Curators of Cardboardia's street performance lab

Tyran Cardboardia, producer, head of the Bad Taste production group, president of the CUEFA federation. For the last 20 years he has been organizing events from club to city events — concerts, parties, performances, plays, parades, street performances. Since 2007 elected to the position of Tyran of Cardboardia and re-elected to this day, daily.
For over 10 years he has directed and produced interactive performance parades and urban events around the world, including: Yilan, Taiwan: Day of Tyran’s Giant Creatures — 2013 (over 5000 participants); Ansan Street Arts Festival. Korea: Cardboardia Collective improvisation — 2019 (over 5,000 participants); Festival of Thrifts (UK)-Mobile embassy of Cardboardia — 2016; Sziget Festival, Hungary: Cardboardia Pictures (2017)

Painter, sculptor, designer and teacher. Kiel Johnson has been running creative workshops on cardboard for over 10 years, curating projects for young authors. He does not only work with artists. Kiel Johnson does open workshops for a wide audience, where ordinary people who know nothing about design create art objects under his guidance — from the development of an idea to the sculptural realization of the project. Kiel says, «Even a bad idea can turn into a good one.
into a good one. If you work hard, it will become something meaningful because of your intention and energy.»

Paper decorator, has been working with paper for over 10 years. Conducts paper workshops on making masks and hats for participants from 5 to 95 years old! Katya Kozlova is the author of Russia's very first popular blog about family children's art zu4ki.livejournal.com. Katya's works are regularly published in Russian and foreign magazines about family creativity.

Alena Kogan lives and works in St. Petersburg, Russia. She graduated in 1997 from the Faculty of Monumental and Decorative Art at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry named after A.L. Stieglitz. Worked as an assistant professor at the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts in 2010-2015. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions since 1998. Her works are in private collections in Russia and France. Main projects for the last five years: Installations in Art Lab Slava Polunin, «Le Moulin Jeune», France 2016 LandArt Gardensculptures for Open Garden in Etretat, France 2016 ; Installation in NordART project, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany; Public art project for Diaghilev Festival, Perm 2018; Performative installation for Bosh Parade, Hertogenbosch, Holland, 2019 All her installations are made for a specific environment, taking into account the peculiarities of the surrounding architecture or landscape.

Artistic director, director, actress and artist of the street theater SoLu; director of the street arts festival «Ulitka».

Head of the workshop «Photocardboard», experience of creating decorations for more than 5 years.
Art Director of the «Parade of Historical Productions — 2018», organizer of public dance evenings in Kolomna on Sovetskaya Square, Creative Director of the first festival «Picnic in the Kremlin».

Minister of Education of Cardboardia, (multimedia artist, designer, curator). Born in Moscow (Russia). Graduated from the Higher School of Landscape Architecture and Design at MARKHI. In 2011 - 2012 she took two cycles of summer programs at Strelka Institute, and in 2019 she completed a course at Scream School. Since January 2013, she has led the internship of the Made in Cardboardia workshop. To date, Olesya has realized more than 40 projects as an artist and curator.

Architect, artist, graduate of MARKHI 2012. Head of the «art and technology» direction at the New School. Participant of several Cardboardia internships and artist of Cardboardia Film Studio «Cardboardia Pictures» at Sziget Festival 2017 in Hungary.

The new Minister of Culture of Cardboardia is an actor and director. In 2014, he graduated from the Shchukin Theater Institute and was accepted into the Lenkom Theater troupe in the same year. He has participated in the «Slava Polunin Snow Show» and collaborates with the theater DOC. He is also a film director and screenwriter.

Minister of Cardboard Cardboardia, designer, educator, cardboard enthusiast and founder of the Cardboarders collective. Participated in the creation of programs for festivals such as Lowlands Festival and KLIK! Animation Festival (Holland).

Started as a visual arts teacher and consultant. Proficient in all types and forms of animation (2D/3D, stop-motion, etc). Co-owner of the Reanimation group.

Born in Makhachkala (Russia, Dagestan). Graduated from the Ceramics Department of the Institute of Arts at the State Pedagogical University, was engaged in outdoor advertising, printing, design and architecture. Participant of more than 50 exhibitions and art projects, including creative and design, in Russia and abroad. Now he is an artist-designer at the Dagestan State Puppet Theater. Member of the Union of Designers of the Russian Federation. Space Minister of Cardboardia, Chief Architect of the first «Toy Cardboard City».

Born in Athens, Greece, in 1978. Studied acting at the Laboratory of Dramatic Art of Akis Davis. In 2002 he lived and worked in Paris and Berlin with companies such as the street theater «L’ Arbre a Nomades» (France), the marionette and children’s theater «La Tete a l’Envers» (France), the theater «Grotest Maru» (Germany), the street theater of acrobats «Les Gens D’Air» (France) and toured in various countries around the world. In 2007, Spyros Andeopoulous returned to Greece and founded the Motus Terrae Theatre Company. Spiros Andreopoulous is also a member of the International Theater Institute (UK).

Chief Architect of Cardboardia. Composes symphonies out of paper and cardboard. The Chief Architect takes a flat sheet of paper and transforms it into anything: a palace or a ship, or a famous person or an unseen monster. The magic is based on the rigid technology of norigami, which was invented and developed by Igor Lev himself. According to the Chief Architect, the key principle of this technology is «You can do it too!». Anyone who wants to can master norigami and compose their own compositions!

Co-founder and participant of the creative project Collaborative Art International. The project participants actively include people with disabilities, elderly people, children, teenagers, university students and families with children in the creative process. According to the artists, socialization is important for each individual. Socialization through creativity and communication within the creative process allows to find an individual approach to everyone. Collaborative Art International works primarily in the United States, but has experience in projects with organizations such as Handikos in Kosovo, Colors of the Soul and Flor de Arte in Chile, and Hope Studios in Alaska.

Co-founder and participant of the creative project Collaborative Art International. The project participants actively include people with disabilities, elderly people, children, teenagers, university students and families with children in the creative process. According to the artists, socialization is important for each individual. Socialization through creativity and communication within the creative process allows to find an individual approach to everyone. Collaborative Art International works primarily in the United States, but has experience in projects with organizations such as Handikos in Kosovo, Colors of the Soul and Flor de Arte in Chile, and Hope Studios in Alaska.