Opening: Nadya Tolokonnikova: Solo Exhibition

On view: June 28–July 16, 2025
Opening reception: June 28, 5:00–7:00pm

Nadya Tolokonnikova’s art is her weapon against tyranny. Born in Siberia in 1989, Tolokonnikova left Moscow at 16 to study philosophy. As Russian society became increasingly oppressive, Tolokonnikova became a multimedia conceptual artist and founded the feminist activist collective Pussy Riot. Pussy Riot used microphones, electric guitars, and amplifiers they cobbled together from car speakers; they shouted and danced to shine a light on the Russian government’s increasing human rights violations. Russian police have arrested Nadya Tolokonnikova more than 70 times for her anti-authoritarian art activism, and in 2012 was imprisoned for 21 months in a Russian jail and a Siberian penal colony. Rather than give up, Tolokonnikova fights back with truth and art. Turner Carroll is pleased to present Tolokonnikova’s internationally touring exhibition of works, which premiered at the OK Linz Museum and at LA MoCA, making them available for collectors. Join us for the opening and a presentation by Nadya Tolokonnikova at 5-7pm on June 28, 2025.