Valentina Stepanova

Bio

Valentina Stepanova (1985) is a Moscow-born, Brussels-based multidisciplinary artist. Her practice challenges classical forms of documentary through an experimental approach to visual storytelling and an evocative use of mixed media. Memory and nostalgia, migration, and commemoration are core elements of her research and work. Stepanova’s practice aims to open new perspectives on identity, memory, and the sense of belonging, inviting the audience into immersive proposals for reflection and dialogue.

Stepanova’s works include the immersive installations Gorodets (The Museum of Muted Talks) (2016), Moshenka (2017-2018), and Facing Objects: Stillevens uit Linkeroever (2021-2022) in co-creation with musician and theater maker Niko Hafkenscheid. In 2017, she was invited to the IDFA Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam as part of the DocLab Academy, where she developed her first work, The Museum of Muted Talks.

Her works have been presented by workspacebrussels, A Two Dogs Company, Argos Centre for Media Art Brussels, KAAP, Nona Mechelen, Kanal Centre Pompidou Brussels, SALE Docks Venice, M HKA, and the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp.