Ilya Kutoboy is an illustrator based in Moscow. In 2013 he graduated from the BVShD "Graphic Design" course. Collaborated with the illustrator agency BANG! BANG! STUDIO, RBC style and others.

EDUCATION:

• 2017 — Illustration Workshop, Russian Reporter Summer School
• 2017 — Design Legends, Future London Academy, London
• 2011–2013 — Basic Graphic Design Course, British Higher School of Design (BHSD)
• 1997–2002 — Faculty of Physics and Technology, KSU

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• 2023 — Blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
• 2022 — a—s—t—r—a Open.Vol 1, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CSI Winzavod, Moscow
• 2022 — blazar young art fair, Museum of Moscow, Moscow
• 2021 — Syndrome of Tropical States, Moscow / Khlebzavod
• 2021 — MOST contemporary art auction, Krasnodar
• 2014 — Prosmotr, St. Petersburg
• 2014 — Time for art, Moscow

"Initially, my fascination with art started with music. Music for me is a big field for experimentation. I've participated in different genre projects, recorded solo albums and I'm a big music lover.

I call my style at the moment - "Tropical Primitivism". The theme of tropics appeared in my work thanks to my numerous travels to the islands of Asia and Indonesia - the heat and raging vegetation of those places have deeply sprouted inside me.

In my works I like to mix painting and graphics, scraps of phrases and words, superimpose ghostly or more concrete images on each other, which remind me of dreams with a non-linear plot. Often the heroes of my works are animals and plants, peculiar ladies and creatures who find themselves on the same plane of the ever-changing carnival of life.

I think it is great when art does not carry strict dogmas, but expands the boundaries of our imagination. I try not to forget that I'm just stardust."

- artist Ilya Kutoboy

Dishon Yuldash is an artist and founder of the Moscow gallery ISSMAG. Lives and works in Moscow. Graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art named after Joseph Backstein: course "New artistic strategies" in the specialty "modern artistic practice" workshop of Stas Shuripa.

Dishon Yuldash works with the sculptural environment. The main task of the work is the study of the fluid medium of forms, the physical influence of materials, fluid structures, new forms of practice as therapy restoration.

As a resident of the Richter Workshops, the artist Dishon Yuldash created the design of a bottle for the Richter perfume with incense and black currant scent from Matvey Yudov.

Founder of the non-commercial project Prolog.Vision, within which was held the group exhibition "Planned Obsolescence" of curator Alexander Burenkov, who received the Innovation - 2017 prize in the "Curator of the Year" nomination.

ELECTED CURATOR PROJECTS:

• 2021 — "All dogs go to heaven" by Stasia Grishina, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow
• 2020 — "Deformation without tearing and gluing" Vitaly Bezpalov, Yan Ginzburg, Victor Timofeev, Biennale Carbone 20, Saint Etienne, France
• 2020 — "The unwavering one multiplies boredom, with - dead mother-of-pearl, a hollow mystery" Katia Khassine, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow
• 2019 — Curator of projects a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow
• 2018 — Concert-practice "m e r t s a n i e" by Anastasia Tolchneva (aka Lovozero) and Anna Kravchenko, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow
• 2017 — "Respawn, if a prisoner, who if not you" Alexey Taruts, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

• 2022 - Art Moscow Program at the 48th Russian Antique Salon, a-s-t-r-a gallery. Gostiny dvor, Moscow.
• 2021 - Cosmoscow art fair, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow
• 2021 - Blazar, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

• 2021 - Victor Timofeev solo exhibition. ISSMAG, Moscow (pending).
• 2021 - "All Dogs Go to Paradise" by Stasya Grishina, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow
• 2020 - "Deformation without Tearing and Gluing" by Vitaly Bezpalov, Jan Ginzburg, Viktor Timofeev, Carbone 20 Biennale, Saint-Etienne, France
• 2020 - "Quintessence" solo exhibition by Vitaly Bezpalov. ISSMAG, Moscow. 
• 2020 - Exhibition of one work by Bora Akinchuk (London). ISSMAG, Moscow
• 2020 - "Boredomless multiplies boredom, with - dead pearl, hollow mystery" by Katya Khasina, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow
• 2020-2021 - New season curated by TZVETNIK invited Dishon Yuldash. ISSMAG. Moscow 
• 2020 - "∅. no w" sound installation by Yegor Anonko. ISSMAG, Moscow 
• 2019 - Curator of projects a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow
• 2018 - "Protodermis" installation by Abu Blunt. ISSMAG, Moscow
• 2018 - "m e r t s a n i e" concert-practice by Anastasia Tolchneva (aka Lovozero) and Anna Kravchenko, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow
• 2017 - "vctn" installation and video work by Alena Shapovalova and musician Ignat Olenev (Johns Kingdom). ISSMAG, Moscow 
• 2017 - "Who if you are not" performance by Alexei Taruts. Rabitsa, Moscow 
• 2017 - "Let all your dreams come true" performance-audio-installation, Alexei Taruts. Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow 
• 2016 - "Respawn, exactly, if not you then who" solo exhibition of Alexei Taruts. ISSMAG, Moscow 
• 2016 - "Bangs" solo exhibition by Oleg Ustinov. CTI Fabrika, Moscow
• 2015 - "STILL MOVING" group exhibition, Sinead Breslin, Alexander Selivanov, Oleg Ustinov. Spiridonov House, Moscow

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• МОСКВИЧ MAG "Почему Вы должны меня знать: основательница галереи Issmag Дишон Юлдаш"
• Vogue "Почему керамика стала такой модной и за какими художницами следить"
• BURO 24/7 о выпуске аромата для пространства Рихтер во флаконах работы Дишон Юлдаш
• Esquire о презентации аромата для пространства Рихтер
• The BluePrint о создании Дишон Юлдаш скульптурных флаконов для аромата "Рихтер"
• Arterritory.com "Куда привела радуга"
• tzvetnik.online "All Dogs go to heaven" by Stasia Grishina at Issmag, Moscow
• tzvetnik.online "Deformation without tearing and gluing", Group Show at Carbone 20, Saint-Etienne
• tzvetnik.online "Quintessence" by Vitaly Bezpalov at ISSMAG, Moscow
• Интервью Дишон Юлдаш для АртУзел
• AQNB о презентации видео-перформанса "АЛЕКСЕЙ ТАРУЦ / КТО ЕСЛИ НЕ ТЫ" в галерее Issmag
• AroundArt о выставке Кати Хасиной «Безвихрастый умножает скуку, с — отмерший перламутр, полая загадка» в галерее Issmag

Anna Pavlova was born in 1991.

After finishing secondary school in 2008-2014, she studied at Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts, specialising in artistic ceramics. 

In 2011, she became co-founder and designer of the Mineral Weather jewellery brand, with which she participated in international exhibitions in Paris, Milan, Copenhagen and Barcelona.

In 2016, Mineral Weather teamed up with 6 brands to open its own Ampersand jewellery shop.

Since 2016, she has been working on ceramic sculpture in contemporary art and taking part in exhibitions and art fairs.

"Everything I do is a reflection of what's going on around me, my experiences spilling out into objects. I interact with the world through plastic statements on the level of tactile-sensory language."

• 2023 - "Arty Advent", Liza Fetisova Gallery, Paris
• 2022 - "Isn't the color white what gets rid of darkness?", solo exhibition, lobby, Moscow
• 2022 — blazar young art fair, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — a-s-t-r-a Open.Vol 1, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — Délices et Malices, Liza Fetissova Gallery, Paris, France.
• 2022 — Invasion, solo exhibition, Liza Fetissova gallery, Paris, France.
• 2022 — Homo Faber, Michelandgelo Foundation, Venice, Italy.
• 2021 — A Family Story, Liza Fetissova gallery, Paris, France.
• 2021 — Workspace: untitled, Azot gallery, Cub, Moscow, Russia.
• 2020 — We know it’s going to happen but, flat of director of Austrian cultural forum, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 —  Analpha-bettes, solo exhibition, Transatlantique gallery + Liza Fetissova Gallery, Paris, France.
• 2019 — Chamber of Secrets, library N67, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 — Revelation, fair, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
• 2019 — Re_generation, Dety Marii, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — I Feel Warm and Scared, Ovcharenko gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Baikonur now, Аrhiv space, NIIDAR, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Artdacha of Riabuschinskii, exibition of the results of the residence, Vyshny Volochek, Russia.
• 2018 — End of Sunset, the roof of Setun area, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Project Element. Earth, White Room Foundation, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Abrakadabra, The 6th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia.
• 2017 — Designed by a cyborg, OS.MOS / AWG Society, Moscow, Russia.

Alexander Krylov was born and raised in Moscow. 

His works are stored in private collections and galleries in Russia, the United States, Germany and Turkey.

EDUCATION:

• Graphic Design, Moscow University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia.
• Contemporary painting, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 2022 — Shh, Exhibition of silent works, experimental WIP gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — Big Tree, kvartira3 space, Moscow, Russia.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• 2022 — a-s-t-r-a Open.Vol 1, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — POWER, Nakoval'nya gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — DREAMCAST, LazyMike gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — ADVENT, contemporary art festival, New Tretyakov, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — Tribe Fest, Flacon, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — OpenCall Exhibition, New Sincerity gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — LowKey, Russian underground immersive exhibition, DorDor Gallery х2, New York, USA.
• 2020 — Negative GDP growth, NeFormArt, AHU, Moscow, Russia.
• 2020 — Zen Art Festival, Eurasian Art Union, Moscow, Russia.
• 2020 — Worst summer, NeFormArt, AHU, Moscow, Russia.
• 2020 — Factories don't stand, NeFormArt, AHU, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• 2020 — 20 years of loneliness, NeFormArt, AHU, Moscow, Russia.
• 2020 — NEON HAUT PARTY, New Level Russia magazine presentation, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 — Art Transaction, magazine MOST, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 — Swamiart gallery opening, Swamiart, Moscow, Russia.

Bendeliani Tornike was born in 1992 in Moscow.

Self-taught artist.

He started to paint in 2016. He also graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 2015.

Bendeliani lives and works in Moscow. 

Technique of work: watercolour on paper and acrylic (when the background is monochrome). Some works are attached to the canvas on a stretcher. 

In ancient times, objects drew attention to themselves in a very different way. The object itself was a symbol of larger phenomena or meanings - a mask through which their essence was visible. Now symbolic thinking has been relegated to the margins of consciousness, but it lives on in art. It continues to work, bringing frozen objectivity to life, making sense of a renewed world. Its current beauty is the freedom of such comprehension.

The artist gives experience to new images and models through painting. The boundaries in the paintings are malleable. The viewer can see or guess different meanings in contemporary silhouettes of people, in successfully or unsuccessfully chosen objects, faces, animals and broken lines. This is how - as bricolage - the language of narration is born, followed by the language of interaction. The stroke, the shape, the colour are not related to the subject. It is pure aesthetics, designed to evoke the inner language of the beholder through the universality of geometric forms or a shared sense of colour. If you look at the blueness of the sky, the feeling of blueness will not belong only to you; others will understand it without pointing to the sky with a hand.

Most of the works are not titled so as not to give rise to speculation: «What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what cannot be said must be kept quiet». You can enter the plane of the works and look at the world from a different angle with curiosity. Here the world is distorted and refracted and coloured glasses give birth to phantasmagoria. It's a way of grappling with the mundane realities, even if they are more vivid. But you have to fight them by defending space for other experiences.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:

• 2022 — a-s-t-r-a Open.Vol 1, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — IV Contemporary Art Market WIN-WIN, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 — ArtLitfond-2 Auction: Contemporary Art, late XX - early XXI century, 2022 Future, А3 Gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 — Auction ArtLitFund: Contemporary and Future Art of Russia, XXI-XXII centuries, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Untitled Foundation charity auction supported by Sotheby's, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Untitled Prize, All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow, Russia.
• 2018 — Art Lihoradca 2, BORSCH Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2017 — Art Lihoradca, BORSCH Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Olga Aksenova was born in 1991, she lives and works in Moscow.

EDUCATION:

• 2010-2015 — Fine Arts and Natural Resources, specialising in icon painting, Moscow Region State University, Moscow, Russia.
• 2015-2019 — private workshops, The Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021-2022 — Video art and contemporary painting, Process School of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — residency in Gallery 22, Moscow, Russia.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

• 2022 — a-s-t-r-a Open.Vol 1, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — Archstoyanie, festival of contemporary art, Bird's Eyeview group project, Nikola-Lenivets art park, Kaluga, Russia.
• 2022 — Point, IGUMO gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 — GIVE ART A CHANCE, 3D Exibition, HAZEGALLERY, Berlin, Germany.
• 2022 — Discovering new names, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• 2021 — Restlessness, Gallery 22, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — All-Russian Eco-art Festival of Intellectual Art, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• 2021 — Open exhibition, New Sincerity gallery, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — Date 6, Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
• 2021 — Notification, interactive exhibition, Israel.
• 2021 — Quarantine, Kabood Atelier Art Gallery, Tabliz, Iran. 

The artist's work synthesises the traditions of the iconographic school and contemporary trends in network art, united by an interest in mysticism. The main work implies the interconnection of an internally ordered time period with external factors, the importance of understanding and observing supersensitivity – a phenomenon emerging at the junction of contemporary art and its perception. Each new element from the environment deconstructs the existing mode of being, thereby creating an ordered chaos. Awareness becomes a barrier to knowing oneself and the soundscape. It provides an opportunity to go deeper into the nature of things and phenomena, to accept one's place in the natural and human symbiosis. Boundaries become more transparent, reinforcing the contrasting perception of reality. The moment of rejection is shaped by a new meaning and a signal to action.

The artist explores such concepts as «image», «countenance» outside of time and reality in her artistic journey. The process of integrating this experience into the DNA of contemporary art is synthesised through a long involvement in icon painting practices.

There is a search for answers to questions about «spirituality», «images» and «faces» that have persisted and survived in networked spaces. In 2022, the project «Urandi Tribe» emerges from this quest, based on its own mythology as an opportunity to look into the boundary spaces of existing planes of being. This project was first exhibited at the Abramova gallery, Saint-Petersburg.

The artist finds sources of inspiration in fairy tales of different cultures, legends and myths, in art history and folklore songs. Since October 2022 the artist has been a resident of Gallery 22, a self-organisation of contemporary artists, where participants form exhibitions based on the rhizome principle and realise their own personal projects.

«My practical part are based on the intersection of contemporary art and many years of iconographic experience. In this interweaving, I am trying to understand how centuries-old traditions inherent in our religious basis have taken root in public memory and life I reflect on the ways of symbiosis of these borderline practices in the field of contemporary art». Olga Aksenova

Using fluorescent colour pigments, she tries to reveal the mystical content of the modern world by appealing to an image, a face - a concentration of cultural memory.

The artist's works are stored in private collections in Russia, America and France.