Orekhov Gregory

Grigory Orekhov is an artist and sculptor, born in Moscow in the family of the outstanding Soviet sculptor, academician, People's Artist of Russia Yuri Orekhov. His work is characterized by perfection of form and metaphorical depth. One of his significant works is the sculpture "Tumbler Agatha", created in honor of the artist's daughter. Agatha's birth was an inspiring and significant event in Gregory's life, vividly reflected in this work.

Grigory Orekhov is known for his projects in the field of public art and land art.

Grigory Orekhov is a regular participant of the Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair. In 2017, he participated in the international exhibition "Start" at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

In 2017, Grigory Orekhov installed the 4-meter-high sculpture "Agatha" at the main entrance to GUM on Red Square, and two years later it decorated the architectural ensemble of Stoleshnikov Lane, becoming the central element of Moscow's urban space.

In 2019, Grigory Orekhov became the first contemporary artist to present his work in the historical space of the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve – the sculptural composition "Eternity", dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin. Also in the same year, at the 58th International Venice Biennale, he presented the site-specific installation "Salvation" in the garden and on the facade of the Scuola Grande della Misericordia.

In 2020-2021, his sculpture OVOID 7.1 was presented on the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin as part of the exhibition "Carl Faberge and Fyodor Ruckert. Masterpieces of Russian Enamel" in the Museums of the Moscow Kremlin.

Grigory Orekhov also created Russia's first modern sculpture dedicated to Kazimir Malevich in the park of the same name in 2020.

In 2021, he presented a large-scale land art project "Crossroads" on the Moskva River, drawing attention to the problem of building protected areas in the Moscow region.

In 2022, Grigory Orekhov took part in the first land art project "White Forest" in K. Malevich Park with his work "Nowhere", a 250-meter red carpet laid out in a snow-white forest along linden alley.

In 2023, he created a unique sculpture “Talmud” in the middle of Lake Senezh among thickets of reeds as part of the state program for landscaping the territories of the Moscow region.

He actively participates in solo and group exhibitions. His works are in the collections of the Russian Museum, MAMM and in private collections. In addition, Grigory Orekhov holds the post of General Director of the Sculptor Foundation of the Russian Academy of Arts and is a member of the Moscow Union of Artists.

EDUCATION:

Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting Sculpture and Architecture, Moscow

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2024 — Dream Shuttle, Toile Blanche Contemporary, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
2024 — Echo, Land Art project in Malevich Park, Moscow Region
2023 — Red Vertical 2022, a land art project in the Moscow region
2021 — Crossroads, a land art project on the Moskva River, Moscow Region
2020 — Harvest, Land art project, Moscow region
2019 — Eternity, Peterhof State Museum, Saint Petersburg
2019 — Major Tom, installation at the Skolkovo Golf Club, Moscow
2019 — Salvation, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Venice, Italy
2018 — Undoubtedly, the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
2017 — Agatha, GUM, Red Square, Moscow

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2024 — Group exhibition, Gallery in the East, Compiegne, France
2022 — White Forest, Malevich Park, Moscow region
2022 — New exhibition "90th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artists", Moscow
2022 — Created in Moscow, Jart Gallery, Moscow
2021 — A shadow of the soul, but a little sharper, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2021 — Through and Through the Looking Glass, Museum of the 20th and 21st Centuries, St. Petersburg
2020 — Another reality, Gallery "O", Moscow
2020 — Exhibition of works by the nominees of the First Moscow Art Prize, Zaryadye, Moscow
2020 — Ovoid 7.1, for the exhibition of CARL FABERGE and FYODOR RÜCKERT at the Kremlin Museums, Moscow
2020 — Artists and Collectors at the Russian Museum, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2019 — Personal Structures-Identities, Palazzo Mora, Venice
2018 — Breakthrough, Ekaterina Foundation, Moscow
2018 — Lilac Ladies, O Gallery, Moscow
2018 — KANON, O Gallery, Moscow
2018 — RGB, O Gallery, Moscow
2017 — Start, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017 — Reflexion, O Gallery, Moscow