(b. 1955) ― contemporary Russian artist.
Participates in exhibitions since 1978. In the 1970s, wrote “Canon”, the famous manifest of the Moscow hippie community, in collaboration with Arkady Slavorosov (Guru). In 1986, organized his first solo exhibition “In Memoriam Daniil Kharms” at the State Mayakovsky Museum (Moscow) and took part in the famous 17th Youth Exhibition where he was recognized as an emerging “new wave” artist. In 1987, took part as an actor and scenic designer in Sergey Solovyov’s cult film “Assa.” Organized the Art Rock Parade to celebrate the film’s 1988 premiere at the Moscow Electric Lamp Plant Culture Palace. In 1988, his art works were presented at the first Sotheby’s auction in Moscow. Afterwards, the artist was invited to organize personal shows in Paris, Glasgow, New York and also took part in the most important non-official Soviet art exhibitions in Europe and the USA.
By the late 1980s and early 1990s worked on the crossroads of painting, music, performance art, video, and new media: participated in “Pop Mechanics” concerts (starting from 1986), recorded the music album “1988,” was a contributing author and caption card designer at “Pirate TV” (1989-1992). In 1992, created the first Russian multi-media art installation “Sensual Experiences.” Founded the Art Technology Institute, organized the first Russian video art exhibition “DabluCITY” (1993), directed practical studies at the Moscow Laboratory of New Media (starting from 1994), and worked as a DJ and presenter of the “Shutov Assembly” program on Radio 106.8 (the title of the program derives from the Brian Eno album dedicated to Sergey Shutov). Worked as a VJ in the legendary night club Ptyuch. During the 2000s, created a number of large-scale installations, including “Abacus” for the Russian Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001), “Rug/Hydrangea” (2003), “Apokatastasis Now” (2006). In 2015, created his largest piece “Nesterov’s Loop” in Nizhny Novgorod (the artwork is 10 by 8 meters). Lives and works in Moscow.
Collections:
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Russian Federation Ministry of Culture, Moscow
Multimedia Art Museum/Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Moscow Other Art Museum, Moscow
Ludwig Museum, Aachen
Art4Ru Museum, Moscow
Museo d’Arte Trento e Rovereto (MART), Rovereto
New Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Chronolux, Moscow
Lufthansa, Germany
Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Switzerland
Microinform, Moscow
Metafuturism Foundation, Moscow
and other corporate and private collections in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Russia, France
Exhibition participant:
Qualia