ABOUT VLADIMIR ABIKH
The artist works at the intersection of different media and styles: street art, intervention, installation, video, photography. He often involves the viewers into active engagement with the artwork. In his works, the artist speaks on the topic of urbanism, social injustice, man’s place in the information space, and also explores the impact of virtual on reality. The artist’s creative method is based on the reinterpretation of the street art’s heritage, on working with text and language phenomena. Special attention in works is paid to the symbiosis of semantic content and method of submission. The artist analyzes and reveals the inner mechanisms of functioning of socio-cultural phenomena in concise and ironic forms.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
VLADIMIR ABIKH
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
1987
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Lives and works in St. Petersburg
EDUCATION
2018
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2015-2016
The PRO ARTE Foundation, educational program «School of the young artist»
2013-2015
2005-2010
Siberian video campus, director of feature films
Ural State University
RESIDENCES
2019
A4 Museum, Chengdu, China
Riba-roja d'Ebre, Catalunya, Spain
2018
2017
VYKSA art-residence, Vyksa, Russia
Gogova foundation, Baku, Azerbaijan
«Artkommunalka», Erofeev Museum, Kolomna, Russia
AWARDS
2019
The winner of the award «TOP 50» of the Sobaka.ru magazine in the nomination «Art»
2018
Finalist of the competition "Best of Russia 2017", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2016
The nominee of the award named by Kuryokhin in the section "Art in Public Space"
2015
The nominee of the award named by Kuryokhin in the section "Art in Public Space"
Finalist of the competition "STARTinART", K35 Gallery, Moscow
The 1st prize in the international competition J.C. Jacobsen’s Portrait Award "PORTRAIT NOW!", Denmark
2014
The nominee of the award "TOP 50" of the Sobaka.ru magazine in the nomination "Break of the Year"
The winner in the nomination "The Best Exhibition Project 2014" (exhibition "It Is Time to Judge") in the Weburg award, Ekaterinburg
2013
The winner in the nomination "The Best Exhibition Project 2013" (Street dirt project) in the Weburg award, Ekaterinburg
The nominee of the award named by Kuryokhin in the section "Art in Public Space"
Finalist of photo contest "Minority", Center of the documentary photo "FOTODOC", Moscow
The 1st prize in the nomination "Social Street Art", the Space Ecology festival, Perm
The winner in the nomination "The Best Art Stock" (Street dirt project) according to the Advertology.ru portal
The nominee of the Moscow international festival of the advertising "Red Apple" in the nomination "Non-standard Social Advertising",
the third place at the same festival in the nomination "Non-standard Social Advertising – New Media" (Street Dirt project), Moscow
The bronze prize-winner of the Kiev international festival of advertising in the nomination "Outdoor" (Street Dirt project), Kiev
Silver prize-winner of the festival of social advertising "Time!"
in the nomination "Ambient-media, professional works" (Street Dirt project), Omsk
Finalist of the competition "Best of Russia 2013", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2012
Finalist of the competition "Best of Russia 2012", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2011
Finalist of the competition "Best of Russia 2011", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2020
2nd Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, Garage, Moscow, 2020
"Carte Blanche", illegal street art festival, Ekaterinburg, 2020
"State of emergency", Triumph gallery, Moscow, 2020
"Kommunalka", Triumph gallery, Moscow
2019
"Thousands of Poetry Hide", A4 Museum, Chengdu, China, 2019
"Please wait", Futuro Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod, 2019
"Main exhibition", FM Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod
Biennial of digital arts Némo, 104 Centquatre, Paris, France
CYFEST, State Hermitage Youth Educational Center, St. Petersburg
International Kansk video festival, Kansk
Street morphology, street art festival, Tyumen
"Art Sakhalin", street art festival, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
"Long Stories for Perm", street art festival, Perm
"Carte Blanche", illegal street art festival, Ekaterinburg
"The lookout", fort «Constantine», Kronshtadt
"Rooted to the spot", Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg
"Locals", Ural branch of The National Center for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg
"Body Techniques 2.0", In the Main Gallery, Tomsk
"Cyberbody and its trace", GWZ Kovcheg, Moscow
"Open museum", Electromuseum, Moscow
2018
Solo exhibition "ESSE QUAM VIDERI", Neues Leben, Salzburg
Solo exhibition "Holiday exhibition", Berthold centre, St. Petersburg
Solo exhibition "WHERE WE ARE EMPTY", VYKSA art-residence, Vyksa
CYFEST-12, Made in New York Media Center, New York
International Video Art Festival "Videoforma 6", St. Petersburg
"Postposttext", Ground Peschanaya, Moscow
SAM Fair, St. Petersburg
BYOB, Sevcable, St. Petersburg
"Not included", Agile gallery, St. Petersburg
"Art Prospect" public art festival, St. Petersburg
Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Moscow
Street art festival "Chilim", Astrakhan
Street wave art biennale "Artmossphere", Winzavod, Moscow
International Kansk Video Festival, Kansk
"Everything is not what it seems", Ural branch of The National Center for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg
"Carte Blanche", street-art festival, Ekaterinburg
"Obsolete progress", Special Projects of 6. Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, The Polytechnic Museum, Moscow
"Street ART WONDERLAND", Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg
Street art festival "Mesto", Nizhny Novgorod
"Private life of radio frequencies", Popov Communications Museum, St. Petersburg
"Best of Russia 2017", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
"Open museum", Electromuseum, Moscow
International Video Art Festival "Now&After", Moscow
"State of emergency", QuartaRiata Residency of Arts & Technology, St. Petersburg
2017
Solo exhibition "An Exhibition for Future Generations", ArTwin Gallery, Baku
International Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk
Consulting group "BZMST AND PARTNERS", Ural Industrial Biennale, Ekaterinburg
International Kansk Video Festival, Kansk
Brighter Days are Coming, Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg
2016
CYFEST, Made in New York Media Center, New York
"Development zone", Erarta, St. Petersburg
2nd street art Biennale ARTMOSPHERE, Manege, Moscow
ZE art group solo exhibition "Facing the emptiness", Ural vision gallery, Ekaterinburg
"Bezmestie", Special project of 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, ARTPLAY, Moscow
"What picture will you be tomorrow?", Ural vision gallery, Ekaterinburg
2015
Exhibition of the nominees Kuryokhin award, Kuryokhin centre, St. Petersburg
"Antimuseum", Electromuseum, Moscow
"Prostolie", The PRO ARTE Foundation, St. Petersburg
"While eating", CCI FABRIKA, "Olivie" exhibition hall, Moscow
International Krasnoyarsk museum biennial, Krasnoyarsk
The 3rd Ural Industrial biennial of contemporary art, Ekaterinburg
"Meet me in the yard", Sweater Gallery, Ekaterinburg
Street art festival "Fresco", Murmansk
"Portrait now!", Museum Ljungberg, Sweden
"STARTinART", K35 Gallery, Moscow
"The Baltic Photo Biennale Photomania", Kaliningrad
"Portrait now!", The Museum of National History, Copenhagen
"Portrait now!", Erarta, St. Petersburg
"I have communications", Sweater gallery, Ekaterinburg
2014
Solo exhibition "Street Dirt", Floors, St. Petersburg
Eurasian festival of the modern art, Expocentre, Ekaterinburg
"Workshops", Ural branch of The National Center for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg
"On the other side", Sweater gallery, Ekaterinburg
"Neighbors", Sweater gallery, Ekaterinburg
ZE art group personal exhibition "It Is Time to Judge", Ekaterinburg gallery of the modern art, Ekaterinburg
2013
"Best of Russia 2013", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
The Tenth Krasnoyarsk biennial of the modern art, Krasnoyarsk
"Minorities", Center of the documentary photo "FOTODOC", Moscow
2012
"Best of Russia 2012", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
"Animal Style", Ural branch of The National Center for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg
2011
"Best of Russia 2011", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2009
"Lee make history", Modena, Italy
ART FAIRS
2020
2019
Cosmoscow 2020, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia
Cosmoscow 2019, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia
SAM Fair 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia
2018
Cosmoscow 2018, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia
SAM Fair 2018, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016
Cosmoscow 2016, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia
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