Short biography
Jeanna Kolesova
Visual Arts
March, April, May 2025
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur des Landes Brandenburg
Jeanna Kolesova (*1988 in Moorland Village, Russia) is an artist, filmmaker, and researcher. They work predominantly with moving image, performance, web, installation, and text. Their works reflect on the manipulation of history and information and the influence of imperial technologies on human and non-human bodies and landscapes.
Kolesova studied documentary film and photography in St. Petersburg, interactive media at California Institute of the Arts, and experimental film and new media at the Berlin University of Arts. Their works have been exhibited at the Fotograf Festival in Prague (2024), Berliner Ringtheater (2024), Kunstraum Kreuzberg (2024), nGbK in Berlin (2023), EMOP Berlin (2023), HYBRID Biennale in Dresden (2022), Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2021), and at the Photography Museum in Berlin (2021). Kolesova was awarded a KUNSTFONDS scholarship in 2024 and Karl Hofer Scholarship in 2023. They participated in the Berlin Goldrausch artist program in 2024. Kolesova belongs to various artistic-political groups.