Ivan Gorshkov (b. 1986, Voronezh, Russia). Sculptor, painter, graphic artist. Co-founder of the Voronezh Center of Contemporary Art. His semi-abstract objects of wood, toys, cloth, enameled metal resemble monsters, mutated organic and deformed figures of people. These images are reflected in painting in an expressionistic manner. Combines installations with fictional subjects and characters. «Artist of the Year» of the Cosmoscow 2017 fair.
More detailsAwards
2021
- Nominee for the "Kandinsky Prize 2021"
2020
- Laureate of the "Innovation" award
2017
- Artist of the Year according to Cosmoscow Art Fair
2014
- According to The Art Newspaper Russia, he is placed 20th out of 50 in their rating "The most perspective young artists of Russia" .
Primary solo exhibitions
2024
- "Favorites". Masters, Moscow, Russia
- "The lucky chance generator". HPP-2, Moscow, Russia
- "The heart." The First Factory of the Avant-Garde Festival, Ivanovo, Russia
- The doppelganger. Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
2023
- Gorshkov's Big Attractor, Solyanka Ground, Moscow, Russia
2021
- "The Veystal of the Purest Creza", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
- "Traffic accidents", H.L.A.M. Gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- "All all all ... And that's not all", Lil space, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- "Winter Garden of Delights", Upside Down House, Voronezh, Russia
2020
- "The Life", Gallery H.L.A.M., Voronezh, Russia
2019
- "Fountain of Everything", Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2018
- "Royal Pie Road", Bizon Gallery, Kazan, Russia
- "Creme brulee", New Holland, St. Petersburg, Russia
- "Cave of beautiful eyebrows", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- "Dragons have left their dwellings, only the wind is walking in empty walls", PERMM, Perm, Russia
- "My native lovely places", Gallery of the Chamber Theater, Voronezh, Russia
2017
- "Creme brulee", Yula Art-Yard, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- "Nocturnal Animals", residence space, Vyksa, Russia
- "Hyperspace and the anteater", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016
- "A mirage of a funny matter", V. Smirnov and K. Sorokin Foundation, Moscow, Russia
- "Field of miracles", Voronezh Contemporary Art Center, Voronezh, Russia
2015
- "Chrystal boots", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
- "The Swan Lake", Voronezh Contemporary Art Center, Voronezh, Russia
- "Feast of improvements", Zarya Contemporary Art Center, Vladivostok, Russia
- "The way of king’s pie", Diehl Cube, Berlin, Germany
- "Venevia", Venevitinov historical manor, Voronezh regio, Russia
2014
- "Instant bliss", Knoll galerie Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2013
- "Instant bliss", Knoll galerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
2012
- "Golden Pavilion", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- King of the Forest, Peperworks gallery, Moscow, Russia
- "The meeting of matter", Aa collections, Vienna, Austria
2011
- "The boiling Point", Galerie l’Aleatoire, Paris
- "The Comedy", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
2010
- "Parkour", A platform of young art START, Moscow, Russia
2009
- "Ice grounds", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
Public exhibitions
2023
- "That is no country for old men", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2021
- 1st Komi Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Rep. Komi, Syktyvkar, Russia
- 6th Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kyshtym, Russia
2020
- 2nd Triennial of Contemporary Art, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
- "Archstoyanie 2020", Nikola-Lenivets, Russia
- "Generation XXI. Gift of V. Smirnov and K. Sorokin", New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- "This Laughter Will End in Tears", HSE Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019
- "New Geometry", NCCA, Moscow, Russia
- "Let the Lucky Star Shine in Heights", Gum-Red-Line, Moscow, Russia
- Main project of the 5th Ural Industrial Biennale, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2018
- "The perfect age", AZ Museum, Moscow, Russia
- "Tragedy in the corner", Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
- "Stories of the Present", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
2017
- "Journey to the center of the Earth", St. Petersburg Creative Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia
- "Journey to the Center of the Earth", Artplay, Moscow, Russia
- "Rohkunstbou 2017", Berlin, Germany
- "Hurray ... Sculpture", Central exhibition hall Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016
- "Hurray ... Sculpture", Center for Contemporary Art Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
- "The dog has buried a bone", Gogol’s house, Moscow, Russia
- "In the glorious city of Voronezh", WINZAVOD Centre for contemporary art, Red Hall, Moscow, Russia
2015
- "Provenance", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2014
- "Last weekend at the Voronezh Sea", Makaronka, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- "Gaïa in Russian", UVKE, Tallinn, Estonia
- "Catch up with the tortoise", Krasnodar Institute of Contemporary Art / KISI, Krasnodar, Russia
- "Stone footsteps of a dawn", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
2013
- "Space LAB", Leipzig, Germany
- "Heavy metal", WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
- "Folk motifs in the works of contemporary artists of Chernozemye", Voronezh, Russia
- "Bestiary", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
- "In the gardens", Gallery 21, Moscow, Russia
- "Sopromat", Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- "Revisiting the Space Voronezh", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
- "The state order", Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- "The Rest Of Thr World", Ural Vision Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2012
- "The space of expectations", Gallery 21, Moscow, Russia
- "Art for Fake", K35, Moscow, Russia
- "Counter-illusions", Gallery 21, Moscow, Russia
2011
- "Forms of Mind", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- "Ruins of Utopia", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- "Employment book", The Center For Creativa Industries ( Moscow, Russia
- "From the practical knowledge", GMG gallery, Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
- "Contra Mater", Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
- "Art against geography", Cultural Alliance, The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
- "Choose by heart", IX Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2010
- "Grounds", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
- "The only difference", The Center For Creativa Industries ( Moscow, Russia
- "Living museum of performance", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
2009
- "We’ll continue to act", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
- "Land Art Festival Care", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Divnogorie Museum Reserve, Russia
- "Care", Armenian Lane 13, Moscow, Russia
- "Can’t take it anymore", Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
2008
- "Voronezh plein-air", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- "Nudo", H.L.A.M. gallery, Voronezh, Russia
2006
- "Stop! Who goes there?", Moscow, Russia
Collections
- Tretyakov gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow,
Education
2008
- Graduated from the art department at VSPU (Voronezh State Pedagogical University)