CV & BIO
Aleksandr Leshchenok (b. 1974) and Marina Ogneva (b. 1980) are interdisciplinary artists based in Siberia with extensive experience in landscape photography. Alongside this, they develop independent artistic projects, many of which focus on environmental transformation and the long-term consequences of human intervention in the landscape.
Working across photography, digital collage, land art, and walking practices, they share a commitment to care, responsibility, and forms of coexistence that stand against violence and destruction.
The duo lives and works in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
AWARDS
2026 — Landscape prize, Image & Neige Festival, Cluses, France
2025 — Editors’ Pick, LensCulture Art Photography Awards
2025 — Shortlist, International Festival ‘Light and Colour’, Elets, Russia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 — 'Hide in the fog the area', Ploschad Mira Museum Center of Contemporary Art, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2025 — Golden Turtle International Photo Festival, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2025 — Light and Colour International Photography Festival, Elets, Russia
2025 — Jubilee exhibition (35th anniversary of the Russian Union of Art Photographers), Historical Museum Reserve, Novorossiysk, Russia
2025 — 'Letters to the winter sun', Osobnyak Gallery, Russian Union of Art Photographers, Krasnodar, Russia
ART RESIDENCY
2023 — Photography as Art: The Monocle and Other Ways of Capturing Light, Yergaki Nature Park, Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia
EDUCATION
2026 — School of Contemporary Art, Alternative Printing Course: Cyanotype
2025 — 2026 – New Art Photo School by Elena Sukhoveeva and Viktor Khmel
2025 — Natalia Ershova’s Photo School: Creating Installations for photography
2007 — Management of Innovations internship in Germany (as part of the Presidential Management Training Program)
2004–2005 — Krasnoyarsk State University, specializing in Marketing
1997–2001 — International University of Kyrgyzstan, BA in Economics and Business (International Economic Relations)
1991-1996 — Khakass Technical Institute, Mechanical Engineering