Alexander Dashevskiy

Alexander was born in Leningrad in 1980. Having graduated from the School of Economics of the St. Petersburg University of Film and Television, he went on to study at the School of Art History of the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 2019, jointly with fellow artist Ruben Monakhov, he founded the NeNeMu independent exhibition venue in St. Petersburg. He currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.

Alexander Dashevsky’s paintings usually feature various objects found in urban and public spaces: standardised apartment blocks, garages, pools, and metro tunnels. His approach to picturing dilapidated structures recalls the urban planners’ regeneration strategy. Taking as his departure point visual observations from travels across post-Soviet states, Dashevsky makes forlorn spaces visible again, infusing them with light and life by choosing a vibrant palette to paint them.