Ivan Razumov
Ivan Razumov was born in 1972 in Moscow. He received training as a stage designer, first, in 1987-1991, at the Moscow Academic Art Сollege, then, from 1991 to 1995, at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I.Surikov.
He was influenced by the Soviet graphic tradition of the 1930s. In 1997, he began to work with book illustration for periodicals and classics of literature (works by Matsuo Bashō, V.V. Mayakovsky, A.S. Pushkin, V.A. Shenderovich, etc.). The artist applied graphics techniques to painting — thus,his works have a specific composition, endowed with the surrealistic displacement of scales and bright colors. In 1995-2002, he was a member of the St. Petersburg art circles, collaborated with Timur Novikov, Sergei Bugaev-Afrika, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe; created covers and illustrated articles for Viktor Mazin's psychoanalytic magazine "Cabinet." In the 2000s, after he returned to Moscow, he started several graphic projects in collaboration with Pavel Pepperstein.
The leitmotifs of his art are the clash and eroticization of the Soviet, Russian, and Western European images (pioneers, Lenin, Marx, the Kremlin, etc.). Plots are loosely based on cinematic and literary episodes, psychoanalytic theories, political and social events, and various myths of popular culture. Works by Ivan Razumov are in the collection of the Center Pompidou in Paris and private collections in Russia and abroad.
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Untitled #36 from series "Spring", 2010 -
Untitled #35 from series "Spring", 2010
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Untitled #31 from series "Spring", 2010
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Untitled #30 from series "Spring", 2010
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Untitled #33 from series "Spring", 2010
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Untitled #29 from series "Spring", 2010
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Untitled #28 from series "Spring", 2010
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Marianna, 2012
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Untitled, 2012
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Меланхолия | Melancholia, 2013
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Oil Park, 2013
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Symbol of light, 2013
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Махараджа кот / Maharaja cat, 2014
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Untitled, 2014
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Save Culture!, 2014
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Хочу все знать / I want to know everything, 2014
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Private Space, 2014
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Stockholm syndrome, 2015
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Библиотека Ленина, 2015
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Царская Охота, 2015
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Погода в Подмосковье, 2015
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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. -
Ivan Razumov and PPSS
Coziness and Razumov 26 Jan - 26 Apr 2022 Winzavod'Coziness and Razumov' exhibition is a collaborative project by Ivan Razumov and the PPSS art group, consisting of Sonya Stereostyrski and Pavel Pepperstein. The exhibition is dedicated to the 30th...Read more -
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 -
Ivan Razumov
Local Warming 16 May - 16 Jun 2017Regina Gallery presents «Local warming», personal exhibition of Ivan Razumov.Read more
In these new series of paintings Razumov represents image of Moscow and Russia. The project treats the way impressions of culture and contemporary life refract and mutate in our dreams, revealing the hidden connections, conflicts, and collisions between mass and individual consciousness. -
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 -
Ivan Razumov
10 Dreams about Moscow 1 Jul - 5 Aug 2015Solo show of Ivan Razumov '10 Dreams about Moscow'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 -
Pavel Pepperstein, Ivan Razumov
Spring 15 Feb - 15 Mar 2010Read more
Solo exhibitions:
2019
Games. NK Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
The Flirting Truth of the Image. NK Gallery. Antwerp, Belgium.
2018
Happy Moscow. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
2017
The City of Sublime Love and Great Fuck. NK Gallery. Antwerp, Belgium.
Local Warming. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2015
10 Dreams About Moscow. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2012
Hard Patient. Iragui Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
Album on the Couch. Freud's Dream Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2010
Capital Libido and Works of Love. Barbarian Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
2008
Falls. Iragui Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
Seven Years of Dreams. Freud's Dream Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2001
The Technique of Low Flight Above the Ground. Freud's Dream Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Group exhibitions:
2023
Temple Masterpieces, or Enjoy Your Bath! VLADEY. Moscow, Russia.
ZDRAVSTVUYTE! OVCHARENKO in cooperation with VLADEY. Moscow, Russia.
2022
Coziness and Razumov, OVCHARENKO, Moscow, Russia.
2021
Art for Heart. Presale Exhibition. Cube.Moscow. Moscow, Russia.
2020
Spring Auction. Presale Exhibition. Vladey. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation. Moscow, Russia.
2019
Autumn Auction 2019. Presale Exhibition. Vladey. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation. Moscow, Russia.
Heroes of Our Time. Presale Exhibition. Vladey. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia.
2018
Monumental. Presale Exhibition. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation. Moscow, Russia.
Autumn Auction 2019. Presale Exhibition. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
2017
Love. Presale Exhibition. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
2016
Postcards from Artists. Museum Art4. Moscow, Russia.
Monstration. Vladey Space. Moscow, Russia.
Tutti Frutti. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2014
Strict and Beautiful. Ural Vision Gallery. Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Actual Drawing. Russian Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2013
The Team I Can't Live Without. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2012
Light Echo (with Taisia Korotkova). NK Gallery. Antwerp, Belgium.
Tiere gehen immer. Galerie Axel Obiger. Berlin, Germany.
2011
Spring (together with Pavel Pepperstein). Artberloga Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2009
Adventures of Dancing People. Gallery Iragui. Orel Gallery. Paris, France.
2008
Frozen Bear. Kunsthal 52. Willemsoord, Holland.
Hirngespinste. Humboldt University. Berlin, Germany
Inertia in Art. W139. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This Is not Food. Foundation Era. Moscow, Russia.
Sots-Art. Political art in Russia and China. La Maison Rouge. Paris, France.
2007
Meat (in collaboration with D. Fain). Special project of Art Moscow. Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia.
Sots-Art. Political Art in Russia and China. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
Saloon. Black Square program. Project of the 2nd Moscow Biennale. Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia.
2006
Inertia and Resistance in Art. Freud’s Dream Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
2005
Lacan. 8th Baltic States Biennale of Graphic Art. Kaliningrad, Russia.
Relations. Galerie Kamm. Berlin, Germany.
2003
Plato's Caves. Labin Art Express. Labin, Croatia.
Ideo Waters, installation Art Klyazma 2003. International Festival of Contemporary Art in the Open Air. Moscow region, Russia.
2002
Star-MG. Special project of Art Moscow. Moscow, Russia.
1999
Cartoons. State Museum of Political History of Russia. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
1997
250 000 Miles. Central Exhibition Hall Manege. Moscow, Russia.
1997
Cabinet. Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1995
Planet of Harmony. Museum of Сity History. Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
1993
Exchange. State Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France