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Denis Semionov (Russian: Денис Игоревич Семенов, Denis Igorevich Semenov; born 29 September 1985) - is a Russian and French[1] new media artist.[2][3][4]

Denis Semionov
Born
Denis Semionov

(1985-09-29) September 29, 1985 (age 40)
Moscow, Russia
EducationStroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow
Known forArtist

Biography

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Denis Semionov was born in 1985 in Moscow in the artistic family. His great - grandfather was a Russian-Finnish artist and sculptor Leonid Kuzmin[5]. George Kuzmin, Denis’ great - granduncle, was a patron of Russian Futurists and the publisher of the first futuristic book and manifesto A Slap in the Face of Public Taste[6]. In 2002 Semionov graduated from the courses of Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry, in 2007 – art and graphic faculty of Moscow State Pedagogical University, in 2010 - post graduate studies. At the university he worked as an illustrator and designer. After graduating - as a creative director[7]. From 2007-2015 he worked as a teacher of graphic design at the Department of Drawing Geometry of the Moscow State Pedagogical University[8].

Denis Semionov gets goEast Open Frame Award 2018

Career

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Semionov generally works in the field of digital art (virtual art and artificial intelligence art)[9]. In 2018 he won grand-prix at Open Frame Award of international film festival goEast for his cinematographic project “The Nominal Empire”,[10][11] which was drawn in virtual reality. The interactive project combined virtual reality and biomechanics of Vsevolod Meyerhold. In 2019 Denis Semionov became one of five artists who created art pieces during WorldSkills 2019 opening on the 45 000 stadium Kazan arena in collaboration with a speaker Pranav Mistry.[12][13] The collaboration with Jean-Michel Jarre for the New Year 2021 concert "Welcome to the Other Side", which got 75 million viewers online and in VR,[14] featured illustrative Notre-Dame de Paris made inside virtual reality.[15] From 2023 Denis - is a member of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).[16] In 2024 Denis Semionov performed as an artist and a speaker at TEDx Brussels with the AI art installation “Feelings and Sensors”. Semionov collaborated with such musicians and performers as Jean-Michel Jarre,[17][18] Deborah Frances-White, institutions - Venice Biennale,[19] Institut Français,[20] Arts Council England,[21] Deutsches Filminstitut,[22] Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center,[23] TED (conference), brands – Leica, Samsung, Estée Lauder, Absolut[24]

Denis Semionov at TEDxBrussels

Exhibitions and events

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  • 2025 Panier Futurust — Robineau Gallery, Paris, France [25]
  • 2025 [FAM] Futurist Archive in Motion — Robineau Gallery, Moscow, Russia [26]
  • 2025 Primairy Forest — Théâtre 121, Casablanca, Morocco [27]
  • 2025 Primairy Forest — Soirée immersive animée par la Cie Kérosène, Marrakech, Morocco [28]
  • 2025 Primairy Forest — Festival Amazonia del plata – Official selection[29]
  • 2025 AI Hokusai: Demons&Monsters — residency and exhibition[30]
  • 2024 Into the Wild — TEDxBrussels[31]
  • 2024 Feelings and Sensors — FARI institute [32]
  • 2024 Prosthetic Reality Vol.2 — Music off the Wall exhibition, The Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles, Jerry Moss Plaza, Los Angeles, USA [33]
  • 2023 Sound and Machines — Beyond Basel at Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, USA [34]
  • 2023 Odyssey: Villa Circe — Immersive Tech Week [35]
  • 2023 South by Southwest[36]
  • 2022 Cyber attack: Digital art and activism [37]
  • 2022 Lava Land — Ristband Gallery, SXSW, Austin, USA
  • 2022 Portland Film Festival — Official selection at Animation short[38]
  • 2022 Raindance Immersive — Nomination as Best Immersive Experience, Best Immersive Experience for Social Impact, Discovery Award: Best Debut[39]
  • 2021 Prosthetic Reality Vol.2 — NFT and AR artbook [40]
  • 2021 Raindance Immersive — Nomination as Best Multiplayer Experience [41]
  • 2021 Work in colour — Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
  • 2021 Venice Film Festival — Venice Gap-Financing Market participant[42]
  • 2021 New Images Film Festival by Forum des images — Out of competition[43]
  • 2021 Welcome to the Other Side by Jean-Michel Jarre — South by Southwest[17]
  • 2020 New Images Film Festival by Forum des images — Nomination in XR competition[44]
  • 2020 Welcome to the Other Side by Jean-Michel Jarre — Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France
  • 2020 Raindance Immersive — Nomination as Best Multiplayer Experience
  • 2020 New Images Film Festival by Forum des images — Performance of the opening[45]
  • 2020 Venice Film Festival — Venice VR Expanded[19]
  • 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival — Immersed Volumetric XR Market
  • 2019 Postreality — 11.12 Gallery, Istra, Russia
  • 2019 Culture VR:FR — Powerhouse, Moscow, Russia
  • 2019 Experiment — Worldskills, Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia
  • 2019 Avant-garde Upgrade — The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre, Moscow, Russia [46]
  • 2019 SXSW Edu — Participant[47]
  • 2019 NUFF 2019 — SEEK — Participant[48]
  • 2018 Avant-garde Lab 2. — The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre, Moscow, Russia [49]
  • 2018 The Nominal Empire — Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2018 The Nominal Empire — Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany [50]
  • 2018 Cannes Film Festival (Marche du film) — Participant
  • 2017 Moscow International Film Festival — Participant
  • 2017 Berlin International Film Festival — Participant
  • 2017 MIPTV Media Market — Participant
  • 2017 Cannes Film Festival (Marche du film) — Participant
  • 2016 Feel Noir — Digital October, Moscow, Russia
  • 2015 Feel Noir — Art Basement, Moscow, Russia [51]
  • 2015 Eyes — Allure. Best of beauty, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Awards

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  • Webby Award - Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual - Best VR Headset Experience - Nomination [52]
  • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam-ONX+DocLab MoCap Stage [53]
  • Emmy Awards - Outstanding Interactive Media: Documentary - Nomination [54]
  • The Drum Awards - Technical Innovation of the Year [55]
  • Shorty Awards - Animations - Winner [56]
  • Promax Awards - Best use of Technology - Silver [57]
  • Webby Award - Virtual & Remote (Best Narrative Experience 2021) - Honoree[58]
  • Webby Award - Virtual & Remote (Best Performance 2021, Music 2021) - Honoree[59]
  • Clio Awards - Bronze - Film Craft (music original)[60]
  • Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA) - Gold - Best Virtual Reality[61]
  • Lovie Awards - Gold - Best Narrative Experience[62]
  • Webby Award - People`s Voice Winner (News (Immersive and Mixed reality), Volumetric/6 degrees of freedom)
  • Red Dot - Best of the Best, Red Dot ("Lessons of Auschwitz")
  • Shorty Awards - Winner in Facebook Video, Virtual Reality, Branded Content, Finalist in Storytelling, Long Form Video, Education, Audience Honor in Storytelling, Long Form Video, Virtual Reality, Branded Content[63]
  • Epica Awards - Silver - Media[64]
  • Creative Pool - Bronze - Post Production, Silver - Application, Bronze - Branded Content, Silver - Publishing, Bronze - Photography[65]
  • Creative Pool - Bronze - Post Production[66]
  • New York Festivals - Bronze - Video Art and Experimental film (Short Film)[67]
  • GoEast Open Frame Award - Grand Prix as the best VR Experience[68]
  • Epica Awards - Silver - Digital[24]

Public speaking and performances

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References

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  1. ↑ Mathieu Gayet (June 2, 2025). "With AI, there's a risk of artificial feeling if you don't step in as an artist". XR must. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Tatiana Voronina (December 18, 2020). "What is virtual reality and how to get there?". Colta.ru. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Denis Semenov VR art: death and digital revival of the object". Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod. December 8, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Feelings and Sensors Denis Semionov-Saint Denis". FARI institute. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ bukowskis.com. "Works of Leonid Kuzmin on Bukowskis Auction". Bukowskis. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ Kruchyonykh, Aleksei (1996). Our arrival: From the history of Russian Futurism. Moscow: RA. p. 246. ISBN 5-85164-032-4.
  7. ↑ Viktoria Charochkina. "How Great Gonzo Studio earns on VR". The Firm's Secret. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ Semionov, Denis (2010). Features of choosing software for the process of teaching design students the rules of layout of printed materials. Moscow: Teacher of the 21st century. p. 302. ISSN 2073-9613.
  9. ↑ "ArrBee Sound drops a spooky AI music video for 'Zombies in Little Tokyo'". Happy mag. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. ↑ Vassilis Economou (April 26, 2018). "goEast showcases regional VR and supports ethical filmmaking". cineuropa.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. 1 2 "VR as a new way of art creating". TEDxTalks. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "The 45th WorldSkills Competition opens in spectacular style in Kazan". WorldSkills. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
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  14. ↑ "Jean-Michel Jarre celebrates 75million viewers for NYE show". Louder. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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  19. 1 2 "Why 77 Venice Film Festival became remarkable for Russia". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. September 13, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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  27. ↑ "DDA // Forêt PrimAIre - Denis Semionov et Louis Cacciuttolo /". IF Maroc. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Forêt primAIre - Soirée immersive animée par la Cie Kérosène". IF Maroc. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  29. ↑ "VII Festival Amazonía del Plata": cortometrajes en la Casa Nacional del Bicentenario". cultura.gob.ar. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  30. ↑ "AI HOKUSAI: LEGACY ENCODED. Multiplatform Exhibition Uniting Past and Future". aihokusai.art. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
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  32. ↑ "Denis Semionov Feelings and Sensors". FARI AI for common good institute Brussels. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
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  34. ↑ "ART LINEUP presented by Trippy Labs". TrippyLabs. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  35. ↑ "Odyssey.Villa Circe". Immersive Tech Week. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
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  37. ↑ "Cyber Attack: Digital Art and Activism". Hellerau. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  38. ↑ "Children of the Siege at Portland Film Festival". Portland Film Festival. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
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  40. ↑ "Prosthetic Reality V.2 World's First NFT AR Art Book". EyeJack. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  41. ↑ "Knight of the Wailing Stars". Raindance Film Festival Immersive. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  42. ↑ "The Venice Gap-Financing Market selects 57 projects from all around the world". cineoropa.org. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  43. ↑ "Knight of the Wailing Stars". New Images. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  44. ↑ New Images Festival. "#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  45. ↑ "Flame". New Images. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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  47. ↑ "SXSW Schedule 2019". SXSW Edu. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  48. ↑ "SEEK screenings 2019". SEEK. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  49. ↑ "CURATORIAL SCHOOL AVANT-GARDE LAB. SECOND SEASON". Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  50. ↑ "NOMINAL EMPIRE OPEN FRAME AWARD". GoEast Film Festival. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  51. ↑ "The Opening of the exhibition the eyes of night". Buro 24/7. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  52. ↑ "2023 Webby Award". Webby Award. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  53. ↑ "ONX + DocLab MoCap Stage: Once a Glacier". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
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  58. ↑ Webby Award. "War: Kids Drawings in VR Animation". Webby Award. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  59. ↑ Webby Award. "Welcome to the Other Side - Jean-Michel Jarre social VR concert at Notre-Dame". Webby Award. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  60. ↑ Clio Awards. "Clio awards 2021". Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  61. ↑ LAFA. "LAFA Winners - February 2021". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  62. ↑ Lovie Awards. "Lovie Awards Winners 2020". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
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  64. ↑ Epica Awards. "Epica Awards Winners". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  65. ↑ Creative Pool. "Winners 2020". Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  66. ↑ Creative Pool. "Winners 2019". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  67. ↑ New York festivals. "Winners 2019". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  68. ↑ GoEast. "Winners 2018". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  69. ↑ "MTSU-hosted online summit on AI and the Arts advances global dialogue, innovation". MTSU. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
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