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George Mayer, Russian Federation

2017 Sony World Photography Awards - Winner, Portraiture, Professional Competition

 

George was born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1985. In 2004 he graduated from the Ural College of Arts and Crafts with honors where he majored in environmental design.
Up to 2007 he worked as an interior designer. He participated and became a prize winner of Russian national contests of architecture and design. His works were published in professional books and periodicals for architects and designers by such publishing houses as Tatlin and Univer Press.
Since 2008 he has been taking part in well-known international photo contests such as Photography Masters Cup (USA), The Spider Awards (USA), National Portrait Gallery Awards (UK), Maestro Photo Contest (Russia). In 2011 George Mayer won the Russian photo contest Young Photographers of Russia. The contest projects were exhibited in Kazan, Moscow, at the international art festival in Marsciano (Italy) and were published in professional editions. In 2011 George was the winner of the photo contest The Spider Awards (USA) where he won Photographer of the Year, Outstanding Achievements in Black-and-White Photography.
In 2011 George Mayer arranged his first personal exhibition in FotoliaLAB Gallery (Berlin, Germany). In 2012 he was a finalist of the contest Young Photographers of Russia after which he was admitted to the Union of Russian Art Photographers. In the same year he was nominated for the award in the photo contest Sony World Photography Awards, the exhibition was held in Somerset House (London, UK).
In 2015 he participated in the project Perfumer organized by the art center Perinnye Ryady in St. Petersburg (Russia). With his project “Shadows” he won Photographer of the Year at International Photography Awards. The award ceremony took place in Carnegie Hall (New York, USA). George was nominated for the first prize of IPA and Lucie Awards statuette.

In 2017 George won one of the most prestigious world photography contests «Sony World Photography Awards» where the project Light. Shadows. Perfect woman.» took the first prize among the professionals in nomination «Portraiture». After winning the project «Light. Shadows. Perfect woman.» was published in numerous specialized European editions about photography. The SONY company gave a grant for the project «Libido & Mortido», the portraits from this project were exhibited in Somerset House, London.
Along with art photography George Mayer works in commercial and fashion photography. Since 2009 he has been collaborating with internationally recognized modeling agencies and stylists. Thanks to this his works are regularly published in Russian and foreign fashion magazines. Among the companies that have bought photos by George Mayer are Adobe, Atlantic Records, Alfa Romeo, Lalique and others.
His photographs can be seen on covers of dozens of music CDs by such popular foreign singers as Chris Brown, «Buller for my Valentine», «Operator». And also one can see photos by George on books by acknowledged Russian and foreign writers and playwrights. Among them are the Nobel Prize winner in literature Mario Vargas Llosa and the famous French writer Bernard Werber. Some photos were also bought by Netflix for the film «Bright» (2017) starring Will Smith and some photos were bought by the MGM Television for the cult-favourite series «Fargo».

Since 2011 he has been selling his prints through the galleries all over the world, including Berlin, Paris, Los Angeles, Moscow, Kiev and London.

Participation in photo exhibitions and photo contests:

2008
the photo exhibition “So-Otnosheniya” (Co-Relations) in the “STUDIODIVANGALLERY” (city of Chelyabinsk, Russia) as part of the Soup Studio Art Group.
nominee of the photo contest “The Color Awards 2008” (USA)

2009
participant of the “Vnutrenniy Ural” (Inner Urals) exhibition within “Zhivaya Perm” (Living Perm), the festival of contemporary art (city of Perm, Russia) with the photo project “Vnutrenniy nabludatel” (Inner Observer) as part of the SoupStudio Art Group
participant of the 2009 Biennale of Contemporary Art in the city of Moscow (Russia) with the photo project “Vnutrenniy nabludatel” (Inner Observer) as part of the SoupStudio Art Group
award winner and nominee of the photo contest The color Awards 2009 (USA)
made the shortlist of the photo contest International Photography Awards (USA)
nominee for the prize of the photo contest Black and White Spider Awards 2009 (USA)

2010
award winner and nominee of the photo contest The Color Awards 2010 (US)

2011
nominee of the photo contest The Color Awards 2011 (USA)
made the shortlist of the EISA Maestro Photo Contest 2011
award winner and nominee of the photo contest Black and White Spider Awards 2011 (USA)
made the shortlist of the contest “Young Photographers of Russia 2011” (Moscow, Russia). Exhibitions: June - The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (city of Kazan, Russia); September - “Museo Dinamico del Laterizio e delle Terrecotte”, the State Museum of the city of Marsciano (Umbria region, Italy); October - “Communication Node/HUBspace ATS-42” (city of Cheboksary, Russia); November, December - “Voronezh Actors' House” (city of Voronezh, Russia)
Personal photo exhibition Hide and Seek in the FotoliaLAB gallery (city of Berlin, Germany)

2012
nominee of the photo contest SONY World Photography Awards 2012. The winners' exhibition was held at Somerset House (city of London, UK)
made the shortlist of the competition “Young Photographers of Russia 2012” (city of Moscow, Russia). Exhibitions: June - the Chuvash State Art Museum (city of Cheboksary, Russia); September - the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (city of St. Petersburg, Russia);
award winner and nominee of the photo contest “The Color Awards 2012” (USA)

2013
award winner and nominee of the photo contest “Black and White Spider Awards 2013” (USA)

2014
made the shortlist of the competition “Young Photographers of Russia 2014” (city of Moscow, Russia). Exhibitions: July - Landscape Museum of Ples (town of Ples, Russia); October, November - The Russian State Library for Young Adults (city of Moscow, Russia)

2015
personal exhibition “Deti i Mir” (Children and the World) in the Space Place gallery (city of Nizhny Tagil, Russia)
personal exhibition “Deti i Mir” (Children and the World) in the Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art “Sinara Art Gallery” (city of Ekaterinburg, Russia)
Winner of the photo contest International Photography Awards 2015. Russia, holder of the Photographer of the Year title, nominee for the International Photographer of the Year award. Exhibitions: October 2015 - Splashlight Studios (city of New York, USA); June 2016 - SM City Pampanga (province of Pampanga, Philippines); July 2016 - “Espace Beaurepaire Gallery” (city of Paris, France)
a participant of the photo project “Perfumer” in the Art Centre in Perinnye Ryady (Featherbed Rows) (city of St. Petersburg, Russia). Exhibitions: March 5 - May 3, 2015 - Art Center in Perinnye Ryady (Featherbed Rows) (city of St. Petersburg, Russia); May 15 - July 12, 2015 - the Red October Gallery, Center of Contemporary Art (city of Moscow, Russia); July 23-August 31, 2015 - Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art (city of Ekaterinburg, Russia); October 30, 2015 - January 10, 2016 - the Cultural and Exhibition Center of Tenishevs (city of Smolensk, Russia); February 5 - April 17, 2016 - Center of Contemporary Art “Clouds” (city of Ufa, Russia); May 5 - June 26, 2016 - Dias Gallery (city of Irkutsk, Russia), July 14 to August 28, 2016 - Exhibition Hall “Tushino” (city of Moscow, Russia); October 14 to November 13, 2016 - Center for Contemporary Art (city of V. Novgorod, Russia), April 7 - May 29, 2017 - Art Gallery in the Fish Rows (city of Kostroma, Russia); November 22, 2017 - January 7, 2018 - The State Art Museum of the Altai Territory (city of Barnaul, Russia); March 28 - May 20, 2018 - Rostov Museum of Fine Arts (city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia); June 2 - August 26, 2018 - Tomsk Regional Museum of Local Lore named after M.B. Shatilov (city of Tomsk, Russia); September 13 - November 10, 2019 - Department of Contemporary Art, Togliatti Art Museum (city of Togliatti, Russia)
award winner and nominee of the photo contest Black and White Spider Awards 2015 (USA)

2016
award winner of the Best of Russia 2015 photo contest (city of Moscow, Russia). Exhibitions: March - Winzavod Contemporary Art Center (city of Moscow, Russia); May - Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts (city of Kaliningrad, Russia); August - The Perm Museum of Modern Art PERMM (city of Perm, Russia); September - Novosibirsk State Art Museum (city of Novosibirsk, Russia)
participant of the exhibition “Evolution of Sight 1991-2016” in the framework of the Photobiennale 2016 in the main exhibition hall of the Manege (city of Moscow, Russia)
award winner and nominee of the photo contest Black and White Spider Awards 2016 (USA)
personal exhibition Light. Shadows. Perfect woman in the Art Meeting Exhibition Space of the Park Inn by Radisson hotel (city of Nizhny Tagil, Russia)
personal exhibition Light. Shadows. Perfect woman at the Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art “Sinara Art Gallery” (city of Ekaterinburg, Russia)
participant of the exhibition “Development Zone” in the Erarta Museum (city of St. Petersburg, Russia)

2017
award winner of the photo contest Best of Russia 2016 (city of Moscow, Russia). Exhibitions: February - Winzavod Contemporary Art Center (city of Moscow, Russia); June - the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (city of St. Petersburg, Russia); July - Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts (city of Kaliningrad, Russia); November - Novosibirsk State Art Museum (city of Novosibirsk, Russia)
participant of the exhibition “Zhenshchina na predele” (Woman on the Limit) included in the parallel program of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art 2017 in the Gallery of Classical Photography (city of Moscow, Russia)
personal exhibition “Militia” in the Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art “Sinara Art Gallery” (city of Ekaterinburg, Russia)
participant of the exhibition Antarctica Blues and Much More in the Art Dynasty Gallery (city of Geneva, Switzerland), together with Pierre-Alain Follie
winner of the photo contest SONY World Photography Awards 2017, nominee for the International Photographer of the Year Award. Exhibitions: April 2017 - Somerset House (city of London, UK); June 2017 - “Galerie GADCOLLECTION” (city of Paris, France); September 2017 - “SONY Imaging Gallery-Ginza” Gallery (city of Tokyo, Japan); September, October 2017 - Museum “Villa Reale Di Monza” (city of Monza, Italy); November 2017, January 2018 - Willy-Brandt-Haus (city of Berlin, Germany)

2018
recipient of a grant from the Sony World Photography Awards for the photo project “Libido & Mortido”. The exhibition was held at Somerset House (city of London, UK)
participation in the Photo Kyiv Fair 2018 in Chicago Central House (city of Kyiv, Ukraine)
winner of the International Photography Awards 2018. Russia. Entered the 100 Best Photos in 10 Years list
award winner of the photo contest “Best of Russia 2017”; entered the 100 Best Photos in 10 Years list (city of Moscow, Russia). Exhibitions: March 2017 - Winzavod Contemporary Art Center (city of Moscow, Russia); June 2018 - Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts (city of Kaliningrad, Russia);
participant of the exhibition “Imagination Paris” within the Paris Photo Off festival in “GALERIE JOSEPH TURENNE” (city of Paris, France)

2019
participant of the exhibition Mayer VS Brukhanov in the VS Unio Gallery (city of Moscow, Russia) together with Sergey Bryukhanov, artist
participant of the exhibition Imagination Arles 2019 within the “Voies Off Festival” in “Galerie des Arenes” (city of Arles, France)

2020
- participant of the exhibition Imagination Arles 2020 within the “LA Art Fair 2020” (city of Los Angeles, USA)

 

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