Dou Oleg
Oleg Dou is the pseudonym of artist Oleg Douryagin.
Born in 1983 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, specializing in economic programming. Since childhood he was interested in art, became interested in creating computer graphics. In 2005 he took up photography and began to combine it with post-processing. He works in various media from digital images and video to sculptures.
Winner of International Photography Awards (2007), International Color Awards (2008) and Arte Laguna Art Prize (Italy, 2009). Nominee of the Kandinsky Prize in 2007 and 2008.
Oleg created a Photoshop cover commissioned by Adobe, participated in the “Leaders of Public Opinion” program, creating works at the invitation of the Culture Department of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has collaborated with brands such as Givenchy, Juun J, David Koma.
His works are in museum collections of Luxemburg Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg; Ekaterina Foundation, Russia; Jan des bouvrie, Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, France; Samawi Collection, Dubai; Jeju museum of art, Korea; 21 cMuseum, USA; Moscow Multimedia Art Museum, Russia; FRAC Reunion, France; Sollo Collection, Spain and others. As well as in private collections in Russia, America and Switzerland.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:
- 2024 — Fair |catalog| December, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2024 — Cosmoscow, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2024 — St. Petersburg Art Fair “1703”, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Manezh, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- 2024 — Fair |catalog| April, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2019 — “Mutant”, solo exhibition , Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2018 — “Looking Back and Beyond”, group exhibition, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA
- 2018 — “Elèctric i llunyà”, group exhibition, Tecla Sala Cultural Center, Barcelona, Spain
- 2017 — “Elegance”, group exhibition, RTR Gallery, Paris, France
- 2016 — “On behalf of baboushka”, group exhibition, RTR Gallery, Paris, France
- 2016 — “All eyes on me”, group exhibition, Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2016 — “Lonely Narcissus”, solo exhibition, Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2014 — “Faces”, solo exhibition, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2014 — “8 years. Retrospective”, solo exhibition, RTR Gallery, Paris, France
- 2012 — “Another Face”, solo exhibition, Museum of Multimedia Arts, Moscow, Russia
- 2012 — “Tears and Toy Story”, solo exhibition, Museum of Regional Arts of Krasnodar, Russia
- 2012 — “Another Face”, solo exhibition, RTR Gallery, Paris, France
- 2012 — “Reboot”, group exhibition, Red October Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2012 — “I am who I am”, group exhibition, KIT Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2012 — International Photography Festival, Republic of Korea
- 2012 — “Perestroika”, solo exhibition, Fotofest 2012 Biennial of Photography, Houston, USA
- 2012 — “Photography: Russia, China, Czech and Slovak Republic” group exhibition, Allen Center, Houston, USA
- 2011 — “Cubs”, solo exhibition, Espace Art 22 gallery, Brussels
- 2011 — “Cubs”, solo exhibition, Senda Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- 2011 — FotoArtFestival, BWA, Bielsko, Twarze, Poland
- 2011 — “Cubs”, solo exhibition, RTR Gallery, Paris, France
- 2011 — “Gevaarlijk Jong”, group exhibition, Dr. Ghislain Museum, Ghent, Belgium
- 2011 — “F for Fake”, group exhibition, Belvedere Palace, San Leucio “Smell, Colour, Chemestry, Art and Education”, Santa Monica Museum, Barcelona, Spain
- 2010 — “Toystory”, solo exhibition, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2010 — “Toystory”, solo exhibition, Senda Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- 2010 — “Russian Tales”, group exhibition, EXPRMNTL gallery, Toulouse, France
- 2010 — “Russains! Photographic portrait 1970-2010”, group exhibition, OREL ART gallery, Paris, France
- 2010 — “Atopia”, group exhibition, Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 2010 — “inSPIRACJE”, festival, Poland
- 2010 — “L'exquis et l'obscur”, Galerie D.X, Bordeaux, France
- 2009 — “Tears”, solo exhibition, Art Espace 22, Brussels, Belgium
- 2009 — “Les Visages”, group exhibition, Interalia, Seoul
- 2009 — “Look me in the Eyes”, group exhibition, RTR Gallery, Paris
- 2009 — Pingyao International Photography Festival 2009, China
- 2009 — “Visage. Image. Timps”, group exhibition, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Fair |catalog| April 2023, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow, Russia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Artguide - Year Three: the results of art fair 1703
- Photoplay - Talks. Oleg Dou
- Moskvich Mag - This is my city: artist Oleg Dou
- ArtInvestment - Artist of the Week: Oleg Dou
- U magazine - Artist Oleg Dou - about fashion, design and art collaborations
- BURO. - The Carol Christian Poell store will host an exhibition of artist Oleg Dou
- Next Level - Oleg Dou. Sketches
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