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ABOUT ILYA SLAK

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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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