ABOUT ILYA SLAK
Ilya Slak’s style is based on a non-figurative abstraction, which is built on constructive principles of geometry. He makes his artworks both legally and half-legally: on streets and abandoned territories and while participating in various projects on monumental painting. Besides that, Ilya works on canvas, paper and wood. Usually, he gets inspired by electronic music with a dark industrial sound, like ambient, techno, post-dubstep and so on. Also, different kinds of a so-called 'brutal' architecture may impress him, as well as diverse geometric objects in nature, which the artist likes to explore and observe. "The main conception of my art is an intentional neglecting of political, or any other, agenda; generally, each work exists out of time, it illustrates my initial state at the very moment of creation" — tells Ilya.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
ILYA SLAK
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
1986
Born and based in Beloozerskiy town, Moscow region
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS
2020
Group show TIMEOUT!, Moscow, Russia
Online group exhibition StayHome
Group exhibition "Nothing Box", Basmanniy Dvor event-hall, Moscow, Russia
Group exhibition "A Major Minority Group Show: Graffuturism 10 Year Anniversary", Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2012
"Ecosphere" Business center "Alliance", Tyumen, Russia
"Faces and Laces" Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia
"Clean Field", Tula region, Russia
"Art-ravine", Vyksa, Russia
“Meetings of Styles”, St. Petersburg, Russia
Faces and Laces, Moscow, Russia
"Most", Moscow, Russia
2019
Koktebel Jazz Festival, Koktebel, Crimea
30 Facets of the City, Gubkin, Russia
The Rhythm of My City, VDNKh, Moscow, Russia
Graffuturism Group Exhibition "L'AVENIR", Mirus Gallery, Denver, USA
30 Facets of the City, Novotroitsk, Russia
Creative cluster "Oktava" Birthday Celebration, Tula, Russia
2018
"Reset". Hotel Sheraton, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2017
"No Parents No Toys!", "Afisha" Picnic, Moscow, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow, Russia
"Other space", Chelyabinsk Region, Russia
"Perm Period. New Time", Perm, Russia
2016
"Project 64: NE/ZAVISIMOST’" Pavilion "Optika" VDNH, Moscow, Russia
"Artmossphere" II Biennale of Street art, Manezh, Moscow, Russia
"Metaforms" Space "Mars", Moscow, Russia
"Urban" Gallery "ArtOnline24", Moscow, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow, Russia
"30 Faces of honesty", Moscow, Russia
"Outline", Moscow, Russia
2015
"Project 64" Pavilion "Optics" VDNH, Moscow, Russia
Faces and Laces, Moscow, Russia
2014
Uncut New Wave. MSK Eastside Gallery, Moscow, Russia
"Format One: Change" Artplay. Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
"Urbanism: a City In My Mind" Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
"Artmosfera" First Biennale of Street art in Russia, Artplay, Moscow, Russia
"Art-Wall" Kuryokhin Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
"Parts of the Walls” RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
"ARTify Workout" Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Artify Workout (Reebok), Moscow, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow, Russia
"Just Write My Name", Moscow, Russia
"Objects of nature", Kotka, Finland
"Code red garage jam", Moscow, Russia
"Legends of Saratov", Saratov, Russia
2011
"Metamorphosis" Moscow Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
"Art-Vandalism" Perm Art Residence, Perm, Russia
"Nobody will buy this" Gallery "A3", Moscow, Russia
"Graffiti on Vinyl", Germany
"Illusions of perception" club "Live", Tyumen, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow, Russia
"Design Sretenka Week", Moscow, Russia
"Just write my name", Moscow, Russia
"Long stories of Perm", Perm, Russia
"Matter of skillz", Moscow, Russia
"Battle of the three capitals", Perm, Russia
2010
"Skate reconstruction", Moscow, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow, Russia
"Others X Montana Jam", Tyumen, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow
"Freedom", Shchelkovo, Russia
"Just write my name", Moscow, Russia
"Just write my name... Meets", Beloozyorsky, Russia
2009
"Starry Sky" Museum and Exhibition Center, Reutov, Russia
"Faces and Laces Pavilion Cosmos", Moscow, Russia
"Splash / Write4Gold", Moscow, Russia
"Others", Tyumen, Russia
"Freedom", Shchelkovo, Russia
“Just write my name”, Moscow, Russia
2008
"Starry Sky" Museum and Exhibition Center, Reutov, Russia
"Montana-Jam", Velikiy Novgorod / Saratov, Russia
2013
"Innovative Art", Reutov, Russia
"Art-Weekend", Krasnoyarsk, Russia
"Here", Voronezh, Russia
"Art-Ravine", Vyksa, Russia
"Faces and Laces", Moscow, Russia
"The Best City of the Earth", Moscow, Russia
"Clean Field II", Tula region, Russia
"Others", Tyumen, Russia
ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS
2020
Cosmoscow International Art Fair, Moscow, Russia
Online auction "Street", Vladey, Moscow, Russia
Online auction "Stay Home", Moscow, Russia
2019
V Auction of Street Wave Art, RuArts, Moscow, Russia
Art Fair 14C, New Jersey, USA
2015-18
RuArts, Auctions of Street Wave Art, Moscow, Russia
2016
Art Market, "Tsvetnoy" store, Moscow, Russia
PUBLICATIONS
2019
Russian Street Art Encyclopedia
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