Tanya Volkova

Curator, activist, organizer of Femfest and Media Impact

Books

Family

Protest

Who is the Artist

Events

2021/03/17 London - Some years ago in Moscow

2017/02/22 Johannesburg - Johannesburg’s school kids workshop by Zandile Ngubeni

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Olumide Abimbola

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Yana Smetanina

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Polina Yermakova

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Lea Irmish

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Alexandra Shadrina

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Veronika Makarova

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Andreas Siekmann

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Ilona M. Otto

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Frank Engster

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Sara Løve Daðadóttir

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Vera Kravchik

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Anastasia Khoroshilova

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Olof Sverrisdottir

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Keith Hart

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