Nadya Tolokonnikova
NADYA TOLOKONNIKOVA is an artist, political activist, and founding member of Pussy Riot. She is the recipient of The Lennon Ono Grant for Peace, and is a co-recipient of The Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought. Following her release in 2013, she opened the Mordovia office of Zona Prava, a prisoners' rights non-governmental organization. Later, she started MediaZona, an independent news service now partnered with The Guardian.
2 Books Written
From artist, activist, and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, a guerilla guide to radical protest and joyful political resistance.The face of modern protest is wearing a brightly colored ski mask.Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, is a creative activist, professional protestor, brazen feminist, shocking visua
Police State
by Nadya Tolokonnikova
POLICE STATE documents Nadya Tolokonnikova's 10-day performance exhibition at MOCA in Los Angeles (June 2025), featuring photographs, prison letters, etchings, artwork by fellow Russian political prisoners, and documentation of the ICE and No Kings Day protests held outside the museum during her exhibit all woven into the narrative of resistance. Nadya Tolokonnikova is an artist, activist and a cr