Nikolay Vasilyev

about the artist

Born in Leningrad in 1975. A member of an Artistic Sect KOLHUi (Koldovskie Hudozhniki or Magical artists). Collaborates with such art groups as The Mitki, Parasite, and Vasilki. Works in techniques of painting and tape art. Lives and works in St. Petersburg.
Education

Education

Graduated from the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Art History.
Attended drawing classes at The Ilya Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture studied at art school №13.
Graduated from general art school №13.

Solo exhibitions

2013 — "KIDS", Polimer cultural center, Tallinn (Estonia)
2013 — "Scotch", X-Max Gallery, Ufa
2012 — "Tape Art", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
2009 — "Faces", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2009 — "The Elder and Children", DiDi Gallery, St. Petersburg
2003 — "Inpolstallyatsiya", IFA Showroom, St. Petersburg
2002 — "Shy Squirrels", N.TS. Gallery, St. Petersburg

Selected group exhibitions

2014 — "Family Portrait", the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2014 — "Magnetic Field", under Manifasta parallel program, Rizordi Loft, St. Petersburg
2014 — "St. Petersburg Artists", Pärnu (Estonia)
2014 — "The Mitki at Kozma Prutkov", Solvychegodsk
2014 — "The Mitki", Pskov State Museum, Pskov
2014 — "After the Comics", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg; Novgorod Center for Contemporary Art, Dialogue Cultural Center, Veliky Novgorod
2014 — "Parasite", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg
2014 — "Portrait in the Interior", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
2014 — "Posters", project by The Mitki Art Group, Manezh, St. Petersburg
2013 — "LENENERBE", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
2013 — "Vasilki 5.1", Museum of Non Conformist Art, Pushkinskaya-10 Art Center, St. Petersburg
2013 — "Kunst.Object.Mensch", Dresden, Germany
2013 — "Parasite", Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg
2013 — Winter Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of The Union of Artists, St. Petersburg
2013 — "Trier", "Art-Anfas Japan: Traditions and Modernity", New Exhibition Hall of The City Sculpture Museum, St. Petersburg
2013 — "Lars von Trier. The Mystery", New Exhibition Hall of The City Sculpture Museum, St. Petersburg
2013 — "Portrait Now", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
2012 — III Baltic Biennale, Rizordi Loft, St. Petersburg
2012 — "SPb... Gegenwartskunst..." Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
2012 — "North-South", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2012 — "Rubber", Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta, St. Petersburg
2012 — "Bright", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
2012 — "Napoleon", Lazarev Gallery, St. Petersburg
2012 — Night of Museums 2012, Museum of The Mitki creative association, Saint Petersburg
2012 — KronFest Festival, Kronstadt
2011 — "Autumn Aggravation", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2011 — "K0LHUi", Novgorod Center for Contemporary Art, Dialogue Cultural Center, Veliky Novgorod
2011 — "Space", "Smelt", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
2011 — "LIBIDO", Rooney Gallery, Geneva (Switzerland)
2011 — Night of Museums 2011, Museum of The Mitki creative association, Saint Petersburg
2010 — "Libido", Museum of The Mitki creative association, Saint Petersburg
2010 — "Salon", Red Gate Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
2010 — "Autumn Aggravation", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
2010 — "The Image of Death in Art", Shemyakin Center, St. Petersburg
2010 — "Cry in Art", Shemyakin Center, St. Petersburg
2010 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2010 — "About People", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
2010 — "CINEMA", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2010 — "Notre Petersbourg", Cour Mably, Bordeaux (France)
2010 — "Libido", Central House of Artists, Moscow
2009 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2009 — "Art without Borders", Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2009 — "CINEMA", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2009 — "Autumn Aggravation", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
2009 — "Tango", March Gallery, Saint Petersburg
2009 — "Russian Pop Art", Zoom, St. Petersburg
2009 — "Menschen in der Stadt", Russian House, Berlin (Germany)
2008 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2008 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2008 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH
2008 — "Walking in the City", Small Hall of Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2007 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2007 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH
2007 — Dialogue International Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2007 — "Motherhood and Childhood", Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg
2007 — RigaBIN Biennale of Graphic Art, Riga, Latvia
2006 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2006 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2006 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2006 — "25 Years of the Leningrad Rock Club", Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2005 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2005 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2005 — Dialogue International Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2004 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2004 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2004 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2004 — "1:1", ONE TIME ONE SPACE, Muenster, Germany
2003 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2003 — "Art-debauch", Pure Dreams Festival, LDM, St. Petersburg
2003 — Dialogues Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2003 — The Turku BIENNALE, Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
2002 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2002 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2002 — "Art-debauch", Pure Dreams Festival, LDM, St. Petersburg
2002 — "Let there be Light", Borey Gallery, Saint Petersburg
2001 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2001 — Dialogues Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
2000 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2000 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
1999 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
1999 — Dialogues Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
1999 — "In Memory of the Holocaust", Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
1998 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg

The works are presented in the following collections

Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Murmansk Regional Museum of Art
Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after M. Vrubel
Astrakhan State Picture Gallery named after P. Dogadin

Keys
2015