Vladimir Kolesnikov

Vladimir Kolesnikov

Vladimir Kolesnikov was born in 1969 in Krasnodar. Graduated from the Krasnodar Art School, he enrolled in the Kuban State University and ended it in 1995.

Vladimir Kolesnikov works in a special technique using oil pastels, oil and acrylic. Visually his works are similar to engravings or prints and stylized in form of Italian mannerism. In addition to that the artist originally chooses the themes for his works: the elements of modern mass culture are always in dialogue with classic examples from art history, acquiring an ironic characteristic of the postmodern image.
The most famous series which was made by artist is «Corrections». As the artist says, girls who destroy works of art are nothing but a metaphor for mass culture, which is based on instincts: “I consciously depict it very simply, almost like a comic book. To do this, I take a recognizable artwork and connect it with a girl from pin-up. She is the sense of desire. And it turns out: the object of grassroots culture destroys the subject of high art”.
Vladimir Kolesnikov’s artworks are in the collection of Kapitall-Group, Pierre Brochet, Umar Dzhabrailov, Vladimir Nekrasov, Evgeniy Hanin and other private collections. Currently the artist lives and works in Krasnodar.

SELECTED PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2022

Game Boy.11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

2019

Whiteness Leaking.11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

2017

ATTENTION. Fine Art Museum of Kovalenko, Krasnodar

2016

Corrections. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2014

Power Museum. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2013

Air Force. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2011

Signature. Krasnodar Institute of Contemporary Art, Krasnodar

 

2006

Hosts of Heaven. Maxima gallery, Krasnodar

Deposition from the Cross. Maxima gallery, Krasnodar

 

2005

Bang Bang.D-137 Gallery, Saint-Peresburg

 

2004

Symbols.Aidan gallery, Moscow

 

2002

Painting.Aidan gallery, Moscow

 

1998

School X (in collaboration with D. Kochanovich). Aidan Gallery, Moscow

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Out of the Capital’s Borders. Miras Gallery, Ufa 

2020

Para Bellum. City Contemporary Art Museum, Vladivostok 

2016

Enrichment of Reality. Tenishevs’Cultutal and Exhibition Center, Smolensk

 

2015

You Can't Do That. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2012

Impossible Community (Portrait of 20 Millions). Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Between Heaven and Earth. Rizzordi Art Foundation, Saint-Petersburg

 

2011

Motherland. Contemporary Art Museum PERMM, Perm

Measure of Things. Kovalenko Art Museum of Krasnodar, Krasnodar

 

2010

The First South Russian Biennale of Contemporary Art. Rostov-on-Don

 

2008

About Mortality in Art. M-gallery, Rostov-on-Don

 

2007

XV years. Aidan gallery, Moscow

 

2006

New Angelarium. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

Black Square. Central House Of Artist, Moscow

 

1998

Russia without Contemporary Art Museum. Bayer Concern, Leverkusen

 

1996

Contemporary Art Festival. Sochi Art Museum, Sochi

 

1994

Facade.Kovalenko Art Museum of Krasnodar, Krasnodar

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS

2021

Art Russia International Contemporary Art Fair. Moscow

Da!Moscow! International Contemporary Art Fair. Moscow 

2019

Da!Moscow!International Contemporary Art FairMoscow

2017

Art Wynwood International Contemporary Art Fair.Miami

 

2016

Context Art Miami.Miami

Context Art New York. New York

 

2015

Art Miami New York. New York

 

2013

Art Stage Singapore.Singapore

Contemporary Istanbul. Istambul

 

2007, 2005, 2003, 2001-2000

Art Moscow. Central House of Artist, Moscow

 

2006

Art Athens. Athens

 

1999

Art Forum. Berlin

Author’s works

Showing all 35 results