photo by Steeve Constanty
Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko are two artists. They work with photography, documentary films and text. Since 2019 live and work together in Moldova.
Carolina was born in 1995 in Bender (Moldova). She studied art and documentary photography at the Fotografika Academy (St. Petersburg, Russia). Valentin was born in 1995 in Gornyak (Russia). He graduated from Russian State University
of Cinematography with a major in Animation and Multimedia (Moscow, Russia), also he graduated from Fotografika — the Academy of Documentary and Art Photography (St. Petersburg, Russia).
They took part in international festivals and exhibitions at the Sharjah Art Foundation (United Arab Emirates), Fondation François Schneider (France), The National Museum of Art of Moldova (Moldova), Golubitskoe Art Foundation (Russia), Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Les Rencontres d'Arles (France), National Taras Shevchenko Museum (Ukraine), Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art (Russia) etc.
Winners of Contemporary Talents 10th Fondation François Schneider (France), Contemporary Photography Funding The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation (Germany), Prix Les Nuits Photo Freelens (France) etc.
The first edition of Twisted Lullabies is a collective exhibition that will take place in 2 locations: MATCA artspace in Cluj-Napoca and in L1 Studios, Atelierele Malmaison, Maatka Phi Association in Bucharest. The project connect three countries - Romania, Moldova, Serbia - along an itinerary approached both physically and imaginatively - designed to provide research opportunities or make visible artworks based on research in a context inspired by transitions, mutations and the "continuous past" of Eastern European culture.
Photographies Apă, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko
Voices above Water
curated by Ally Zlatar
The Ashley Lashley Foundation
The Starving Artist proudly presents voices above water; an immersive showcase that aims to bring together works of art that delve into the crucial themes of climate conservation, diversity, and preservation activism. Through thought-provoking and visually stunning creations, we seek to inspire change, foster awareness, and ignite conversations surrounding the urgent need to protect and preserve our planet's precious ecosystem.
Photographies Apă, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko
The National Art Museum of Moldova opens the international exhibition “Beyond Photography”, dedicated to contemporary photography by Moldovan and Romanian photographers and artists. And it is a cultural dialogue that provides a unique opportunity for interaction, understanding of cultural contexts, exchange of ideas and experience between authors of different generations.
Photographies Apă, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko
Ural Industrial Biennial
of Contemporary Art
The World is Overflowing with Either Rubbish or Our Memories
14 April – 13 June 2021
curated by Varvara Busova
RussiaThe Darkroom Rumour
The first edition of Twisted Lullabies is a collective exhibition that will take place in 2 locations: MATCA artspace in Cluj-Napoca and in L1 Studios, Atelierele Malmaison, Maatka Phi Association in Bucharest. The project connect three countries - Romania, Moldova, Serbia - along an itinerary approached both physically and imaginatively - designed to provide research opportunities or make visible artworks based on research in a context inspired by transitions, mutations and the "continuous past" of Eastern European culture.
Photographies Apă, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko
Voices above Water
curated by Ally Zlatar
The Ashley Lashley Foundation
The Starving Artist proudly presents voices above water; an immersive showcase that aims to bring together works of art that delve into the crucial themes of climate conservation, diversity, and preservation activism. Through thought-provoking and visually stunning creations, we seek to inspire change, foster awareness, and ignite conversations surrounding the urgent need to protect and preserve our planet's precious ecosystem.
Photographies Apă, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko
The National Art Museum of Moldova opens the international exhibition “Beyond Photography”, dedicated to contemporary photography by Moldovan and Romanian photographers and artists. And it is a cultural dialogue that provides a unique opportunity for interaction, understanding of cultural contexts, exchange of ideas and experience between authors of different generations.
Photographies Apă, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko
Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
The World is Overflowing with Either Rubbish or Our Memories
14 April – 13 June 2021
curated by Varvara Busova
RussiaThe Darkroom Rumour