ABOUT PAVEL RTUE
Pavel gets inspiration from everything: it could be films, music, city, his mood, absolutely any eventuality. Starting in the 2000s with typical graffiti fonts, he was gradually working on his individual recognisable style and technology. His collages and compositions usually come as a result of experimenting, modelling and discovering new approaches and forms. Artist’s pieces combine abstract and figurative images, which transform into expressive compositions or fonts. In his last artworks Pavel is trying to find out a new way of interaction with the composition, inspired by his graffiti background. "I always crave for figurative solution and harmony" — he says, — "Usually, I combine different impressions which I extract from depths of my consciousness". Pavel states that he does not insist on one and only reading of his images, because "it is very essential to leave some private space for a spectator to reflect their inner ideas".
SELECTED ARTWORKS
PAVEL RTUE
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
1989
Born in Sevastopol, USSR
EDUCATION
Graphic design at Crimean Art College
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2020
Group exhibition "Beyond The Walls", Kohle Gallery, Paris, France
Solo exhibition "Still Life", Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Group exhibition "Nothing Box", Basmanniy Dvor event-hall, Moscow, Russia
2019
Solo exhibition "The Sea Inside", Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Solo show "Quiet Dates", Kolly Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
2018
Wall Elements group show, Manege, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Swiss Watches group show, Espace Oppidum, Paris, France
IlI Artmossphere biennale, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
Reset group show, Sheraton Hotel, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
2015
20/20, solo exhibition, Momo cafe, Sevastopol, Crimea
2014
Manifesta, Casus Pacis, Street-art Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Art area, Ufa, Russia
I Artmossphere biennale, Artplay, Moscow, Russia
Non finito, solo exhibition, Momo cafe, Sevastopol, Crimea
2013
Izhevsk street-art festival, Izhevsk, Russia
30 faces of perception, Moscow
2012
I abstract water-color biennial, Sevastopol Art Museum, Sevastopol, Crimea
2017
30 faces of you, Museon, Moscow, Russia
Conflict/Obstruction group exhibition, MISP (The museum of 20th and 21st century Saint-Petersburg art), Saint-Petersburg, Russia
GAMMA festival, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2011
Stenograffia, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2010-2014
Just Writing My Name, Ukraine/Russia
2016
30 faces of honesty, Museon, Moscow, Russia
II Artmossphere biennale, Manege, Moscow, Russia
ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS
2020
Online auction "Street", Vladey, Moscow, Russia
Online auction "Stay Home", Moscow, Russia
2019
Art Fair 14C, New Jersey, USA
2018
Artmossphere: IV Street Art Auction, RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017
Artmossphere: III Street Art Auction, RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
SAM FAIR, Street-Art Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2016
Artmossphere: II Street Art Auction, RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015
Artmossphere: I Street Art Auction, VDNH, Moscow, Russia
PUBLICATIONS
2019
Russian Street Art Encyclopedia
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