Yuula Benivolski

Who is Yuula Benivolski?

Yuula Benivolski is a Russian-Jewish artist working predominantly in video, sculpture/ installation and photography. She is currently based in Montreal, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the Ontario College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal. Her work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally and published in Shameless, Eye Weekly, C Magazine, Cheek Magazine, NOW, Invisible City and MONDO Magazine. Her photographs have been used as the cover image for Augurs & Auspices by The Creeping Nobodies, A Mountain is a Mouth and Open Flames by Bruce Peninsula and Healthy Hands b/w The Darkness of Things by Tasseomancy. Recent notable exhibitions include LEFT, RIGHT, CENTRE collaboration with Toronto video artist Geoffrey Pugen for Trinity Square Video, performative collaboration with Toronto musician Jennifer Castle titled Falling for WhipperSnapper gallery, Land Seen from the Sea group show in Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy and Migrant Creatures at Galerie Les Territoires in Montreal. In 2011 she starred in a short film by Nicholas Pye titled The Encounter.