Born in Kaluga on June 9, 1980. Formally, the artist's works are difficult to pinpoint to a single genre or style, but the closest are Japanese manga and early 20th-century German-Austrian Expressionism. However, these references remain purely conventional: at a certain point, they cease to have any relevance, as the artist lives in a state of constant creative isolation, a process of "self-cooking" and a hermitic existence.
His image is that of a hermit or ascetic artist, who makes his daily environment the primary object of reflection. While contemporary society demands constant renewal, he remains faithful to his method: a consistent and methodical focus on a single point, without chasing trends or "going with the wind."
Contemporary culture dictates a superficial, rapid, and relentless consciousness: the artist instead collects what he encounters along the way—leaves, algae, waste—transforming them into images, fragments of his existential choices. He doesn't look at the horizon, but rather peers within himself, lowering his gaze.
His work proceeds as an uninterrupted process. For this reason, it's difficult to bring his works together in a single exhibition project. He doesn't work in thematic series or adapt his works to a predetermined format. His research is slow, gradual, almost imperceptible, and produces a constantly evolving language.
He loves using sharp contrasts, often absolute black and white, without nuance. This ensures external brilliance and internal tension. He doesn't seek realistic resemblance, but a fragmented, distorted, and concise language that conveys more than the nominal image reveals.
For him, artistic practice is first and foremost a lifestyle: beyond trends, beyond social noise. Each exhibition is the result of a varying degree of detachment and complete immersion in the process. In short periods of concentration, new works are born on canvas, paper, casts, and concrete. It's a story about breaking away from everyday life, becoming a hermit, a sociopath, to the point of consciously stopping time.
He often creates monotype portraits, deliberately repeating two or three poses, building the portrait around the person's history, their atmosphere, minimizing rational interference. Each portrait is an episode—an encounter with a real or fictional biography. The titles of his works, often long and poetic, become narrative markers that guide the viewer into personal stories, such as: "An Evening of Watermelon and Poplar Shoulders," "She Chewed Banana Gum," "The Fisherman's Syndrome," "Cut Polaroid," "The Low Gesture."
The artist considers himself an anthropologist who documents his own sensations. For him, image and text become one, transformed into personal notes and sketches—sometimes real, sometimes imaginary. Paper, canvas, walls, concrete, and other surfaces become the pages of a visual diary; his exhibitions, veritable diaries opened in public spaces.
Biennials
- 2008 – Biennial of Young Contemporary Art "Who Goes There?" (State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art).
- 2010 – 2nd Biennial of Young Contemporary Art "Who Goes There?", "My Favorite Toys" (ArtPlay, Moscow).
- 2012 – 3rd Biennial of Young Contemporary Art "Who Goes There?", main project "Under the Tin Foil Sun" (Central House of Artists, Moscow).
- 2020 – 1st Altai International Biennial of Contemporary Art (Altai Republic, Russia).
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Fairs
- 2012 – Viennafair, International Fair of Contemporary Art (Vienna).
- 2013 – Viennafair, International Fair of Contemporary Art (Vienna).
- 2013 – Art-Moscow, International Fair of Contemporary Art (Central House of Artists, Moscow).
- 2019 – Cosmoscow, International Contemporary Art Fair (Gostiny Dvor, Moscow).
- 2020 – Cosmoscow, International Contemporary Art Fair (Gostiny Dvor, Moscow).
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Personal exhibitions
(This is the story of the story: Москва → Moscow, Калуга → Kaluga и т.д.)
- 2004 – As part of the artistic project «GIPerART» (Kaluga).
- 2008 – "Photostudie Prague" (Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, MMOMA).
- 2009 – "Darling. Gogol" (Kaluga).
- 2010 – "Benzin ot Nabokov" (Kaluga).
- 2011 – "Second Post. Autoexport" (Kaluga).
- 2012 – "Courier" (Triumph Gallery, Moscow).
- 2013 – "Fishing Pool" (Triumph Gallery, Moscow).
- 2013 – "Paper Variant" (M. Vrubel Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Omsk).
- 2013 – "Eleven Russians" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden).
- 2014 – "Salads" (Municipal Exhibition Hall, Bryansk).
- 2015 – "December Chronicles" (MMOMA, Moscow).
- 2016 – "Interior Sancho" (Triumph Gallery, Moscow).
- 2017 – "Collisions" (Smena Center for Contemporary Art, Kazan).
- 2017 – "Places" (25th Photogram Gallery, Moscow).
- 2018 – "Sleep of Reason" (X-Max Gallery, Ufa).
- 2018 – "Underground Days" (Gal Triumph Gallery, Moscow).
- 2019 – “Stick to the Technical Task” (Pro Art Gallery, Kaluga).
- 2019 – “My Casting. Sector A. Dosik” (Tallinn Portrait Gallery, Estonia).
- 2019 – “I am not a robot. Wrong Answer!” (Pro Art Gallery, Kaluga).
- 2020 – “Mimosa” (Artpogost Gallery, Guslitsa Estate).
- 2020 – “My Casting. Library” (Elmat Space, MOST Festival, Kaluga).
- 2020 – “Mexicans” (Palto Gallery, Moscow).
- 2020 – “My Casting. Evolution” (Minsk History Museum, Minsk).
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Group Exhibitions (selection)
- 2004 – "Art-Binningen '04" (Basel, Switzerland).
- 2006 – "Workshop-06" (MMOMA, Moscow).
- 2006 – International Festival "Who Goes There?"-2006 (State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow).
- 2007 – Interregional Exhibition "Youth of Russia" (Saratov).
- 2007 – "Workshop-07" (MMOMA, Moscow).
- 2007 – "Shenzhen Art Map" (Beijing, China).
- 2008 – Interregional Exhibition "Youth of Russia" (Saratov).
- 2008 – "Colors Notebook" (Lisbon, Portugal).
- 2009 – "Colors Notebook" (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).
- 2009 – «Workshop-09» (MMOMA, Moscow).
- 2010 – «Ticket to Jerusalem» (New York, USA).
- 2010 – «On the contrary» (Winzavod, Moscow).
- 2011 – «The Festivals of Discoveries» Festival (Kaluga).
- 2011 – «Workshop-11» (MMOMA, Moscow).
- 2011 – «Impossible Community» (MMOMA, Moscow).
- 2011 – «Global Art» Project (CAP, Dmitry Vrubel).
- 2012 – «Checkpoint» (Fabrica, Moscow).
- 2012 – «The Triumph of Caissa. Homage to Marcel Duchamp» (Museum Night, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
- 2017 – «Observer» (Smena Center for Contemporary Art, Kazan).
- 2017 – "The Seventh Year" (Bryansk).
- 2018 – "Moscow-Kazan" (Kazansky Station, Royal Tower, Moscow).
- 2018 – "Friend" (Manege, St. Petersburg).
- 2019 – "Non-Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Fine Art, Winzavod, Moscow).
- 2019 – International Project "Exit from the Black Square" (Trechgoraja Manufactory, Moscow).
- 2020 – "2020 → 2070" (Frida Project Foundation, ROSNANO, Moscow)
