Ilya Gaponov

Born 1981 in Kemerovo

Education: 2003 - 2005 St. Petersburg Foundation for Culture and Art "PRO ARTE Institute" programme "New technologies in contemporary art".

2004 National School of Fine Arts, Paris (atelier Vincent BARRÉ, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des BEAUX ARTS, Paris)

2001 - 2007 St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry (named after V. Mukhina), department of monumental and decorative painting, workshop of prof. O. I. Kuznetsova

1998 - 2001 Kemerovo art school, department of painting and pedagogy

Major projects

2021 "Response 42" LDK, Kemerovo

"Give Kuzbass" State Tretyakov Gallery

2020

- "Realism: Yesterday and Today. Art and Truth" Russian Museum Headquarters, Malaga, Spain

- "Artists and collectors - Russian Museum. Gifts. Favourites. 1998-2019", Russian Museum. Marble Palace, St. Petersburg.

- Sacred Heart", Tapmuseum, Tapsony, Hungary.

-Art Budapest, stand of the Pacsa art community, Hungary.

2019

- Art Miami Context, UVG gallery stand, USA.

- Florentine Biennale of Contemporary Art, Arsenale, Florence

- "Beauty plus-minus", Manezh, St. Petersburg

- "Pass" DK Gromov, St. Petersburg

2018

-Art Paris, stand of the gallery K35, France

-Cosmoscou, K35 gallery stand.

- "Tragedy in the Corner", Moscow Museum

2017

- "Nepokorennykh Prospect" MMOMA, Moscow

2016

- "Reversion" Mars Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow

- Corpus", Museum of Scientific Research of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg

- "Painting after Painting", Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow

2015

- "Painting after painting" Research Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg

- "Russia. Realism. 21st century". Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

- Russian Realism of the 21st Century". Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow.

- Victory Flag" as part of the "Victory" festival, Central House of Artists, Moscow.

- Between the Volga and the Danube", Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow.

- Spring 2015", St. Petersburg Union of Artists, St. Petersburg.

- "This is all that remains", French Institute, Moscow

- "Behind the Glass", SHUM Gallery, St. Petersburg.

2014

- 5th Baltic Biennial of Contemporary Art, New Museum, St. Petersburg.

- Reason for Peace, Museum of Street Art, St. Petersburg

2013

- New Russian Realism, Art Moscow

- ICONS", Tkachi Space, St. Petersburg

2012

- "A Meal of Being", RuArts Gallery, Moscow

- "The Secret Room", Rizzordi Art Foundation, St. Petersburg

2011

- Rodina", Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm

- IX Krasnoyarsk Biennial "In the Depths".

- "Sandbox", Summer Festival at "New Holland", St. Petersburg

- Doors and Gates", State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

2010

- "Vive la jeune garde", Ateliers du Vent, Rennes, France

- Biennale of Youth "For those who are coming", Moscow

- Art Moscow, Triumph gallery pavilion

2009

- Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennial, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk

- Russian Beauty", NCCA, Moscow

- Art Basel Selection

- Art Fair Europe 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

2008

- Exhibition of nominees for the Kandinsky Prize, Central House of Artists, Moscow

- Blank Space" gallery, object, London

- ART Moscow 2008, Triumph Gallery

2007

- ART Moscow, pavilion "Yakut Gallery" and gallery "Triumph".

- Parallel programme of the Second Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, video programme, NCCA Moscow.

2006

- ART Moscow, pavilion "Yakut Gallery".

-Festival of contemporary art "Art State", Kemerovo

- State", Kemerovo Curatorial project "Transfer of Capitals".

-Russian Pavilion (Yakut Gallery), project

- Russian Utopia", Moscow.

- Do not disturb" Moscow Arts Centre, Moscow, video .metro.

2005

-Parallel programme of the First Moscow Biennial, M'ARS Centre for Contemporary Art.

2004

Gallery Pont-Neuf, Paris "10th LVMH Prize".

Personal:

2019

- "Complex Lunch", UVG gallery, Budapest.

2018

"High degree of probability", Alexander Gallery, Montenegro

2017

- "Industrial Archaeology" OMK im. Batashevs, Vyksa

- "Reliquary", State Research Museum of Architecture. A. V. Shchuseva, Moscow

2016

- "Changes", UVG Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2015

- "A room in which it snows", Triumph Gallery, Moscow

2014

- Thyatira Throne", Joseph Gallery of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

2013

- Terrikonovaya Pustyn", Gallery of names, St. Petersburg

- First Snow", Bourges, France

2012

- "Excessive Appetites", Erarta Gallery, London

- Thyatira Throne", Gallery of Names, St. Petersburg

2011

- "Thyatira Throne", Triumph Gallery, Moscow

2010

- Summer Snow", Blois, France

- First snow", Marseille, France

2008

- Three days", Triumph Gallery, Moscow

- The Last Snow", Globus Gallery, St. Petersburg

- "UNDER FLOOR", Manege, Small Hall, St. Petersburg

2007

- "Kuzbass Parallel", Triumph Gallery, Moscow

2006

- "Altar / Category 5" Yakut Gallery, Moscow

- Gallery "Synthetic Cults" Navicula Artis, St. Petersburg, Russia