About me. MARIA MOCHALÓVA | Art Director × AI Creative

About me

Born on December 22, 1997, in Moscow, into a family with Russian, Azerbaijani, Iranian, Belarusian and Jewish heritage.

This multilayered cultural background shaped my view of art as a dialogue between people. I work with emotion as a universal language and create artistic forms that speak to people across cultures and professions.

Education

  • VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography), Moscow
    Specialist Degree — Film & TV Costume Design
    (Workshop of Prof. M. B. Ananyeva and Assoc. Prof. E. N. Lukyanova)
  • A. N. Kosygin Russian State University, Moscow
    Incomplete Bachelor’s degree — Costume and Accessories Design 

Professional experience

Film & TV Series

(Costume Designer / Costume Assistant)

  • How Dad Stole Snow from Mom — dir. A. Karmaeva
  • Zoya’s Nights — dir. A. Karmaeva
  • S.O.C.H. — dir. R. Geydarov
  • Developing — dir. R. Geydarov
  • Avocado dir. V. Suslin
  • Keys — dir. A. Fomichev
  • The Lady with the Dog — dir. E. Popova
  • Only the Wind Knows — dir. N. Gubareva
  • Warsaw Melody — dir. V. Vorobyova
  • You’re a Mother — dir. A. Nekiforov (Costume Assistant)
  • Great Russian Literature — dir. Andrey Glazkov (Costume Assistant)
  • Grozny — dir. A. Andrianov (Costumer) and others

Music & Commercial Projects

(Costume Designer / Art Director)

  • Art Director for Atomy Korea advertising campaign (Protein Intensive)
  • Music videos: Nail Shary — Let It Be — dir. T. Lebedev
  • Film almanac Sixteen Plus — dir. A. Karmaeva
  • Commercial Hangnang — dir. A. Karmaeva 
  • Commercial HARITONOV.CAPITAL — dir. I. Velin 

Theatre & Set Design

(Production designer / Set Designer)

  • Performances: Three Sisters. RENIXA — dir. E. Isakova, Land of the Deaf — dir. A. Venkova
  • Set Designer for the film Crime and Punishment — dir. F. Kravchuk

Exhibitions & Awards

Participant in more than 15 exhibition projects, including:

  • The Magic of Theatre and Cinema
  • Dialogues. Young Art
  • Within the Frame
  • In Search of an Image
  • Diploma Works of Art Universities (New Tretyakov Gallery)
  • Teachers and Students (ART PARADE)
  • Golden Line, and others

Winner and laureate of international art competitions, festivals, and exhibitions
organized by:

  • VGIK
  • Moscow State University of Design and Technology
  • Moscow Union of Artists
  • Union of Artists of Russia
  • Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Conferences & Publications

  • Participant of the round table at the Russian Academy of Arts (2021)
    Topic: methodologies of teaching scenography and film art
  • Illustration selection for books by G. G. Galadzheva: Essays on the History of European Costume, Journey into the World of Men’s Costume

Researcher & Film Collection Curator

State Central Cinema Museum (Moscow)

  • Attribution and research work with film collections, including: Hard to Be a God (dir. Aleksei German), Sonka — The Golden Hand (dir. Vladimir Merezhko)
  • Curatorial work for the exhibition Highest Standard. Gold Embroidery in Cinema (in collaboration with the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Torzhok)
  • Exhibition designer for My Heart Is Full of Pity — dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aleksei German
  • Coordinator of major exhibition projects: Oleg Yankovsky. In Dreams and Reality, Cosmos on Screen, Collages of Alfred Schnittke


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