Mikhail Petrov is a russian visual artist, social anthropologist, working with documentary photography.
Mikhail was born in Kiev in 1985. Based in Moscow.
Member of The Russian Union of Art Photographers since 2017.
The author’s interests include long-term projects devoted to research of various spheres of human activity through the prism of their historical and socio-cultural features.
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Awards & achievements:
2021 – Diploma winner of the Open All-Russian photo contest “PhotoSoyuz. Unity” in the “Architecture” and “Art-Photography” nominations
2021 – Diploma winner of the photo contest of the III All-Russian Festival of Russian Art Photography
2020 – Finalist of the 19th All-Russian photo contest “Young Photographers of Russia-2020”
2020 – Scholarship of The Ministry for Culture of Russia for artistic attainments
2019 – 1st place in the photo contest “Point on the map. Rhythms of everyday life” of the XIII International Festival of Photography “Photoparade in Uglich” in the “Culture & Traditions” nomination
2019 – Scholarship of The Ministry for Culture of Russia for artistic attainments
2018 – Diploma winner of the 17th All-Russian photo contest “Young Photographers of Russia-2018” (special diploma for the project “Salt of the Earth”)
2018 – Scholarship of The Ministry for Culture of Russia for artistic attainments
Selected exhibitions:
2021 – All-Russian festival “PhotoSoyuz. Unity” (Museum complex “Kremlin”, Suzdal, Russia) – Group
2021 – “Portrait of a Man. Russia. XX and XXI centuries” within the framework of the III All-Russian Festival of Russian Art Photography (Museum and exhibition center, Serpukhov, Russia) – Group
2020 – “Russian North in Mikhail Petrov’s photographs” (The main alley of Fili-Park, Moscow, Russia) – Personal
2020 – All-Russian festival “Young photographers of Russia – 2020″ (Innovative Cultural Center, Kaluga, Russia) – Group
2019 – XIII International Festival of Photography “Photoparade in Uglich” (Uglich Kremlin, Uglich, Russia) – Group
2019 – The Sense of Snow Festival (The main alley of Fili-Park, Moscow, Russia) – Group
2018 – All-Russian festival “Young photographers of Russia – 2018″ (Russian State Library for Young Adults, Moscow, Russia) – Group
