Ivan Shalmin

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In the 1980s, Ivan was an active member of the Russian paper architecture movement and the works that he has produced during this period are still touring across the globe.

In 2016, he began to produce digital abstract paintings, or 'paintings without paint', as he calls them. ‘They are paintless because they are made without paint, using pure colour and an 'RGB brush’.’ His works are formless, raw feelings, communicated through explosions of colour. The aim is to evoke an emotional response and to convey subtle imagery from his own subconscious to that of the viewer.

In 2020, Ivan had his first solo exhibitions; one in Moscow and two in Novosibirsk. His curator was Kirill Svietliyakov, an art expert, critic and historian responsible for the latest trends and developments  at the Tretiyakov Gallery in Moscow.

Ivan is also a multi-award winning architect, lighting and furniture designer. Attention to detail, specialist technical knowledge and experimentation with new materials are the defining qualities that run through all his work.

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Ivan is a classically trained artist. He received rigorous, old-fashioned training in drawing and painting as an integral part of his architectural degree in Russia, during the Soviet era, at the Kyibishev NISI (Novosibirsk Institute of Engineering and Construction), faculty of architecture.

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SOLO

13.01.20 – 01.02.20 CUBE Moscow Art centre, Moscow.
06.03.20 – 21.03.20 CC Cultural centre, Novosibirsk
07.03.20 – 22.03.20 White Gallery, Novosibirsk
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JOINT

2017: Paris, Тallin, Berlin
2015: Moscow
2000: Moscow
1992: Jerusalem
1990—1991: New Orleans
1990: Köln, Berlin, Brussels, Zurich
1989: Moscow, Frankfurt
1988: Paris, Milan, Austin, London
1987: Moscow
1996—2000: Rotterdam
1986: Ljubljana, Helsinki, Stockholm, Amsterdam
1985: Moscow
1984: Moscow