Lidia Sharapova is a Russian American photographer based in Milwaukee, WI. She grew up in Siberia and moved to the United States in 2013. There she works as a photographer and videographer. Lidia uses photography to explore gender identity, womanhood, and femininity.
AWARDS/GRANTS:
2021 FRESH EYES talents, powered by GUP Magazine
2021 Portrait Of Humanity by 1854 British Journal of Photography, shortlist
2021 2nd Annual International Portrait/Fashion Exhibition by Analog Film Photography Association
EXHIBITIONS:
2021 | Queering the Cream City, billboard art exhibition | Milwaukee, WI
2021 | As We Are, Solo exhibition | Bay View Gallery Night, Milwaukee, WI
2020 | Love, and Loss, and Resilience, Group exhibition | SXSE, Molena, GA
2020 | I Witness, Group exhibition | Warehouse gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2019 | Street Photography, Solo exhibition | Bay View Gallery Night, Milwaukee
2019| COPA, Group exhibition | Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI
PRESENTATION / ARTIST TALK:
January 2021 “COPA Spotlight”, Milwaukee, WI
March 2019 “These Milwaukee Streets” with Olympus, Milwaukee, WI
EDUCATION:
2019 — 2021 School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc, St.Petersburg, Russia
October 2013 “The Eddie Adams Workshop XXVI”, Jeffersonville, New York.
2012 — 2013 “Photojournalism” by Sergey Maximishin. School of visual arts, Moscow, Russia.
1999 — 2004 M.S. Industrial & Civil Engineering, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow, Russia.
