tatarstan.
From 1979 to 1988, Lyalya Kuznetsova was a frequent participant of exhibitions "Contemporary Soviet Photography" in Vilnius, Prague, Paris, Tallinn, London, Helsinki, and Stockholm. In 1980 at the European Photobiennale she was awarded the Grand Prize of the city of Paris "For humanism in photography". Her first solo exhibition was held in the Lithuanian Photographers' Union exhibition hall in Vilnius in 1989. After the collapse of the Soviet Union up to 1992 Lyalya Kuznetsova's works were exhibited in Washington D.C. and Amsterdam within the framework of the Contemporary Soviet Photography exhibition. Throughout the 1990s her works were on display at festivals and exhibitions in France, Germany, USA, Netherlands and Portugal. In 1997 she was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence in New York for her contribution to the world of photography. In the 2000s her personal exhibitions were held in various Russian cities. Lyalya Kuznetsova's books have been published by famous foreign publishers Thames and Hundon, Aperture, etc. In Russia, her book "The Road" was published by "Treemedia". Lyalya Kuznetsova's works are in the collections of Russian museums, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, USA), Museum of Art Photography (Philadelphia, USA), Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany), Mayor`s Photo Museum Ville De Paris (Paris, France), Encontros de Fotografia (Coimbra, Portugal), and also in private collections in Russia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France and USA.
Prepared according to the materials of the website kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve.
