The BAIBAKOV art projects team is a small society of people brought together by an immense curiousity and passion for contemporary art. While coming from very diverse backgrounds, they share a personal commitment to the betterment and the beautification both of the world around them and also of themselves as part of that world. Every member of this team is actively invested in every part of the creative process, with a positive energy fitting the dynamism of Maria Baibakova’s vision.

Mission

Founded by Maria Baibakova in 2008, BAIBAKOV art projects is a non-profit platform for culturalproduction, dedicated to the support and sustained development of emerging and experimental art practicein Moscow. BAIBAKOV art projects has become a premier contemporary art destination in Russia, while simultaneously operating abroad with its international program.

In its former location at the Red October Chocolate Factory, BAIBAKOV art projects was host to some of Moscow’s most progressive and provocative exhibitions, including: the inaugural “invasion : evasion,” which featured 22 site-specific commissions by Russian artists; “Natural Wonders: New Art from London,” which included works by Idris Khan, Doug White, Conrad Shawcross and Toby Ziegler, among others; “FIVE,” which showcased Walead Beshty, Matthew Brannon, Wade Guyton, Sterling Ruby and Kelley Walker; and solo exhibitions by Luc Tuymans, Olga Chernysheva and Paul Pfeiffer. 

With “Perpetual Battles,” BAIBAKOV art projects will launch its new exhibition space. Located on the Paveletskaya riverbank, across from the famous ZIL Factory, the site features over 13,000 square feet ofexhibition space, a lecture hall for public programs, a rooftop with 360º views of Moscow, as well as exterior exhibition space for public sculpture.

BAIBAKOV art projects will occupy two floors devoted to rotating exhibitions and public programming. The main exhibition hall features twenty-six foot ceilings enabling large-scale installations. A lecture hall and reading lounge provide spaces for public programs as well as cocktail receptions.

With this move, BAIBAKOV art projects will expand its platform of exhibitions, public programs and public art projects both within and outside of Moscow while continuing to cultivate a global dialogue with the Russian art community.

BAIBAKOV art projects is planning an international series of public programs in New York, Moscow and Paris for late 2010.

Maria Baibakova

Director and Chief Curator

Director and chief curator, Maria Baibakova was born in Moscow and later studied art history at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, and at the Courtauld Institute, London, where she obtained a distinction in her MA. She has gained invaluable experience working within multiple facets of the contemporary art world, from museums and galleries, to auction houses and advising. This experience informs her own independent practice as a curator, bringing an international insight to her work in Moscow. 

Kate Sutton

Associate Curator

Kate Sutton was born in Nashville, TN, and studied Art History at Stanford University, and at the San Francisco Art Institute, where she collaborated with Okwui Enwezor and Hou Hanru as part of the inaugural Museum and Exhibition Studies Masters’ Program. Having worked with a number of cultural institutions in the United States, Finland, and Russia, Sutton has lectured widely on contemporary Russian art and written for publications including Artforum, Artnet, and ArtAxis.

Katya Bochavar

Exhibition Designer

Anna Dyulgerova

Director of Communications and Special Projects

Liza Degtyarnikova

Director of Development

Katerina Krupennikova

PR Manager

Daria Repina

Project Coordinator

Oksana Lyashuk

PA to Maria Baibakova