Andrey Shental is a Berlin-based writer, curator, and artist. He studied Literary and Art Criticism at Moscow State University’s Faculty of Journalism and holds a Master’s degree from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) at Kingston University, London. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in aesthetics and philosophy of nature at Goethe University in Frankfurt.
From 2016 to 2019, Shental co-curated the Philosophy Club at Moscow’s Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, where he designed educational programmes. His curatorial work includes The Return, a solo exhibition of Arseny Zhilyaev (Winzavod CCA, 2017); Salon of Rejected Categories, an education programme at the 7th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2020); and Turbulence, a programme co-curated for the 8th Cosmoscow International Fair (2020).
As a writer, Shental has contributed reviews, interviews, and essays to numerous publications, including Artforum, Spike, Camera Austria, Frieze, Idea, Little Joe, Mute, Springerin, and Kunstlicht. He served as contemporary art editor for Theory & Practice (2013–2016), editor at Moscow Art Magazine (2016–2017), and foreign correspondent for Flash Art International (2015–2018).
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS:
2026
Aug — Parajanov Battalion, ANSL, Venice
Apr — Athens Digital Arts Festival
Apr — Radical Empathy, we are village / instinct, Berlin
Mar — Antinous, ANSL, Venice
Feb — Rudgang, HGB, Leipzig
Feb — Queerfest on Film, Norwich
Feb — Attachments Issues (solo show), Centrum, Berlin
2025
Nov — AIIF International Showcase Exhibition, Seoul
Nov — Mimicry, Nasenrücken, Bochum
Jun — Selfie/Portrait, Museum für Fotokopie, Müllheim
May — CosmiX Festival IV, Saint-André des Arts, Paris
Feb — Pose – QueerFest Exhibition, Undercroft Gallery, Norwich
2024
Nov–Dec — Venus Conversations, Science Museum, London
Jul — Sub Drop (solo show), Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin
Mar–Apr — Mosaikörper, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2023
Nov–Jan 2024 — Descent into the Fungal, Buro Stedelijk, Amsterdam
Sep–Oct — Comm-Sui, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin
Jul–Sep — Niche Construction, NoD Gallery, Prague
2021
Sep — Seasonal Work: Mushroom Kingdom, Kyiv Biennale
May–Jun — At the Stroke of Midnight, Szena Gallery, Moscow
Mar–Aug — Assuming Distance: Speculations, Fakes, and Predictions in the Age of the Coronacene, Garage Museum, Moscow
2017–2018
Dec–Feb — The Return, CCA Winzavod, Moscow
Nov–Mar — The Electric Comma, V–A–C Zattere, Venice
Nov–Dec — The First Person, SkateCafe, Amsterdam
Apr–Jun — Hosting the Inhuman, MMoMA, Moscow
RESIDENCIES:
2026 — Bird Ringing & Art Residency Camp, Albanian Ornithological Society, Vjosë–Nartë
2019 — New Alphabet School, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2017— Critics’ Agenda, Blockfrei, Vienna