Mikhail Maksimov was born in 1974 in Moscow. He studied at Moscow State Construction University and Rodchenko Art School (Moscow). Selected solo exhibitions: Toptania, Electromuseum, Moscow (2014); Extraction of Humanity, Fabrika Center for Creative Industries, Moscow (2018); Continuous Answer, Sidur Museum, Moscow (2021). Selected group exhibitions: Radical Gaming. Immersion Simulation Subversion, House of Electronic Arts, Basel (2021); Assuming Distance: Speculations, Fakes, and Predictions in the Age of the Coronacene, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2021). He is an award winner at the Extra Short Film Festival (2012), the International Cannes Video Festival (2015), and the Spirit of Fire Film Festival (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2018).