BIO

Nika Grigorian (b. St. Petersburg, Russia) is a research-based artist, curator, and educator whose practice focuses on the intersections of feminism, post-socialist rurality, and peasant knowledges. Through a multidisciplinary approach, her work investigates the cultivation practices of women in post-socialist rural spaces, examining how these practices intersect with broader socio-ecological narratives.

Currently, she is pursuing a Binational Artistic PhD between the University of the Arts Bremen (HfK Bremen) and the Valand Academy (HdK Valand), where her doctoral research focuses on the embodied and material knowledges of women in these contexts.

Grigorian’s practice spans exhibitions, publications, educational initiatives as well as art in public spaces. She has published numerous articles, zines, and magazines. From 2019 to 2021, she worked as the publisher of eigenart Magazine at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). During this time, she was also an active member of the General Students' Committee and Students Parliament, and co-founded Klasse Klima and UdKFF, initiatives advocating for climate justice and feminist discourse. From 2022 to 2024, she worked as an online editor at Berlin theater Sophiensaele, furthering her engagement with performative and textual practices. Currently, Grigorian is actively involved in Frauen machen Druck, an independent printmaking group, that amplifies diverse, migrant, and feminist voices. 

Grigorian holds an MA in Art in Context from UdK Berlin and a BA in Journalism from St. Petersburg University. She teaches at HfK Bremen and HBK Saar, where she continues to explore the intersections of art, research, and pedagogy. 

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Education

since 2023    PhD condidate between HfK Bremen und HDK Valand Gothenburg 
2018 – 2021  MA Art in Context / University of the Arts Berlin, Germany 
2015 – 2017  BA Cultural Studies & Slavic Studies /  University of Cologne, Germany 
2016 – 2017  Erasmus / Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa Naples, Italy
2013 – 2015  BA Journalism / State University of Technology and Design, Saint Petersburg, Russia 

Selected Exhibitions

2024  Картупель / Rural Library, Koshmudor, Komi Republic
2024  Картупель / National Library of Komi Republic, Syktyvkar
2022  Sensing the City – Sense of the City / O.R.i, Berlin; Zwitschermaschine, Berlin; Biblioteca de Marvila, Lisbon
2021  Rundgang Preview / Haus der Statistik, Berlin
2020  Virtueller Rundgang / eigenart, Berlin (digital)
2019  40 Jahre Kunst im Kontext / NGBK, Berlin
2018  How Can We Keep the Chaos? / ACUD, Berlin

Teaching

2025 Studium Planetare lecture series, Fluid Dictionary: Stitching the Words in Motion, Co-led with Ivana Papić, University of the Arts, Berlin 
2024/25 Seminar, Navigating Collective Landscapes, Co-led with Ximena Gutiérrez Toro, Hochschule für Künste, Bremen
2024/25 Seminar, Hacking the Institution, Co-led with Ximena Gutiérrez Toro
Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken 

Selected Publications

2025 From the Place of Soils, Edge of the Glacier, Landing
2021 Russian Avant-Garde and the Rural Spaces, eigenart
2021 Kokvitskaya Gora: The Progress of Standing for Community Rights, Rundgang Preview
2020 Mit Kunst Planeten Retten, eigenart