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ABOUT KONSTANTIN BENKOVICH

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Although Konstantin has gained a full degree in art education, he really found himself in art only three years ago. As the main medium, the artist uses steel rebar, which appears to be some kind of an aggressive symbol, etymologically referring to the Latin "arma" — "armament”. In Russia, this material is often associated with a lack of freedom and prison bars.

The major source of inspiration for Konstantin is art strictly connected to socio-political context. His work is a reflection on significant events of the past, and sometimes it is a reaction to current events.

The main motives in the artist’s work are images of mass culture. Through rethinking and changing the context, Konstantin gives them a new meaning, sometimes even opposite to the original one.

Konstantin believes that the artist has the exclusive privilege of telling the truth, which in our difficult times is impossible for ordinary people.

SELECTED ARTWORKS

KONSTANTIN BENKOVICH

CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

1981

Based in St. Petersburg

EDUCATION

2007

Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (Department of Decorative and Monumental Art, major in Artistic Metalwork)

SOLO SHOWS

2019

"20:19", Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Exhibition "Religion", MIZK Gallery & Cube Moscow, Russia

2016

Exhibition "Uniform", European Art Community (DAEC), Kotor, Montenegro

2018

Exhibition "Pop Over", Erarta, St. Petersburg, Russia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

"Artists & Collectors For the Russian Museum. Gifts. Selected. 1898-2019", State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

The group exhibition "Emergency", Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia

The group exhibition "Nostalgia For Real", Artplay, Moscow, Russia

2019

The group exhibition "Gold", Winzavod, Moscow, Russia

The group exhibition "Stability", the museum of contemporary art "Erarta", St. Petersburg​, Russia

2012

All-Russian festival of contemporary art "Cultural alliance", Perm, Russia

The group exhibition "PereJEWanie" (Survival), Art Centre "Nevskiy, 8", St. Petersburg, Russia

The group exhibition "Default", V. Mayakovsky Art Centre, Nevskiy 20, St. Petersburg, Russia

The group exhibition dedicated to 125 birthday of Marc Chagall in his native city, in the city museum of Belorussia, Vitebsk

The group exhibition "Social media", the museum of contemporary art "Erarta", St. Petersburg, Russia

2018

The group exhibition "Street art wonderland", the Museum of Street Art (SAM), St. Petersburg, Russia

The group exhibition "Memoirs", curator Marianna Maksimovskaya, New Manege with Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia

The group exhibition "Circus, circus, circus". Curator Andrey Bartenev, Gallery ART4, Moscow, Russia
The group exhibition "Sport Is Youth", the museum of contemporary art "Erarta", Saint Petersburg, Russia 

2011

The group exhibition "Stability", the museum of contemporary art "Erarta", St. Petersburg​, Russia

2009

Certificate from biennale of design "Modulor" for the sculpture composition "Legends about a butterfly"

2017

The public art project consisting of three sculptures in Dukley Gardens Montenegro, Budva
The group exhibition "Russian Post-Soviet Actionism", Saatchi Gallery, London, Great Britain

2016

Sculpture "Dog Koons" in the garden of the Marble Palace, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (open till now)

ART FAIRS

2019

Sam Fair 2019, Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia​

2018

Sam Fair 2018, Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia​

PRIVATE

COLLECTIONS

Russia, Montenegro, UK, Netherlands, USA ​

PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS

"Erarta" Museum of Contemporary Art, Street Art Museum​

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