Egor Koshelev
Egor Koshelev was born in Moscow in 1980. In 2003, the artist graduated from Stroganov Academy, majoring in monumental painting. In 2006 he defended his thesis on Tintoretto and obtained a PhD in art history. After graduation from the Academy, Yegor Koshelev participated in the annual exhibitions of the ‘Workshop’ project at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, where he was noticed by the gallery owner Vladimir Ovcharenko.
In his early period (2006–2010), the artist mingles the graffiti style and the late-Soviet academic tradition (paintings ‘True Friends’, 2005; ‘Rus’, 2007; ‘Hosanna’, 2007; ‘Gestalt’, 2009, etc.). His crystallized forms are shaped with fluorescent paint; he deliberately clashes the "high" and the "low". Artworks of this period were brought together at the first solo exhibition ‘Kinky Tags’ (2008), followed by the ‘Phobia’ project (2009).
In the early 2010s, Egor Koshelev switched to using softer figures, he less often uses graffiti fonts. He continues to play with quotes from classical and contemporary art and mass culture, composing riddles and messages "on the topic of the day." Over the past decade, he has been working a lot with the problem of the artist's place in the world – both by publishing theoretical works and constructing entire residences of imaginary creators (the ‘Palazzo Koshelev’ project, 2017).
The works are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia), the Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg), as well as in collections in Russia and abroad.
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BIG IN RUSSIA
Group exhibition 11 Dec 2024 - 26 Jan 2025 WinzavodDomestic art approached the large format, following the path of the Russian reversal or Russian invert: the artist tracked down and threw himself at the wolfhound of the century. The...Read more -
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The Second Time 28 Feb - 17 Mar 2024The artist Egor Koshelev, an attentive observer and ironic commentator of contemporary culture, has more work to do — the surrounding reality demands more and more explanations. Following the large-scale...Read more -
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The Artist's Gestalt or Sudden Retrospective 26 Jan - 17 Mar 2024Egor Koshelev is an internationally recognized artist, who has pursued a strategy of non-compliance with any trends, canons and -isms . He is an escapist that sheers away from institutional...Read more -
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GRYPHONAGE 24 Oct - 1 Dec 2023Gryphonage – an almost subconscious improvisation on paper, drawings akin to automatic writing. Since the time of Rembrandt, Italian Baroque caricaturists, and masters of French Rococo, such graphics have allowed...Read more -
ZDRAVSTVUYTE!
Group exhibition 26 Jul - 7 Sep 2023OVCHARENKO presents a new collective project in the framework of co-operation with the auction house VLADEY. The name of the exhibition of OVCHARENKO artists "HELLO!" (ZDRAVSTVUYTE!) has a double meaning. The complexity and at the same time the beauty of the Russian language allows you to find in the simple word "Hello!" both a wish of good health and a greeting at a meeting. And the meeting at the exhibition will be held with marvelous artists and their works of art.Read more
For 33 years of his work OVCHARENKO, while the first exhibition of the gallery (then called "Regina") was held in September 1990, 278 group and solo exhibitions were held. In religion "33 years" are the age of Jesus Christ — the time of perfection, the period of life when the peak has been reached. Christ's rebirth occurred at the same time when he was 33, so " HELLO!" (ZDRAVSTVUYTE!).
Vladimir Ovcharenko, founder of VLADEY and OVCHARENKO: "The time in our country and in the world is not easy. And when was it easy? It is very complicated for artists now. Their world has completely changed. For many of them it has turned out to be tragic, while others continue to create magnificent works of art. We are happy to represent the best of the best, it is a great honour and responsibility. Moscow is a world-class cultural centre. And it always will be. It deserves new great art exhibitions. And they are coming!".
Over the last year and half OVCHARENKO in co-operation with VLADEY has frequently presented personal exhibitions of its artists, among them projects made by Alisa Gorshenina, Sergey Zarva, Alexey Kallima, Pavel Pepperstein and the PPSS art group, Ivan Razumov, Inal Savchenkov, Leonid Tshe and Nestor Engelke.
Artists: Victor Alimpiev, Sergey Bratkov, Oleg Golosiy, Stas Volyazlovsky, Erwin Wurm, Alisa Gorshenina, Mikhail Dolyanovsky, Sergey Zarva, Alexey Kallima, Egor Koshelev, Vlad Kulkov, Vladimir Logutov, Jonathan Meza, Ryan Mosley, Pavel Pepperstein, Jack Pearson, PPSS art Group, Daniel Richter, Inal Savchenkov, Maria Serebryakova, Semyon Faibisovich, Claire Fontaine, Leonid Tshe, Ivan Chuikov, Dmitry Shabalin, Nestor Engelke. -
First-hand Art. The Collector's View: Looking back and Forward
13 Nov 2020 - 27 Jan 2021This year, the OVCHARENKO Gallery celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. It is a grand and joyful celebration, not only because it, in fact, aligns with the anniversary of our new state,...Read more -
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Palazzo Koshelev 14 Apr - 16 May 2017The main theme of the works presented in the Palazzo Koshelev exposition is the discussion of the artist with his alter ego – «a great master», who is trying to determine the era and to gain eternal glory. The exhibition space will be presented in the form of a palace, a treasury of art, a palazzo with golden walls, in the corridors of which the spectator can find all those stylistic paradoxes, riddles and adventures that the modern Russian painter is capable of creating.Read more -
TUTTI FRUTTI
13 Sep - 27 Nov 2016Mikhail Ovcharenko is the new director of Regina. Now, it's his responsibility to take care of and grow the gallery's many fruits, as he encourages everyone to get out of...Read more -
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Pictures from the Underground 8 Jul - 29 Aug 2014“Fanciful - such is the situation in which the Russian artist finds himself today. Could he imagine choosing this path in life – when art seemed to be the only...Read more -
The Team I Can't Live Without
Group Show 8 Nov - 6 Dec 2013'The team from our youth, the team we can't live without!' Regina Gallery presents an exhibition featuring some of today's most progressive Russian artists, curated by Mikhail Ovcharenko. The show...Read more -
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UNDERGROUND MONUMENTS/ASTRO-HIPSTER DOMINE 7 Sep - 6 Oct 2012Egor Koshelev originally studied in the Department of Monumental Painting at the Stroganov University of Arts and Industry in Moscow. Exposed daily to the aesthetics of the Soviet monumental style,...Read more -
NUTS
Group Show 9 Sep - 6 Oct 2011Regina Gallery is pleased to announce, Nuts , a group show of a new generation of predominantly Russian artists who will present their latest works. Whilst the participants have already...Read more -
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LAST ARTIST AND EXHIBITION WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED 8 Apr - 14 May 2011‘How today are creative pursuits and an exhibition’s activity related? An artist works relentlessly, but the rhythm of exhibition life passes by – fatally keeping a sort of distance-lag –...Read more -
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Phobia 23 Nov - 30 Dec 2009For myself this Phobia show sums up the quest I had during the last year. Unlike my previous personal display, its structure is much more complicated for, besides painting, it...Read more -
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KINKY TAGS 14 Aug - 4 Sep 2008Yegor Koshelev is a 27-y.-o. artist who graduated from the Mural Painting Department of the Moscow State Art and Industry College named after S. G. Stroganov. His first solo show...Read more
Solo exhibitions:
2024
Second Time. VLADEY, Moscow, Russia.
The artist's gestalt or sudden retrospective. MMOMA. Moscow, Russia.
2023
Griphonage. VLADEY Space. Moscow, Russia.
2018
Abductor of the Future Past. The Ugly Swans Gallery. Richter. Moscow, Russia.
2017
Palazzo Koshelev. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2016
Barricade. Belyaevo Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2014
Pictures from the Underground. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
The Art of Translation. Parallel program of Manifesta 10. Center for Art and Music of the Vladimir Mayakovsky Library. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Garbage. Project The Wall. Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia.
The Renegades Parade. Bobby Gallery. St. Petersburg, Russia.
2012
Underground Monuments. Regina Gallery. London, UK.
Altars of Love and Rebellion. Strabag Foundation. Vienna, Austria.
2011
The Last Artist and Exhibition Which Has Never Happened. ArtBerloga. Moscow, Russia.
2009
Phobia. ArtBerloga. Moscow, Russia.
2008
Kinky Tags. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
Group exhibitions:
2023
ZDRAVSTVUYTE! OVCHARENKO in cooperation with VLADEY. Moscow, Russia.
2021
Crouch Start. Futuro Gallery. Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Social Realism. Metamorphosis. Soviet Art 1927–1987. State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO. Moscow, Russia.
Spring Auction. Presale Exhibition. Vladey. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation. Moscow, Russia.
2020
First-hand Art. A Collector’s View: Looking Back and Forward. OVCHARENKO. Moscow, Russia.
Bird Concert. Tsaritsyno Museum. Moscow, Russia.
2019
Cosmorama XVII. Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
Let’s Watch the Exhibition! or Cultural Code of VDNH. Pavilion No. 67. Karelia, VDNH. Moscow, Russian.
Heroes of Our Time. Presale exhibition. Vladey. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia.
All for 100. Presale exhibition. Vladey. Gostiny Dvor. Moscow, Russia.
2018
Hypnosis of the Time. Imaginary Architecture. The Way from Antiquity to Nowadays. Tsaritsyno Museum. Moscow, Russia.
The Perfect Age. Zverev Museum. Moscow, Russia.
New Young. Donation of the Winzavod. State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
Monumental. Presale exhibition. Vladey. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation. Moscow, Russia.
2017
Love. Presale Exhibition. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
Ghost Knight. Tsaritsyno Museum. Moscow, Russia.
2016
Borsh and Champagne. Selected works from the collection of Vladimir Ovcharenko. MMOMA. Moscow, Russia.
Football — Hockey. Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia.
Tutti Frutti. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2015
Laugh in the Hall. Na Shabolovke Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
Wings of Eurasia. Final program of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. All-Russian Decorative Art Museum. Moscow, Russia.
BALAGAN!!! Contemporary Art from The Former Soviet Union and Other Mythical Places. MOMENTUM. Berlin, Germany.
Notation. Center for Creative Industries Fabrika. Moscow, Russia.
2014
Fortune Museum. MOMMA. Moscow, Russia.
Cats at Manege. Curatorial project. Moscow State Exhibition Hall New Manege. Moscow, Russia.
Art of Translation. Parallel program of Manifesta 10. Center for Art and Music Library of V. Mayakovsky. St. Petersburg, Russia.
2013
The Team I Can't Live Without. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
Heavy Metal. Curatorial project. Collateral event of the V Moscow Biennale of Contemporary art. Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia.
2011
Nuts. Regina Gallery. London, UK.
Employment History. Center for Creative Industries Fabrika. Moscow, Russia
Reactualisation of the Sign. Na Vspolnom Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
NEFORMAT. «Na Vspolnom» gallery. Moscow, Russia.
CONTRA MATER. Curatorial project. Special project of the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry. Moscow, Russia.
2010
On the Contrary. Winzavod. Moscow, Russia
PROTO. Moscow State art-center Na Povarskoi. Moscow, Russia
Rare Species. Special project of the II Moscow Biennale of Young Art. Factory. Moscow, Russia
Stroganovka, Expanding the Boundaries. Special project of the II Moscow Biennale of Young Art. Moscow State Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts. Moscow, Russia.
Nordart 2010. Büdelsdorf, Carlshütte.
Art-Sanatorium. Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
No Translations. Moscow State Art Center Na Povarskoi. Moscow, Russia.
2009
Can't Take It Anymore. Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art. Voronezh, Russia
Save as. Exhibition Hall Armenian, 13. Moscow, Russia.
Labor Movement. Special project within the III Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Factory. Moscow, Russia.
Care. Exhibition Hall Armenian, 13. Moscow, Russia.
Care. Divnogorie State natural park. Voronezh Region, Russia
MoskvApolis. Perm Museum of Contemporary Art. Perm, Russia
2007
Dialogues. VII Biennale of Contemporary art. St. Petersburg, Russia
Space. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia.
2006
Power. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia.
Public collections:
- MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
- Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation, Moscow, Russia
- STRABAG, Vienna, Austria
- Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany