Nadya Tolokonnikova- Pussy Riot: PUNK'S NOT DEAD

ALL RESERVATIONS MADE FOR JAN 10 ARE IN EFFECT FOR NEW JAN 18 DATE.

Honor Fraser is pleased to announce an artist residency with Nadya Tolokonnikova— Siberian artist and a creator of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot. Tolokonnikova’s political actions and wide-ranging performance interventions have established her as a leading voice in the fight against authoritarian power. During her residency, she will compose performances that demonstrate her multifaceted approach to resisting systems of oppression and dehumanization.

Honor Fraser will serve as a sounding board for Tolokonnikova’s unruly compositions, featuring works that underscore the shifting tonalities of political unrest. Please join us for an opening reception on Saturday January 18th at 7PM.

Born in Norilsk, Russia in 1989, Tolokonnikova emerged as a critical voice in contemporary art following her imprisonment from 2012 to 2013 for staging a protest performance at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Her practice, which centers the body as a dynamic site for political revolution, spans performance, experimental music, video, calligraphy, and sculptural installation. In her residency at Honor Fraser, Tolokonnikova explores the delicate choreographies of resistance—revealing how embodied action, language, and collective ritual intertwine to forge new pathways for political liberation.

The residency features sculptural installations created from objects related to sites of protest and imprisonment. Rather than recreating the literal confines of a prison cell, these works transmute Tolokonnikova’s experience of confinement into a symbolic vocabulary of resistance and renewal.  Throughout the two week residency, Tolokonnikova will activate these artworks through performances and live music, creating a temporal archive where acts of resistance are documented, organized, and reperformed.

PLEASE NOTE: Waitlist signups do NOT guarantee entry.