Sébastien Bonin - 2021
Apollinaria Broche (b. 1995, Moscow, Russia) lives and works in Moscow and Paris. She studied architecture and interior design at the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry. Then turned her focus to sculpture at the OTIS College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She graduated from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris (studio Anne Veronica Janssens/ Jean- Michel Alberola) in 2020.
She has recently collaborated with Acne Studios and has exhibited with La Mediterranée at POUSH Manifesto and at Bastille Design Center in Paris, 2020; at Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Triumph Gallery in Moscow; Biennale de Paname in Paris, CalArts, in LA, USA, 2019; Gorky Park Museum in Moscow, Roxy Hotel, in Hollywood LA, USA and at La Paix in Paris, 2018 among others.
For the last few years Apollinaria has been exploring spaces that on the one hand are the product of her childhood memories, and on the other hand the experiences gained in various travels and adventures. She is now working to recreate “third dimensions” and heterotopias (playgrounds, abandoned places, cemeteries, etc.). These places exist in our societies, but tend to be ignored and neglected. She looks for ways to convey all the magic and charm of these places. It is in such places that myths come into contact with reality.