Mikhail Petrov is a russian visual artist, anthropologist, working with documentary and art-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
