Biography
Fashion designer, costume designer and scenographer, founder of the ALOE fashion label (2001, Moscow) and Pikled Pikchers theatre lab (2004, London).
Born in 1980, Galya Solodovnikova has graduated with distinction from Moscow State Textile University (Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design) in 2003, and from London Central Saint Martins College of
Art and Design (Master of Arts in Scenography) in 2005.
She designed sets and costumes for Marius von Mayenburg’s Parasites (2002) and Viktor Pelevin’s Shlem.com (2005) both staged by Zhivile Montvilaite in Moscow, Traces
(personal staging) at Cochrane theatre and The Trunk at Battersea Art Center (both in London, 2006), No Exit for Dina Khousein and Anna Abalikhina Contemporary Dance Theatre
(Moscow, 2006), Three Lectures for Natalia Shirokova Contemporary Dance Theatre (Moscow, 2008), Pavel Pryazhko’s Chukchis staged by Philipp Grigorian, and Linor Goralik’s Agatha
returning home staged by Eduard Boyakov and Philipp Grigorian (both in Perm, 2009), Black Dog for Flamingo Feather Physical Theatre, Pleasance Theatre (London, 2009), Fyodor
Dostoevsky’s The Uncle’s Dream staged by Boris Milgram and Philipp Grigorian, produced by Eduard Boyakov (Perm, 2010), Pavel Pryazhko’s The Field at Moscow theatre 'School of Modern
Drama' in 2010, and Francis Poulenc's opera La voix humaine at Perm State Opera in 2011, both staged by Philipp Grigorian, among others.
In 2005-2007 she was an art director, set and costume designer of Future Cinema Company, London. Her projects took part in numerous festivals: Modus Infekciya (Vilnius, 2003), London Film Festival
(2005), Periferike Festival (Bilbao, 2005), Net Theatre Festival (Moscow, 2005), Edinburgh Festival (2006), ROZAMIRA modern art carnival (Moscow, 2007). In 2006 she was a guest lecturer at Institute
of European Design, Sao Paulo, Brazil. From 2007 she teaches at British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow.
Awards
Distinction award at Mosshoes International Shoe and Accessory Design Competition in 1999, International Fashion Award ‘The Best collection’ at New Russia. United World Competition
in 2003, British Council Chevening Scholarship in 2004.
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