Ilya Gaponov

“Still life with skull”, 2018

oil on canvas, kubassek

Education:

• 2003 – 2005 – St. Petersburg Foundation of culture and art “Institute of PRO ART”,program “New technologies in contemporary art”
• 2004 – national school of fine arts, Paris (workshop Vincent BARRE, Ecole Nationale Superieure des BEAUX ARTS, Paris)
• 2001 – 2007 – St. Petersburg State Academy of art and industry (them. Mukhina), faculty of monumental-decorative painting,
• 1998 – 2001 – Kemerovo art school, painting and teaching Department

Main projects:

• 2018 – “Tragedy in the corner”, the Museum of Москвы2017 – “the Avenue of the unconquered,” MMSI, Moscow
• 2016 – “Reversion”, contemporary art center Mars, Moscow- “Corpus”, Scientific-research Museum of the Academy of fine arts, St. Petersburg – “Painting after painting”, the Russian Academy of arts, Москва
• 2015- “Painting after painting” Scientific research Museum of the Academy of fine arts, St. Petersburg- “Russia. Realism. 21st century.”Russian Museum, St. Petersburg- “Russian realism of the 21st century.”Central Museum of modern history of Russia, Moscow- “Banner of victory” at the festival “Victory”, Central house of artists, Moscow.- “Between the Volga and the Danube”, Russian Academy of arts, Moscow- “Spring 2015”, Spbsh, St. Petersburg- “This is all that remains”, French Institute, Moscow- “Behind the glass”, noise gallery, St. Petersburg.
• 2014 – 5 Baltic Biennale of contemporary art, New Museum, St. Petersburg – a Reason for peace, street art Museum, St. Petersburg 2013 – New Russian realism, Art Moscow – “ICONS”, space Tkachi, St. Peterburg
• 2012 – “the feast of being”, Today gallery, Moscow- “Hidden room” Rizzordi art foundation, Saint-Петербург2011 “Motherland”, the Museum of modern art, PERM – IX Krasnoyarsk Biennale “In the depth” a “Sandbox”, Summer festival in New Holland, Saint-Petersburg- “Gates and doors”, State Russian Museum, St. Peterburg
• 2010 -“Vive la jeune garde”, Ateliers du Vent, Rennes, France – Youth Biennale “Stop who goes there”, Moscow Art Moscow, pavilion gallery Триумф
• 2009 – Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia- “Russian beauty”, NCCA, Moscow- Art Basel Selection – Europe Art Fair 2009, Geneva, Switzerland 2008 – Exhibition of nominees Kandinsky, CHA, Moscow – gallery “White Space”, object, London, ART Moscow 2008, gallery Triumf2007 – ART Moscow , pavilion “Yakut gallery” and gallery “Triumph”-a Parallel program of the Second Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, video program, NCCA Moscow.
• 2006 – ART Moscow, pavilion “Yakut gallery”- Festival of contemporary art “Art status”, Kemerovo – Curatorial project “Transfer of capitals”- Russian pavilion (Yakut gallery), the project-“Russian utopia”, Moscow.- “Do not disturb” Moscow art center, Moscow, video 2005-Parallel program of the First Moscow Biennale, m’ars Center for contemporary art.
• 2004 – gallery Pont-Neuf, Paris “10 Prize LVMH” Personal:
• 2017 – “Industrial areology” OMK im. Batashevs, Vyksa- “Reliquary”, State research Museum of architecture. Shchusev, Москва2016 – “Changes” gallery UVG, Budapest, Венгрия2015 – “the Room in which it is snowing”, Triumph gallery, Москва2014 – “Thyatira throne”, Joseph fine art gallery, Prague
• 2013 – “slag-heap covered deserts”, Name Gallery, Saint Petersburg- “the First snow”, Bourges,
• 2012 – “Excessive appetites”, Erarta gallery, London- “Thyatira throne”, Name gallery, Saint Peterburg
• 2011- “Thyatira throne”, Triumph gallery, Moscow
• 2010 – “Summer snow”, Blois, France- “First snow”, Marseille, Франция
• 2008 – “Three days”, Triumph gallery, Moscow- “the Last snow”, gallery Globus, St. Petersburg- “UNDER GROUND”, Manege, Small hall, St. Petersburg
• 2007 “Kuzbass parallel”, Triumph gallery, Moscow
• 2006 “Altar/Category 5” Yakut gallery, Moscow– “Synthetic cults” Navicula Artis gallery, St. Petersburg

Works in collections:

State Russian Museum, NCCA(Moscow, Yekaterinburg), Krasnoyarsk Center of Contemporary Art, Victoria Foundation, Smirnov and Sorokina Foundation, private collections in Germany, UK, USA, Czech Republic, France, South Korea, etc..