An artist and filmmaker, born 1965, Volgograd, USSR. In 1995 Mavromatti founded the independent film union SUPERNOVA, a fortress of Moscow radical cinema. Some of their films like “The Green Elephant” (1999) and “Bastards” (2000) became cult movies at that time and now they inspire Internet communities that create fan memes daily. Mavromatti is also a prominent representative of radical performance art scene in 1990s Moscow. He has been prosecuted for his critical performance art and film work therefore he left the country in 2000 and since then he lives in Bulgaria and New York. A New York Foundation for the Arts fellow for 2015. In 2004, together with artists Boryana Rossa he established art collective ULTRAFUTURO, focused on the social impacts of technology in contemporary society.
United States of America