Vladislav Loktev

BIOGRAPHY.

Portrait painter and ironic and free artist Vlad Loktev began his career as a photographer in the late 80s, at the Slava Zaitsev Fashion House, where he worked as a model. Flipping through the western fashion magazines and imitating world masters of fashion photography such as Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Herb Ritz, Vlad soon became deeply attached to the school. Loktev's work, to which he is still loyal to this day, was heavily influenced by the culture of the 90's. The artist was inspired by the emotionality, sexuality and beauty of the female body, as well as the fluidity of its movement.
In the early 90's, the artist collaborated together with the RED STARS agency and began to develop a modeling business in Russia, and this project enveloped him completely. Almost all of the most successful models began their careers working with Loktev. At the height of his career, his hard work culminated in two personal exhibitions, which resulted in the public taking a real interest in his photography.
With the advent of glossy magazines in Russia, Vlad Loktev became the most popular photographer of that time. Fashion and man fully defined his role in the world of photography. His works can be seen in magazines su...

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2019
DUALIS. RuArts Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2015
RuArts Gallery. Photo project ‘Letters’. Moscow, Russia
2015
MAMM. Personal exhibition ‘We make radio’. Moscow, Russia
2010
Museum of Modern Art. Personal exhibition ‘WITHOUT MAKE-UP’. Moscow, Russia
2008
Exhibition and presentation of the album ‘Gloss’. Moscow, Russia
2007
Personal exhibition ‘COLLECTION No. 3’. Moscow, Russia
2007
Personal exhibition ‘FORMS OF HAPPINESS’. Moscow, Russia
1993
Personal exhibition ‘COLLECTION No.2’. Moscow, Russia
1991
Personal exhibition ‘COLLECTION’. Moscow, Russia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2019
Gallery "ZDES na Taganke"Emotionalism art-movement". Moscow
2019
Landmark Place. Building Culture Art Festival. London.
2015
Museum of Architecture. 'Architecture in Art’. Moscow, Russia
2012
Special project by Natalia Vodyanova – ‘Naked hearts’ and GLAMOR magazine ‘Paralympians’. Moscow, Russia
GUM. Exhibition ‘Two Sides of the Same Coin’. Moscow, Russia
2011
MEP ‘A New Photo from a New Russia’. Paris, France
2008
Center for Contemporary Art ‘Winzavod". ‘Best of Russia’. Moscow, Russia
2005
MEP Street, Art, Fashion, ‘A New Photo from a New Russia’. Antwerpen, Belgium
1989
Festival of Fash...