ANDREY RUDYEV (b. 1966) says that his first creative practices were directed at realistically portraying objects. He was fanatically devoted to realistic painting. However, as soon as he mastered his artistic skills, his views changed. In his individual preferences, he moved on from the Russian academic artists to the German classic artists of the twentieth century such as Joseph Beuys and Anselm Kiefer, and the contemporaries, Jonathan Meese and Daniel Richter.
Rudyev is a contemporary artist who has experienced stages of painting evolution in his mind and often in his artwork. He cannot and does not want to paint like Renaissance masters. ‘The artist of the present day must train their brain, the art of today happens in minds’, Rudyev says. These words can make for a meaningful commentary not only about his works but also on pieces by other contemporary artists.
Awards
2017
- International Artist’s Workshop “Babylon Dream”, St.Petersburg, July 2006
2012
- Residency & symposium, Tokomak, Suomenlinna, Finland, July 2012
2011
- International public-art festival “ArtBat”, Almaty,Kazakhstan, May 2011
2010
- International Artist’s symposium & exhibition,”Nord Art” festival, Budelsdorf, Germany, May
2009
- International Artist’s symposium & exhibition,”Nord Art” festival, Budelsdorf, Germany, May
2008
- International Artist’s symposium & exhibition,”Nord Art” festival, Budelsdorf, Germany, May
2006
- International residency at VASL, Karachi, Pakistan, February 2006
2005
- Ford foundation grant, “Antarctic mission” project, 2005
- Pollock-Krasner found, grant 2005
2003
- ZGG Award to mount exhibition 2003, Berlin
1995
- Resident, 'Moscow-Berlin' festival, 1995, Berlin Academy of Art
1994
- President's Young Artist Stipend
Primary solo exhibitions
2020
- “The Hybrid World”, Kunsthalle N7, St.Petersburg
2019
- “MONO/CHROM “, Marina Gisich gallery, St.Petersburg
2016
- Tantamareska', Taiga Art Space, St. Petersburg,
- “Continuous method”, Navicula Artis gallery, St Petersburg
2015
- “Patria est, ubicumque est bene”, Luda gallery, St. Petersburg
2014
- "Leningradskaya", gallery "Ultramarine", St. Petersburg
2013
- "We are all the tourists, a little..», Vostok Gallery, Stockholm
2011
- “Oasis”, gallery “Moderniat”, St.Petersburg
- “So far, so close” city exhibition hall “Manege”, St.Petersburg
- “Sector of the Tenth”, ALGallery, St.Peterburg
2010
- “UFO 2”, “Erarta” museum, St.Peterburg
- “Gotterdammerung”, gallery “Atelje 2”, Moscow
- Art Moscow, AL Gallery, Moscow
- B&W Modernariat Gallery, St. Petersburg
2007
- “Uberlebensraum”, gallery VIAarte, Wien
- “Entrance-Exit”. gallery “Am Rotten Hof”, Wien
2003
- “Flight to Heaven”, Planetarium, Berlin
- “Paintings and Graphic Works”, BB Bank, Berlin
2001
- “LUNKI', Zveryev Art Centre, Moscow
- “Works by Andrei Rudyev”, French Church, Berlin
- “Paintings, Collages and other Graphic Works”, ZGG gallery,Berlin
2000
- “Assemblage”, Borei gallery, St Petersburg
1997
- “City Sun”, La Liberte gallery, Paris
1995
- “Painting and Graphic Works”, Burg Lohra, Thuringen, Germany
Public exhibitions
2020
- “NEMOSKVA”, City Exhibition Hall “Manezh”
- "Inner Bearf Condition", Kunsthalle N7, St. Petersburg
2019
- “Horizont’19, Novyi museum, St.Petersburg, installation “No matter what you do, I always remember you”
2018
- "Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall", NCCA, Moscow, Russia
2017
- “Waterfront” project, ecological festival of Danish cultural institute, “Sevkabel” factory, St,Petrsburg
2016
- V Baltic biennale, Novyi museum, St.Petersburg
- “ Prototipe”, Kuryokhin center, St.Petersburg
2015
- “Picture after painting” museum of Academy of fine art, St. Petersburg
2014
- “Art Prospect” international public-art CEC ArtsLink festival, St. Petersburg
- “ Another Capital”, Mosсow Museum, Mosсow
- “Signal – Art of the Present”, St. Petersburg
2013
- Graphic Triennial, Kaliningrad, Russia
- Festival "Lawn", New Holland, St. Petersburg
- "Retromutants II" Gallery of New Holland (curatorial project), St. Petersburg
- Exhibition nominees Kuryokhin Prize, Kuryokhin Art Center, St. Petersburg
2012
- "Kitcsh kak kitsch", Lermontov Library, St. Petersburg
- “Retromutants” gallery “Kultproject” (curatorial project), Moscow
- “Art Prospect” international public-art CEC ArtsLink festival, St. Petersburg
2011
- “Superheroes Alley” project in frames public art festival “ArtBat”, Almaty, Kazahstan
- “Electricity III” Museum of Fine Arts, Tomsk
- "Gates and Doors', State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
- “Black and White”, PERMM Museum, Perm’, Perm, Russia
Collections
- State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art
- Mead Art Museum; Caixa Art Collection
- Multimedia Art Museum Moscow