salam! i’m denis, an artist, designer and researcher with a background in culture institutions ✨
I have been working in the fields of art, culture and science communications for 12 years. Originally from the Republic of Tatarstan, I work in Uzbekistan and abroad.
Denis (Gafiyatullin) Volkov.
Born 1993, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan
here are some of my recent projects
Ways of seeing. Seeing the ways. Kürü ûllary
Moving image, text, sound. 2024—ongoing
Anlă Atăl hĕrrinçe / Küzläremne min açtym + Luchik
Zine, photo, text + Collective situation-installation. 2025
Sabyr / صبر / Сабр
Series of photographs and objects. 2024–2025
Radical ecology / The garbage does not exist. Радикальная экология / Мусора не существует
Experimental laboratory for collective work with recycling and rethinking materials and ideas. Collaborative project. 2024
Website: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Side Chicks
Graphic design and website in 3 languages for documentary road movie. Collaborative project. 2023
Esperanto Day / День эсперанто
Projections and series of photographs. Collaborative project. 2016
here you will find the main fields of my work. click on the card to see the projects
design
web-sites and design systems / создаю дизайн-системы и веб-сайты
photography
lens-based media as a tool of communication, research and resistance / фотография как метод коммуникации, исследования и сопротивления
communications
creating content for social media, working with media and communities / запускаю и веду соцсети, создаю контент, работаю с медиа и комьюнити
texts
пишу, редактирую и корректирую для медиа и издательств / writing, editing and proofreading for media and publishing
artistic practices
objects, projections, situations — creating and curating / объекты, проекции, ситуации — создаю и курирую
cv
my work experience / где и кем я работал