Vasily Slonov
Vasily Slonov is a Russian artist, who lives in Krasnoyarsk. He is a participant and a winner of many regional, national and international art projects.
He was born on September 17, 1969 in the village of Shushenskoye, Krasnoyarsk. From 1985 to 1991 he studied at the Krasnoyarsk Art College named after Surikov. Exhibition activity began in 1992.
In 2013, his personal exhibition “Welcome! Sochi 2014” in the framework of the White Nights festival served as a pretext for the dismissal of gallery owner Marat Gelman from the post of director of the Perm State Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. Gelman was dismissed from the post of director after he opened three exhibitions in the museum, which took place during the festival. Among them were pictures of Slonov like posters with images of Cheburashka in the form of a huge monster, Olympic rings in the form of gallows loops, Stalin with vampire fangs and bleeding birch.
The artist creates a lot of work from cotton. On September 28, 2015, Slonov presented a cotton sculpture called “The Heart of the Motherland”, which was installed on the square in front of the Krasnoyarsk Museum. According to him, he called his work in this way, due to the idea of big and warm feeling, “predictably blackened by the sweat and blood of already past generations”.
Since 2011, the artist collaborates with the gallery “11.12” at Winzavod. In 2015, it hosted his exhibition entitled “Quilted cavaliers of Apocalypse”. During the exhibition, his works “The Birth of the Padded Jacket”, “Cotton Globe”, “The Cotton Bust of the President”, “The Garden of Cotton Stones”, “Cotton Swimsuits” and others were presented at the gallery.
After the presidential elections in 2018, Slonov on the social network “congratulated” their compatriots on the election of «Quilted Waiter”. Famous works of the artist are also fly swatters with faces of famous politicians, kokoshniks with symbols of organizations such as the KGB, FSF and GULAG, oil mosquitos, that extract oil from the depths of the planet, “Gulag” perfume with smells of toadstools, forest and moss etc.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Russian. Erarta Museum, Sant Petersburg
2020
Childhood’s Friends. Norilsk Museum, Norilsk
2018
Heavenly Jerusalem. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow
2015
Quilted Cavaliers of Apocalypse. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow
2013
Welcome! Sochi 2014, White Nights in Perm. The Festival Town, Perm
2012
Kill the Fly. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre
2004
Kind Actions. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre
2002
Humorless Dances. City Gallery, Lesosibirsk
2001
Wild Siberia. Passau, Germany
1997
Catalogue. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
1996
Gallery in Black. Krasnoyarsk
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Art Fauna. Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow
2020
Ear-Shaped Secret. Center for Creative Industries «Fabrika», Moscow
2019
Siberic Ironic Conceptualism. Culture Center TSK19, Novosibirsk
2017
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism. Saatchi Gallery, London
2015
You Can’t Do That. 11.12 GALLERY, Moscow
Ural – Transcendental. ARTPLAY, Moscow
VI Moscow Biennale Of Contemporary Art. Moscow
XI International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2013
The United States of Siberia. Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow
The United States of Siberia. Loft ETAGI, Saint Petersburg
World of Siberia Festival. Sovrisk Square, «Technopark», Shushenskoye
The United States of Siberia. Tomsk State Gallery, Tomsk
X International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2012
The United States of Siberia». Tobacco Factory, Perm
World of Siberia Festival. Sovrisk Square «Many a little», Shushenskoye
Land-Art Festival «Yolki-Palki». Park at Obskoye Seashore, Novosibirsk
2011
The Sayan Ring Festival. Sovrisk Square, Shushenskoye
IX International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2010
IX International Kansk Video Festival. City House of Culture, Kansk
2009
VIII International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2007
VII International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2005
VI International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2004
To the Resort! Russian Art of Today. Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
IX International Art Initiative Forum “Art of Russia Today”. Main Exhibition Hall “New Manege”, Moscow
2003
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. City Gallery, Zheleznogorsk
V International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
2002
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. House of Artists, Krasnoyarsk
2001
III International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
IV International Museum Biennial. Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk Artists' Works Exhibition “Magic of Time”. Athens, Greece
2000
International Art Festival “Wild Honesty Art Show”. Ottawa, Canada
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. House of Artists, Krasnoyarsk
1999
Fresh Art of Siberia. Novosibirsk
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. House of Artists, Krasnoyarsk
Cultural heroes of the 1920s Festival. Marat Gelman's Gallery, Moscow
1998
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. House of Artists, Krasnoyarsk
1995
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. «Gallery in Black», Krasnoyarsk
I International Musseum Biennial, Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
1994
Young Artists' Works Exhibition «Beyond the Mind». Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
Young Artists' Works Exhibition «Beyond the Mind-II». Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
Young Artists' Works Exhibition «Beyond the Mind-III». Krasnoyarsk Culture and Art Regional Centre, Krasnoyarsk
1993
Young Artists' Works Exhibition. Lukomoryee Gallery, Krasnoyarsk
SELECTED ART FAIRS
2022
Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow
Contemporary Art Fair 1703. Saint Petersburg
2020
International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow
2019
International Contemporary Art Fair DA!MOSCOW. Moscow
International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow
2016
International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow
2015
International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow. Moscow
International Contemporary Art Fair Art Miami Context. Miami
2013
International Contemporary Art Fair Miami Scope. Miami
International Contemporary Art Fair Art-Moscow. Moscow