Artists' Bio:
GLISH is a San Francisco–based art collective founded by Timofey Glinin and Anastasia Shubina. Combining backgrounds in both science and art—Timofey holds a PhD in Biology, while Anastasia earned degrees in biology and philosophy and is also an established new media artist—they work at the intersection of documentary film, photography, digital art, and contemporary science. Their practice merges artistic experimentation with socially engaged projects that reflect on the future of humanity, exploring themes of anthropology, longevity science, transhumanism, and speculative futures.
Their works have been presented in over 100 exhibitions and major festivals worldwide, including esteemed venues such as the Centre Pompidou, the Musée du Quai Branly — Jacques Chirac (Paris), the McCord Stewart Museum (Montreal), and the ANU Museum (Tel Aviv). They have also participated in photography festivals such as the Haute Photographie Fair (Amsterdam), EMOP Berlin, Rotterdam Photo Festival, Head On Photo Festival (Sydney), and the Photometria Festival (Greece). Their projects have received numerous awards, including the BarTur Photo Award “Faces of Humanity”, the Ann Lesley BarTur Award, and POY Asia.
Their films have been featured at leading documentary festivals such as Sheffield DocFest (UK), IndieLisboa (Portugal), ArtdocFest (Riga), Tokyo Docs, Ethnocineca (Vienna), and the Quebec International Ethnographic Film Festival (Canada), earning more than 20 prizes, among them the 45th Cinéma du Réel (Paris), the 72nd Trento Film Festival (Italy), the Somerville International Film Festival (USA), the Grand Jury Prize at the Family Film Project (Portugal), and the Grand Prize at The World of Knowledge IFF. Their works are held in museum and gallery collections internationally.
They are active members of the Bay Area Photographers Collective, where they organize and curate exhibitions, and also teach at the Docdocdoc School of Modern Photography.

Awards & Nominations:
2023 — 45th Cinema du reel, France, Prix des détenues Award
2024 — 72nd Trento Film Festival, Italy, Special Mention
2024 — Family Film Project, Portugal, Grand Jury Prize
2023 — The World of Knowledge IFF, Russia, Grand Prix
2023 — POY, Pictures of the Year, Asia, 2023, Portrait Series, 1st place
2022 — Bartur Photo Award, Faces of Humanity Award, 3d place
2022 — Bartur Photo Award, Ann Lesley Bartur Award, Highly Commended Winner
2025 — Cannes International Film Week, France, Connecting Cultures Award
2025 — Post-Cinema Film Festival, Portugal, Honorable mention
2024 — Somerville International Film Festival, USA, Best Short Documentary Film
2024 — Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival, Belgium, Best Documentary Short film
2024 — Asti International Film Festival, Italy, Best International Film
2024 — 11th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, Greece, Best Short Documentary
2024 — Fresh Eyes International Talents, GUP Magazine, Selected Artists
2024 — Short Documentary Film Festival “Bistre Reke” (Clear Rivers), Serbia, Best Director
2024 — Rencontres Cinéma-Nature, France, Best Documentary film
2024 — Doc.London Documentary Film Festival, UK, Best Connecting Cultures Film
2024 — 34rd Rencontres Cinéma-Nature International Film Festival, France, Best Documentary
2024 — Festival des Courts en hiver IFF, France, Audience Award
2024 — Festival Cinemistica, Spain, Best Anthropological Film
2024 — See-zeen Portrait Award, Short-list
2023 — DokuBaku IDFF, Azerbaijan, Best International Short film
2023 — Beat Film Fest, Russia, V-A-C Foundation Award
2023 — National award 'Laurel Branch', Nominated
2023 — National award 'Dziga Vertov Prize', Nominated
2022 — POY, Pictures of the Year, Asia, 2023, Finalist
2022 — Lenscratch Student Prize, Short-list
2022 — Theater award “Golden Mask”, Long-list
2021 — Street Photo Russia, Short-list
2021 — International Women In Photo Association Award 2021/2022, Short-list
2021 — KinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival, USA, Winner
Exhibitions (Selected):
2025 — Entrance to the void, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, solo show.
2025 — Human Tech Week, San Francisco, June 17-19, 2 solo shows in a group exhibition.
2025 — Metamorphosis Exhibition, at NoName / La Nature Festival, by the Photographic Exploration Project, Belgium, group exhibition.
2025 — Rotterdam Photo Festival 2025 “Shared. Connected”, Rotterdam, Netherlands, solo show in a group exhibition.
2025 — “Ephemeral Earth” at Alameda Photo Festival “In Plain Site”, “Focus Fest”, Alameda, CA, group exhibition
2025 — “PLAY & FLOW” Studio One Art Center in Oakland, group exhibition
2025 — Parallel Realities exhibition at Kommunale Galerie Berlin, EMOP 2025, Berlin, Germany, group exhibition.
2025 — “Collective Visions” at Startup Art Fair 2025, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco, group exhibition
2025 — “Leftward Bound: A Contemporary Photography Exhibition”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, group exhibition
2025 — “Finding a Path”, Gallery of the Library | Parks and Recreation Center in South San Francisco.
2024 — “NEUROCONFLICT” exhibition, by Quazar Art Group, Superlative Gallery in Bali, Indonesia, group exhibition.
2024 — “Night Vision”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, Group Exhibition
2024 — “Fantastic Encyclopedia” at “50|50 Show”, Sanchez Art Center, solo show in a group exhibition.
2024 — “AIAIAI exhibition”, Radian Gallery (Wessling Contemporary), San Francisco, group exhibition.
2024 — “Acts of Care, ” Ruth’s Table Gallery, San Francisco, Group Exhibition
2024 — “24 Months of Photo of the Month, ” Image Flow Gallery, San Anselmo, USA
2024 — “Constructed Realities, ” Photometria Festival, Greece, Group Exhibition
2024 — GUP & Fresh Eyes at “Haute Photographie” Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Group Exhibition
2024 — “Longing for Attachment”, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, USA, group exhibition.
2024 — “Fantastic Encyclopedia, ” Brunch SF, San Francisco, USA, Solo Show
2024 — “Hungry, Thirsty” art show at Gallery-O-Rama, San Francisco, USA, group exhibition.
2024 — “Honesty as a necessity”, Galleria Boheme, San Francisco, USA, group exhibition.
2024 — “What’s Cookin'?”, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA, group exhibition.
2024 — “Amanita AI”, Homebrew Crypto Club, San Francisco, USA, solo show.
2023 — The Bar-Tur Photo Award winners exhibition, F³ — Space for Photography, Berlin, Germany, group exhibition.
2023 — The Bar-Tur Photo Award winners exhibition, Instytut Fotografii Fort, Warsaw, Poland, group exhibition.
2023 — “AI Has a soul”, ANU Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, group exhibition.
2023 — “AI Has a soul”, Montenegro European Art Community, Montenegro, group exhibition.
2023 — “Myth about Myth”, Art Standard gallery, Moscow, group exhibition.
2022 — “Afterimage” at the “Thirteen” exhibition, at NPAK — Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia.
2022 — “Amanita Muscaria”, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia, solo show.
2022 — “Amanita Muscaria”, Art Kvartal Photo Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia, solo show.
2022 — “Amanita Muscaria”, F-Stop magazine online exhibition, USA, solo show.
2022 — Exhibition of the POY winners exhibition, Asia, Mindful Art Forum (MAF), Seoul, South Korea, group exhibition.
2022 — “Pineapple juice”, Russia, group exhibition.
2022 — Portrait 2022, F-Stop magazine online exhibition, USA, group exhibition.
2022 — “Thirteen”, The “Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art” (NPAK), Yerevan, Armenia, group exhibition.
2022 — “Where you are”, Nikolsky rows, St. Petersburg, Russia, group exhibition.
2022 — “Festival pinhole peru”, Peru, group exhibition.
2022 — “New vision”, Mariinsky palace, St. Petersburg, Russia’, group exhibition.
2021 — “The Second sun”, Zerno Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, solo show.
Film Festivals (Selected):
“Piblokto” film
2025 — California Capital International Documentary Film Festival, USA.
2025 — Babul Eco Film Festival, India.
2025 — Cine Pobre Film Festival, Mexico.
2025 — “Monti, Montagne, Montanari” Festival, Italy.
2024 — IndieLisboa, International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, Portuguese Premiere.
2024 — 72nd Trento Film Festival 2024, Italy, Italian Premiere.
2023 — 71st Martovski Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbian Premiere.
2024 — The Quebec International Ethnographic Film Festival, Canada, Canadian Premiere.
2024 — Artdocfest IDFF, Riga, Latvia, Open Competition, Latvian Premiere.
2024 — Ethnocineca — International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Austrian Premiere.
2024 — Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival, Belgium, Belgium Premiere.
2024 — Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, India, Indian Premiere.
2024 — Short documentary film festival “Bistre Reke”, Serbia, International Competition.
2024 — International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, Greece, International Competition.
2024 — Images en Bibliothèques / Mois du doc, France, Official Selection.
2024 — Ecozine Film Festival, Spain, Official Selection.
2024 — 34rd Rencontres Cinéma-Nature IFF, France, International Competition.
2024 — Ethnografilm Paris, France, Official Selection.
2024 — 16th Festival de films Pêcheurs du monde, France, International Competition.
2024 — Film and Folklore Festival, Trinidad and Tobago, Official Selection.
2024 — Festival des Courts en hiver, France, International Competition.
2024 — International folklore film festival, India, Official Selection.
2023 — 45th Cinéma du réel International Documentary Film Festival, Paris, France, World Premiere.
2023 — Sheffield DocFest — International Documentary Festival, UK, UK Premiere.
2023 — DocuWest Documentary Film Festival, Denver, USA, American Premiere.
2023 — Beat Film Festival, International Documentary Festival, Moscow, Russia, Russian Premiere.
2023 — Tokyo Documentary Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, Visual Anthropology and Ethnographic Film Competition, Japanese Premiere.
2023 — DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Premiere.
2023 — Festival Cinemistica, Granada, Spain, International Competition, Spanish Premiere.
2023 — AegeanDocs International Film Festival, Greece, Greek Premiere.
2023 — Apricot Tree IDFF, Armenia, Short Film Competition, Armenian Premiere.
2023 — International Film Festival “The World of Knowledge”, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Competition.
2023 — CorsicaDoc IDFF, Ajaccio, France, New Talents Competition.
2023 — Mostra Internacional de Cinema Documental ‘Mares da Fin do Mundo’ — Documentary Film Festival, La Coruña, Spain, International Competition.
2023 — Etnovideografica — International Ethnovideographic Festival, Zamora, Spain, International Competition.
2023 — FIFMA — Festival International du Film de Montagne d’Autrans, France, International Competition.
2023 — SiberiaDOC International Film Festival, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, International Competition.
2023 — Ethnofest — Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Athens, Greece, Official Selection.
“Dislocations” film
2022 — Balkan Can Kino, Greece, Official Selection.
2022 — One Shot International Short Film Festival, Armenia, Official Selection.
2022 — Fisura, International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Mexico, Official Selection.
2022 — Esto Es Para Esto, Mexico, Official Selection.
2022 — Experimental Films Online, Mexico, Official Selection.
2022 — Symbol of Knowledge Arts And International Film Festival, India, Official Selection.
2022 — NIZINA Self-publishing and Multimedia Festival, Russia, Official Selection.
2021 — 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece, Official Selection.
2021 — 18th Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground, Argentina (Tigre, Quilmes, and Medellin), Official Selection.
2021 — Accordi @ DISACCORDI — International Short Film Festival, Italy, Official Selection.
2021 — KinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival, United States, International Competition.
2021 — Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México, Mexico, Official Selection.
2021 — Engauge Experimental Film Festival, United States, Official Selection.
2021 — Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival, Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto), Official Selection.
2021 — Experimental Superstars, Serbia, Official Selection.
2021 — Interface Video Art Festival, Croatia, Official Selection.
“The Art of Falling Apart” film
2019 — DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Republic of Korea, World Premiere.
Publications:
2025 — ZIVNE, collective book by ZONE
2025 — The Annual Review of Bay Area Photographers Collective Work, Book
2024 — Imperfect Poetry, Float Magazine
2024 — Fresh Eyes International Talents, vol.2 by Foam Magazine.
2023 — Deportation, Float Photo Magazine.
2023 — Nomadic Future, A Visual Dialogue, See-zeen magazine.
2023 — “Put your whole life in one suitcase.” What relocants from Russia do in Armenia, RTVI.
2023 — The rest of Russia is called “mainland” here. Chukchi and Eskimos on the shore of the Arctic ocean, Sibir Realii.
2023 — Life on the Chukchi Sea coast. A film shot in Chukotka offers a glimpse of one of Russia’s Arctic Indigenous cultures, Meduza.
2023 — Amanita Muscaria, See-zeen magazine.
2022 — Amanita Muscaria, F-Stop magazine.
2022 — Relocation. Armenia. Anti-war protests, environmental clean-ups and cuddle parties. How Russian emigrants live in Yerevan, Republic.
2022 — Deportation. The worst, it turns out, was waiting for us ahead, Republic.
2022 — Deportation of the Karachays, Vlesah.
2022 — Deportation. Grandmother died on the road and was thrown out, Lenta.
2022 — Deportation, Private magazine.
2022 — Interview with photographers Anastasia Shubina and Timofey Glinin, F-Stop magazine.
2021 — Deportation. We didn’t think that we would be expelled and then we starved, Takie Dela.
Theater performances:
2021— 2024, “Forest.Mushrooms, ” Etude Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia, Authors: Timofey Glinin, Anastasia Shubina, Alexandr Mashanov, Alyona Mitropova; in the permanent repertoire of the Etude Theatre.
2021— 2024, “Ecology of Consciousness, ” shown in numerous venues: New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater, “Lived and Worked” Gallery, Lendoc Theater, Grand Hotel Emerald, St. Petersburg, Russia; Authors: Timofey Glinin, Anastasia Shubina, Alexandr Mashanov, Alyona Mitropova.
Works in Museum and Gallery Collections:
Musée du Quai Branly — Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, Japan
Stendhal Museum, Grenoble, France
Swiss Anthropological Association (SAA), Switzerland
Guelman und Unbekannt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (NPAK), Yerevan, Armenia
Zerno Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Distributor for educational institutions and museums — ADAV (Association for Audiovisual Distribution)
Interviews and Press Coverage
2023 — Entretien avec Anastasia Shubina et Timofey Glinin, réalisateurs de Piblokto. Mediapart. (In French)
2023 — Arctic Hysteria at the Edge of the World: Life in a Chukotka Village Facing the U.S., Radio France Internationale (In Russian)
2023 — Cultural Diary: A Film About Chukotka in Paris (Russian: Культурный дневник: фильм о Чукотке в Париже), Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty)
2022 — Interview with photographers Anastasia Shubina and Timofey Glinin, F-Stop magazine.
Education and experience
Anastasia Shubina
2023 — Present: Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Creative Director, First Approval Inc., USA
2023 — Present: Film Director & Producer, Singularity Films, CA, USA
2025 — Present: Lecturer, Docdocdoc School of Modern Photography
2020 — Present: Art Director & Creative Concept Developer, Open Longevity Foundation, CA, USA
2020 — Present: Artist, GLISH GROUP
2016 — Present: Co-founder & Art Director, Neurotechnologies LLC
2020 — 2023: Graduate, Docdocdoc School of Contemporary Photography
2016-2020: Project Manager, Creative Concept Developer, and Research Analyst at Open Longevity (Moscow).
2017: Graduate, St. Petersburg School of New Cinema, Major in Film Directing
2014 — 2016: Project Manager and Research Analyst at Science for Life Extension Foundation (Moscow).
2013 — 2015: M.A. in Philosophy, Saint Petersburg State University
2008 — 2014: B.A. and M.A. in Biology, Saint Petersburg State University
Timofey Glinin
2022 — Present: Biologist at UCSF, CA.
2023 — Present: Co-founder, First Approval Inc., USA
2025 — Present: Lecturer, Docdocdoc School of Modern Photography
2020 — Present: Co-founder & Artist at GLISH Art.
2018 — Present: Scientific Director at Open Longevity Foundation, CA.
2017 — Present: Film Director and Producer at Rhizome Films Production.
2016 — Present: Founder at Neurotechnology LTD.
2018 — Earned a PhD in Biology.
2017 — Graduated from St. Petersburg School of New Cinema, majoring in film directing.
2008 — 2014: Earned a Master’s degree from Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology.