Ekaterina Shelganova

Ekaterina Shelganova is an artist and photographer from Saint Petersburg who has lived in Sweden since May 2022. She previously worked on independent films as a director, scriptwriter and actor. In 2022 she was a resident at Björkö Konstnod/BKN, which opened studios for artists from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine after the invasion of Ukraine. Her work includes the ICEMEN photographs and the NUDES book project, which was still in progress at the time of the pages. Shelganova's stay was supported by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and linked to SWAN, an organization working with Artists at Risk.