1958

Artist and musician. A representative of conceptualism and the new wave of Moscow art. Born in 1958 in Moscow. From 1974 to 1978, he studied at the Moscow Regional Art School in Memory of 1905, in the theater and decorative arts department, studying under Tatyana Selvinskaya. From 1978 to the mid-1980s, he worked as a set designer, primarily in provincial theaters. In 1979, he met the artists Nikita Alekseev and Mikhail Roshal, and other representatives of the Moscow school of conceptualism. In 1986, together with Nikita Alekseev, Sven Gundlakh, and others, he organized the simulated music project "Central Russian Upland." Since 1987, he has been a member of the Avant-Garde Club (KLAVA), where he has exhibited extensively. From 1989 to 1993, he lived and worked in Paris. In 1993, he returned to Moscow and joined the Moscow Union of Artists. He participated in a special project at the 1st Moscow Biennale (2005), was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize in the "Project of the Year" category (2007), and has participated in over 60 international group exhibitions in Russia and Europe. He is involved in painting, performance, and musical projects.