Nestor Engelke
Nestor Engelke was born in 1983 in St. Petersburg. Studying at the Academic Art Lyceum named after B.V. Ioganson, he met artists Alexander Tsikarishvili and Leonid Tskhe - his future companions in the North-7 group. Engelke graduated from the Academy of Arts, majoring in architecture and later worked as an architect. Since 2013, he has been participating in North-7 projects. As part of the art group, he is a winner of the Present Continuous-2018 award of the V-A-C fund and the M HKA Antwerp, a participant of the parallel program for Manifesta 10 (2014).
In his personal projects, the artist often constructs the habitats of fictional characters: ‘The apartment of Professor A.U. Woodman’, ‘Woodman Architectural Bureau and Partners’, ‘Secrets of the Starry Sky of Enstor E.’ Engelke works in his own unique technique of axial painting, carving recognizable images from classical art and Russian literature in wood (series ‘Wooden Walks in the Hermitage’ and a series of "clumsy portraits" of writers, 2020), and cutting out architecture pieces in miniature (series ‘Wooden Portable Architecture’, 2017, and ‘Wooden Houses’, 2019).
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Деревянный фронтон | Wooden Gable, 2018 -
Деревянное созвездие №3 | Wooden Constellation №3 , 2019
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Деревянный портрет №3 | Wooden portrait №3, 2019
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Деревянная улыбка из серии «Деревянные смайлы», 2020
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Голландский портрет | Dutch Portrait, 2021
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Череп Мураками из серии "Черепа художников" , 2021
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Деревянное генеалогическое дерево | Wooden Genealogical Tree, 2021
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Череп Ив Кляйна из серии "Черепа художников" , 2021
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Череп Баския из серии "Черепа художников" , 2021
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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. -
Nestor Engelke
Art Gallery named after prof. Woodman 19 Apr - 30 Aug 2023Hat position 'Do I need to add that costumes are no better than figures: if you don't even go into details, they look either pretentious, unnatural, or stiff, hindering free...Read more -
Nestor Engelke
wood:store 3 - 22 Apr 2022Tuesday-Sunday from 15:00 to 18:00 Central hall of the Sytny market, section 79. St. Petersburg, Sytninskaya st., 5A. On the left side of the main entrance, behind the fruit and...Read more -
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Marshes Your Way 31 Mar - 9 Jun 2021Every step of your path is the first. The depth of every meter of this swamp is unpredictable. To get into these swamps, you need to go through the hut...Read more -
Nestor Engelke
Pavilion for Clumsy Reading 10 Aug - 16 Oct 2020Nestor Engelke is a member of North 7 art-group. North 7 is a unique example of non-programme creative work, that unites free individuals who are alien to any manifestos. The...Read more -
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SADPP-7 (The School of Active Drawing and Performative Posing) 11 Sep - 19 Oct 2018The Saint Petersburg art group North-7 presents The School of Active Drawing and Performative Posing (SADPP-7). The concept of the school is only used for convenience as the project is...Read more
Solo Exhibitions:
2023
Art Gallery named after prof. Woodman. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
2022
Wood: store. OVCHARENKO. Sytnyj Rynok. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2020
Pavilion for Clumsy Reading. OVCHARENKO. Moscow, Russia.
Garden of the Academy of Arts Named after E. Kz Gallery. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2019
Secrets of the Starry Sky of Enstor E. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
Woodman and Partners. Architecture Bureau or the Paradise Built by Me. Anna Nova. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2017
The Office of Professor Woodman AU. Space 0+. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2014
Dacha Conservation. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023
Temple Masterpieces, or Enjoy Your Bath! VLADEY. Moscow, Russia.
ZDRAVSTVUYTE! OVCHARENKO in cooperation with VLADEY. Moscow, Russia.
2021
Nominees of Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Award. Kuryokhin Center. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Coral Island: Sex on the Beach. Art4 Museum. Moscow, Russia.
Soft Homeland. Ruarts Foundation. Moscow, Russia.
Explicit Movements. DK Gromov. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2020
Things. Anna Nova Gallery. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Future Behind the Clouds. DK Gromov. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
MorMir. Kunsthalle Nummer Sieben. Saint Petersburg, 2020.
2019
Prophets of the Tree. Workshop at the Vperyod Factory. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Lost & Found North-7 Expedition. M HKA. Antwerp, Belgium.
Summer camp 07/19. Anna Nova Gallery. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Life After Life. The Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Horizon-19. New Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2018
Church Pavilion. Seventh Independent Contemporary Art Fair. Sevkabel Port. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
SADPP-7. OVCHARENKO. Moscow, Russia.
For Days and Days. New Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2017
The Seventh Part of the World. Name Gallery. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Flying Bar in the Seaman's House. Festival Barents Spektakel. Kirkenes, Norway.
2015
Rhythm – Duck. Art-Prospect Festival. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
YATLZYATP. Brewhouse Artspace. Mytishchi, Russia.
Snarkmod. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
In the Absence of the Artist. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
This is my Country, Grandma. Experimental Base North-7. St. Petersburg, Russia.
North-7. Archive Exhibition. Contemporary Art Space. Batumi, Georgia.
2014
Ssssevernye sssssskazki. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
A Farewell to Arms. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Rambo. First blood, part 2. Experimental base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Towers. Parallel program of Manifesta-10. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
7 Samurai. Festival Art-Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Northern Market. Experimental Base North-7. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Basic Values, happening. Experimental Base North-7. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2013
Lefthand Writing. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Pornofactura. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Clumsy Work. Experimental Base North-7. Saint Petersburg, Russia.