STUDIO 30

STUDIO 30 is Lilia Balasanova and Sergey Kolevatykh. They graduated from the Art Department of the Moscow Textile Academy and trained in the Netherlands. Despite the common biography and many years of experience working in the same studio, each of the artists retains not only their own style, but also the features of their plastic vision. According to the artists themselves, their close collaboration further reveals the individuality of each of them.

Both artists have always been interested in finding their own context. When in 2001 STUDIO 30 appeared first as an idea, and then grew into an author’s project, Lilia Balasanova and Sergey Kolevatykh managed to build their creative ways in a single line. Since that time, many works have been created together. According to critics, the unique combination of common interests and mutu-al differences gives the projects a special depth and multidimensionality. The STUDIO 30 focuses on the topics that cover a wide variety of phenomena of modern urban civilization. According to Lilia Balasanova and Sergey Kolevatykh, the ability to follow time and change with it is, today, one of the most important qualities of a contemporary artist. In «Changing Dimensions» series, STUDIO 30 explores a rapidly changing new reality that reveals another information dimension. The sense of spatial and temporal transformation is becoming a de-fining element of reality perception today. Whatever influences the way of thinking of a modern person, for example, new technologies, changes in the surrounding space, the search for identity, or such an unknown area as virtual reali-ty, everything can become the theme of the next project of STUDIO 30. Artists’ works were purchased not only by private collections, but also by Russian state museum and exhibition funds, as well as collections of such world-famous corporations as Deloitte, John Deere, Hyatt Development, Johnson & Johnson, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and others. The artists’ works are presented in the interiors of many leading Russian and foreign companies, including SITRONICS, Praedium, AG Capital, Central Properties, and Sheremetyevo international airport. The artists live and work in Moscow.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

Deep Mind: Firmware. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2016

Adam and Eve Were Here. All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow

Observer Mode. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2012 

There’s Nobody Here. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

Cities. Gallery «Vremena», Moscow

 

2011 

The Undernet. Art-Manege, Manege, Moscow

 

2010

Next 2010. Dio Art Consulting, Moscow-City, Moscow

Smelik & Stokking Galleries. Rotterdam

 

2009 

Spaces. Embassy of United States of America, Moscow

 

2007 

Principle of Subtraction. Artesania, New Manege, Moscow

 

2006 

Floating World. Infoprostranstvo, Moscow

Smelik & Stokking Galleries. Hague

In the Searching of Nature. Infoprostranstvo, Moscow

 

2005

Maple Avenue Gallery. Evanston

 

2004 

The Fox River Financial Resources Exhibition Hall. Geneve, Illinois
Side by Side. Artplay Gallery and East Meets West Gallery, Moscow

 

2003 

Confucius’ Dreams. East Meets West Gallery, Moscow

 

2003 

Flute of Time. East Meets West Gallery, Moscow

 

2000 

Invitation. East Meets West Gallery, Moscow

 

 

Selected Group exhibitions

 

2020
Looking Glass. The Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Saint Petersburg

 

2015

You Can’t Do That. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2013

Born to Fly… and Crawl. State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Mixed Media 2. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow

 

2012

Chamaenerion. Exhibition project. City Painting Gallery, Tolyatti; Penza Region Gallery named after K.A. Savitskiy, Penza; Saratov Region Museum of Local History, Saratov; Kostroma Historical, Architectural and Art Museum and Reserve, Kostroma; Tula Museum of Fine Arts, Tula

 

2011

Not Square – Different Reality. Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow

 

2009

Jubilee Exhibition-40. Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam

10+. Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Gallery «Na Solyanke», Moscow

 

2008

On the Other Bank. East Meets West Gallery, New Manege, Moscow

Energy of Art. Dio Art Consulting, Moscow-City, Moscow

Trails of the Lost Tribes of Southwest China. Artplay Gallery and East Meets West Gallery, Moscow

 

2007

Flag in Your Hands 2. International Festival of Actual Art. Omsk, Khanti-Mansiysk, Novosibirsk

New Year Wishes. Gallery «Na Karetnom», Moscow

 

2004 

Jubilee Exhibition-35. Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam

 

2003

Group Portrait of One Man. Artplay Gallery and East Meets West Gallery, Moscow

SELECTED Art Fairs

2020
International Contemporary Art Fair Art Russia. Moscow

 

2018

International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow

 

2011

Art Fair Art-Manege. Manage Exhibition Hall. Moscow

 

2010

International Contemporary Art Fair Primavera Art Fair. Rotterdam

 

2008 — 2009

Art Fair Art-Manege. Manage Exhibition Hall. Moscow

 

2005

Holland Art Fair. Hague

 

2003

Vienna Art Fair. Vienna

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Author’s works