Vlad Kulkov (b.1986) is one of the most vigorous representatives of Russian abstract
expressionism. The artist does painting, graphics, sculpture, writes texts and films his
experiments. In his work, Kulkov explores evolution of forms, studies art as an independent life
of forms, considers if boundaries can be established between destruction and development in
time. That is why he looks for them in spatially stable forms. Spiral forms that Kulkov depicts on
the translucent surface of canvas or paper are lively, fast, irrational, and biomorphic. It looks as
if they strive to expand beyond the artwork and splash out directly onto the viewer.
Vlad Kulkov's works have been exhibited at many global art fairs: Armory Show (New York);
Art Basel Miami Beach (Miami), Art 42 Basel (Basel); Frieze Art Fair (London), Vienna
International Art Fair (Vienna); ART 13, ART 14 London; VLADEY auctions (Moscow).
Kulkov is the only artist from Russia whose works are in the Hort Family Collection in New
York and Los Angeles. His works are also included in collections of the Moscow Museum of
Modern Art, the State Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pierre Brochet collection, the
Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin collections, as well as in other private collections in
Russia and abroad.
In 2013, he was included in the list of 115 emerging contemporary artists from more than 40
countries according to the study by Phaidon Press, London, UK.
In 2016, he was in the Top-10 most notable and promising Russian artists list according to The
Art Newspaper Russia.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Alucinao. pop/off/art gallery. Moscow
2021 Hydromorhps, NCCA St Petersburg, HERMETAGE ARCHIVE, St.Petersburg, Kronstadt
2020 Litota, Liepaja Museum of History and Art, Liepaja, Latvia
2019 Diary of Orpheus. Shores of the Giants, Art4, Moscow, Russia
2018 Ants never sleep, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2018 Decorative Hermit, Art4, Moscow, Russia
2018 Scylla vs Charybdis, Regina gallery, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2016 Marbles from Hiroshima, Regina gallery, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2014 Under Volcano auspice, Regina gallery, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2014 ZOAS Records (with Maria Dmitrieva), Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2012 Rebus as part of the project LyudaExpress. Place of action, New Holland, St. Petersburg,
Russia
2012 Spinning powers of imprudence, Anna Nova gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2010 Character's Fate, ArtBerloga gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 Authofagy, Gallery White, Moscow, Russia
2009 Ousia & Caruncula as part of YOUNG & FAST project, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009 Suspence, The Freud's Dreams Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2008 SUB. Action painting, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Zverev Price exhibition, Exhibition Centre Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2021 Komi Biennale, National Art Gallery of Komi Republic, Syktyvkar, Russia
2021 Russian Millenials in Contemporary Russian Art, State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg,
Russia
2021 Luda Prints, Luda Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 Arboretum, Luda Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 Gifts to the Russian Museum from Artists and Collectors. Selected Works. 1898–2019, The
State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
2020 Generation XXI. Gift of Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin, State Tretyakov
Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 Eternal Spring, Luda Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019 Transgenesis, project for Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum Festival, The State
Museum of the History of Religion, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019 Life after life, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016 Steambaroque /the soaring baroque, Kirov Central Park of Culture and Recreation, The Old
Stables Exhibition rooms
2015 Dickicht, Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal, Liestal, Switzerland
2015 We must ciltivate our garden, Anna Nova Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2014 Signal – The Art of Now, Signal, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2014 Contemporary drawing, The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2013 Mechanisms of paradox, Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, Saint-Petersburg,
Russia
2012 Restart, Red October Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2011 Nuts, Regina, London, UK
2011 Mutants. Mūkusalas mākslas salons, Riga, Latvia
2011 Armory Show, New York, USA
2011 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
2010 If only I knew that!, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2010 Character's Fate, ArtBerloga gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009 Open Day. Anniversary group show from the collection of the MMOMA, MMOMA,
Moscow, Russia
2009 Moskvapolis, Museum for Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
2009 Silence Space, Krasnoe Znamya, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2008 The Next of Russian Art, Gallery LOOP, Seoul, Korea
2008 Örebro video art festival, Sweden
2007 2nd Moscow Biennale of contemporary art. Parallel program: video demonstration of
works of the Pro Arte institute students, NCCA, Moscow, Russia
2007 LonelyJewishKidonChristmas, Atelier № 2, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2006 Fightindapark, Gallery 703. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2006 Festival Contemporary art in traditional museum, Pro Arte Institute. Moscow, Russia
