Pavel Sipkin

Pavel Sipkin "PAVS" (b. 1988)
Pavel Sipkin, known as PAVS, is a Russian-born architect and conceptual artist working between Asti, Italy, and Tokyo, Japan. After living and working in Tokyo for more than a decade, he continues his architectural practice at Kengo Kuma & Associates while running an art studio in Asti, Italy.
His artistic practice explores the dialogue between Eastern and Western cultures through the lens of architecture, metaphysics, nostalgia, and everyday urban life. Drawing from both Japanese and European visual traditions, Sipkin's work combines Japanese notions of flat impermanence and subtlety with Western boldness, color, and perspective. Through acrylic painting and mixed media, he examines cultural exchange, urban memory, and the evolving relationship between contemporary city life and imagination.

2008-2014 - PhD in Architecture, Professor of Academic drawing, Moscow Architectural Institute.

2015-2016 - Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo. Faculty of Architecture. Thesis Abroad.

Solo Exhibition

2021 Solo Exhibition "Lets Draw Tokyo" Gallery Haco/Yanaka.
2025 Solo Exhibition "1000 views of Tokyo Konbinis" at Jinny Gallery/ Harajuku, Tokyo.
2026 Solo Exhibition "My Tokyo" at Tokyo American club, Japan

Open Exhibition/Group Exhibition

2010 Collaborative Academic art Exhibition, Gallery Mars, Moscow.
2011 Silver medal Thesis artwork Exhibition, Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Saint Petersburg.
2025 Tokyo Independent, Gallery Tagboat, Tokyo Japan