Deborah Tchoudjinoff is a multidisciplinary artist based in London who works across technology, moving image, and material sculpture; often ending in mixed media installations. Often beginning with a locality or research concept, she considers what the form is through the process of material and visual experimentations. She is influenced by fiction and story worlds as a method, and her work is inspired by otherworldly aesthetics, hope, and the tension between what is materials and technological.

Her practice engages with the temporal and spatial aspects of ecologies, often making work about something that no longer exists. She takes notice of how technology constructs, remembers, and forgets the stories of past and future ecologies.  

Deborah studied at the Royal College of Art (2016) and is currently Lecturer in Emerging Technology at London College of Communication, UAL, London. She has exhibited work in the UK, Turkey, and Portugal such as the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 6th Edition (2022), at the Victoria & Albert Museum (2019), Tate Exchange (2019), as part of Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi) Art, Anthropology, and Mongol Futurism (2018) among other group shows.



Exhibitions


‘Sweet Garden of Vanishing Desires’ group show at ArtOn Istanbul curated by Deniz Kirkali (TR) | September - October 2023


PADA Studios Residency 39 Group Show curated by Tania Geiroto Marcelino (PT) | July 2023
 
‘A Tangle of Static’ group work in progress show at VO Project Space (UK) | March 2023



Lisbon Architecture Triennale 6th Edition ‘Terra’ at Palacio Sinel De Cordes curated by Cristina Verissimo and Diogo Burnay (please contact me for a link VR videos) (PT) | October 2022

‘The Comrades They Were Brave - We Salute You!’ group show at 44 Great Russell Street curated by Cecilia Sjoholm supported by the Arts Council England (UK) | March - April 2022

‘Close To Home’ group show at JGM Gallery curated by Fiona Grady, Hannah Luxton, and Linda Hemmersbach (UK) | August - September 2021

‘The Portal Will Open’ Multimedia Anthropology Lab at Slade School of Fine Art group show collectively curated (UK) | 2020

Scenograph self organised group show at Obiter Architecture Space with Cecilia Sjoholm, Iain Hales, and Obiter Architecture  (please contact me for a link VR video) (UK) | 2020

Multimedia Anthropology Lab x Tate Exchange ‘Translating Futures’ curated by Hyphen Labs for Higher Resolution Programme at Tate Modern (Blatnavik Building) (UK) | 2020

V+A Digital Design Weekend ‘Baigala II’  programmed by Marc Barto (UK) | 2019

‘Speculative Immersion’ group show as part of Multimedia Anthropology Lab (UK) | 2019

‘Plumial Space’ a collaboration with Nestor Pestana exhibited at Arcade East (UK) | 2018

‘Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi) Art, Anthropology, and Mongol Futurism’ group show at greengrassi gallery, Corvi-Mora curated by Hermione Spriggs (please contact me for a link VR videos), press release here (UK) | 2018

London Creative Network Showcase at Space Studios (UK) | 2017

‘Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness, Only The Light Can Do That’ group show at Lights of Soho (UK) | 2016

‘Creative Matters’ group show at Oxo Bargehouse curated by Designersblock (UK) | 2016

‘Changing Minds’ Festival at Southbank Centre programmed by James Cowdery (UK) | 2016

MA Design Interactions Final Show at the Royal College of Art (UK) | 2016

MA Design Interactions Work in progress (UK) | 2015

‘Biotechnominimarket’ group pop-up show by Extrapolation Factory (UK) | 2015

MA Design Interactions Work in progress (UK) | 2014


Talks + workshops


UCL SAVA Conference ‘Revolutionary Metallurgy’ - Baigala (UK) | November 2023

UAL EdEx Conference - Amasia presentation (UK) | 2022

‘EVA London Conference’ New Heritage paper presentation as contributor (UK) | 2021

‘Into the Wild’ Conference at UAL - 13.2% Performative Lecture in collaboration with Synthetic Products (please contact me for a link to the recording) (UK) | 2021

‘Immersive Practices’ lecture for BA Film and Screen Studies, LCC (UK) | 2021

‘Studio At The End Of The World’ - Artist talk and panel discussion organised by Supra Systems Studio during London Design Festival (UK) | 2020

AR Workshop for MA Graphic and Media Design students, LCC (UK) | 2020

Artist talk and presentation for MA Interaction Design students, LCC (UK) | 2020

Multimedia Anthropology Lab x Tate Exchange ‘Translating Futures’ artists talk curated by HyphenLabs for Higher Resolution Programme at Tate Modern (Blatnavik Building) (UK) | 2020

‘Body Ecosystem Workshop: A Toolkit for the Future’ in collaboration with Nestor Pestana programmed by the V+A (UK) | 2018

‘Body Ecosystem Workshop’ in collaboration with Nestor Pestana for students and alumni at the London College of Fashion (UK) | 2018

Collective Timelining public workshop at ‘Creative Matters’ Group Show at Oxo Bargehouse curated by Designersblock (UK) | 2016

Contributing designer/participant for Globale: Reset Modernity at ZKM curated by Bruno Latour et al. (DE) | 2016


Residencies

PADA Residency 2023 (PT) | July-August 2023

Design Residency Programme at Fashion Space Gallery with Nestor Pestana programmed by Ligaya Salazar (UK) | 2018

London Creative Network Showcase at Space Studios (UK) | 2017


Press + awards


‘Deborah Tchoudjinoff on Virtual Worlds and Fictions’ by Mater Digital, October 2023

The Comrades They Were Brave - We Salute You! by Cherry Smith in ArtMontly No.456, May 2022

‘The City of Gold and the Art of New Futures’ by Right Click Save, May 25, 2022

Plumial Space Youfab Global Creative Awards 2020 (Finalist)

Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi) - Art, Anthropology, and Mongol Futurism reviewed by Ned Carter Miles for Art Asia Pacific Nov/Dec 2018 Issue 111

Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi) - Art, Anthropology, and Mongol Futurism reviewed Philomena Epps for e-flux, 17 September 2018

Installation: ‘The Anthropocene Body - Plumial Space’ at Arcade East London by Clot Magazine, 13 Sep 2018


Grants

DYCP Arts Council 2023


Papers + publications

Contributions to New Heritage: New media art between cultural heritage experience and artefact, July 2021

Contributions to Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi) - Art, Anthropology, and Mongol Futurism, September 2018


Academia

Lecturer in Emerging Technology at University of the Arts London (UK) | 2019-Current

Recognised Fellow HEA at LCC, University of the Arts London (UK) | 2022

PG-Cert at LCC, University of the Arts London (UK) | 2020-2021

MA Design Interactions, Royal College of Art (UK) | 2016

BA/Bsc Industrial Design, University of the Arts Philadelphia (USA) | 2006


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