Igor Medvedev

Igor Medvedev

Country: Russia ·Born in 1961

My first painting work was coloring my dad’s motorcycle with garden varnish when I was about three years old, while the adults went to have lunch, tired from painting the garden trees. I think it turned out pretty well, and I was hardly scolded. By the way, I come from a family of office workers; my dad had some connection to art—he played the trumpet in the local orchestra of the Baranow Art Gallery House of Culture in Novopskov. Sometimes they played at weddings or funerals. I never studied painting anywhere officially; I mean formally. Coloring the motorcycle convinced me that it was possible to do it that way. (humor)

Between 8th and 9th grade, my father and I traveled on a trip to Western Ukraine—Lviv, Yaremcha, Drohobych, and apparently Ivano-Frankivsk. In Lviv, there was a guided tour of the local art gallery, and it was actually after this tour that I got “hooked.”

By that time, I had already finished seven years of piano classes and played in the local VIA “Antares” at dances and weddings, earning quite decent money for a 14-year-old kid (USSR!). Schoolwork came easily to me, and usually, I drew all sorts of nonsense with ballpoint pens during lessons, mostly of a fantastic nature, since I was a fan of sci-fi literature. So... In Lviv, there was the guided tour of the local art gallery (by the way, it is well represented in the film "Old Men: Robbers"). They led us through the halls; there were many paintings, all somehow “even,” none really grabbing attention. Suddenly, we entered a small hall where three paintings by Semiradsky were hanging: “Jesus and the Samaritan Woman,” “In the Manner of the Gods,” and “At the Spring.” Opposite them was a painting by Khalamov called “Gypsy Woman.” It was in this corner of the museum that everything began.

I spent more than an hour trying to understand... HOW??? How could it be like this??… How is it possible to convey colors and texture like that, how do they manage to immerse the viewer in the emotions? I had many questions but not a single answer.

I returned to Moscow a different person. Everything started spinning from the early 1980s when fate brought me together with two guys who painted small pictures and sold them at the “Artist” salon on Yakimanka (formerly Dimitrova). They taught me a lot; then we created something together and even developed a kind of “Zelenograd style.” Then Bitza, Arbat, perestroika... the first “serious” exhibitions.

I have no memberships, titles, or medals; honestly, I don’t see any meaning or uniqueness in that. They bring no benefit to the author himself, and everyone just joins. As for style, once a lady called it soft impressionism—well, let it be so. The significance and, to some extent, the value of the author and his artistic works (I try to avoid the word “artist”) lie in recognizability and craftsmanship. I strive for this.

I have been living in Zelenograd since 1993 and love it very much.

Mostly, I paint landscapes, which is about half of everything I do; the rest is evenly divided among still lifes, fantasy, animalistics, figurative, and nudes.

 

Achievements (awards, articles, exhibitions)

Exhibitions :

1990 Lublin - Warsaw - Gdańsk

1990 Vilnius, TYUZ. Solo exhibition

1992 Gallery "Strogino"

1992 As part of TO "Living Water", Hamburg

1993 Traveling exhibition of the gallery "Russian House", Vilnius - Kaunas - Klaipeda

1994 Gallery "Elena", Petersburg

1995 As part of the group of the Independent Union of Artists of Moscow, Helsinki

1995 Gallery "Fleyta", Moscow, annual exhibitions

1996 Kremlin Palace of Congresses, Moscow

1997 Gallery "Stozhary", Kyiv

1998 Art salon of the Central House of Artists, Moscow

1998 Prefecture of Zelenograd city, annual exhibitions since 1998

1999 Art salon at Manezh, Moscow

2000 Gallery "Ritas", Vilnius

2001 Central office of "Gazprom". Exhibition "Seasons"

2001 Cultural and entertainment center "Morozovka". Exhibition "Colors of Autumn"

2002 Yekaterinburg city. Solo exhibition

2002 Kremlin Palace of Congresses, Moscow

2003 Exhibition hall "Fleyta", Zelenograd

2003 Velikiye Luki city. Solo exhibition. Local history museum.

2004 Prefecture, Zelenograd city. Exhibition "City Landscapes"

2004 Zhukovsky city. Exhibition at the House of Culture "Railway Workers". As part of the festival "Living Water"

2005 Barcelona - Madrid cities. Exhibition tour in Spain

2005 Berlin - Dresden cities. As part of the project "Spring Palette"

2006 Zelenograd city. Exhibition hall "Fleyta"

2006 Art salon of the Central House of Artists, Moscow

2007 Art Manezh, Moscow

2007 Exhibition hall "Belyaevo", Moscow

2008 Exhibition at Ostankino TV Center "Urban Romance"

2008 Exhibition at Tishinka "Naked Russia"

2009 Turku - Helsinki cities. As part of the project "Land of Blue Lakes"

2009 Santa Barbara - Denver. As part of the project "Roots"

2010 Exhibition hall at "Tishinka".

2010 Solo exhibition "Art Passage", Nizhny Novgorod

2011 Solo exhibition "Art Success", Suzdal

2011 Solo exhibition "Magic Palette", Plyos

2012 Solo exhibition at the gallery "Arsenal", Saint Petersburg

2012 Art salon of the Central House of Artists, Moscow

2013 Charitable foundation "Nastenka", Moscow

2013 Exhibition hall "Zelenograd" as part of the project "My Moscow", Zelenograd

2014 Khimki Business Center "Kaleidoscope", Khimki

2014 17th Moscow International Art Salon "CDH-2014". "Connection of Times".

2015 "Arbat Inspiration". "Bulata Okudzhava House" Old Arbat.

2015 Exhibition at the "Vedogon" theater as part of the project "Night of Arts"

2015 Solo exhibition at the "Vedogon" theater, "Uncle Go's Tales"

2015 Moscow International Art Salon "CDH-2015" "Summer Meetings"

2015 Kuznetsky Most "My Dear Moscow".

2015 Exhibition "Art Yekaterinburg", Yekaterinburg

2016 Exhibition at the "Vedogon" theater "Spring. Girls. Flowers."

2016 Moscow International Art Salon "CDH-2016" "Open Lesson" from 04/20/16 to 05/10/16

2016 Moscow International Art Salon "CDH-2016" "Picturesque Spring" from 04/20/16 to 05/10/16

2017 "14 Years of ArtNow.ru" CDH from 04/22/17 to 05/09/17

2017 "50 Years of the Golden Ring of Russia" exhibition hall Manezh 05/11/17 — 05/12/17

2017 "Portrait of a Cat" Exhibition Center of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Union of Artists of Russia

05/31/17 — 06/18/17

2017 "Moscow Autumn" Moscow House of Nationalities from 10/01/17 – 10/20/17

2017 "Annual Report" Residential Complex "Scarlet Sails"

12/15/2017 — 02/24/2018

2017 "Winter. Time of Miracles" theater "Vedogon"

12/23/2017 — 01/31/2018

2018 "Gold on Blue" gallery "Art Korobka", shopping center "Riviera", Moscow.

03/06— 03/29/18

2018 "Uncle Go's Tales", "Cure Bar", Moscow

07/08/18 — 08/12/18

2018 "ArtMix", Moscow, Mokhovaya St., 10, bldg. 2

09/02 — 08/16/18

2018 "ArtMix", Moscow, Mokhovaya St., 10, bldg. 2

12/21/18 — 01/13/19

2019 Permanent exhibition of paintings, Zelenograd, 14th microdistrict, bldg. 1410 and Gogol St., 11V

2019 "Bear Trails", Tula region, Zaoksky district, museum-estate "Polenovo"

04/27 — 05/30/19

2022 "Linear Independence" Palace of Culture "Zelenograd"

04/22 — 05/12/2022

2022 "Autumn Chores" Zelenograd, Yunosti Square 2, bldg.1, entrance 2, cafe

"Between the Lines"

08/11 — 08/29/2022

2022 "Autumn Jazz" Zelenograd, Yunosti Square 2, bldg.1, entrance 2, cafe

"Between the Lines"

08/30 — 09/19/2022

2022 "Uncle Go's Tales" Zelenograd, Yunosti Square 2, bldg.1, entrance 2, cafe

"Between the Lines"

10/13 — 11/01/2022

2022 "Legends of Autumn", Zelenograd,

theater "Vedogon"

11/01—12/18/2022

2022–2023 "On the Other Side of Winter", Zelenograd, theater "Vedogon"

12/21/2022—01/31/2023

2022 "Delicate Touches of Winter" Zelenograd, Yunosti Square 2, bldg.1, entrance 2,

cafe "Between the Lines"

01/10 — 01/13/2023

2023 "Animal Art" Moscow, 1st Golutvinsky Lane, 6. 02/12.— 02/26/2023

2023 "Coming into the Light" Zelenograd, Cultural Center Zelenograd, 12/04/2023 — 11/23/2023

2024 "Art Space Moscow", Moscow, Antique Center, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya 25. 08/29/2024 — 09/14/2024.

2024 "Moscow. Aesthetics", Moscow, 2nd Brestskaya 6. 10/16/2024 — 10/31/2024

2024 "Features of Measuring the Parameter μ τ", Zelenograd, CRC "Zelenograd". 11/01/2024 — 11/21/2024

2025 "Bearers of Light", Zelenograd, Prefecture of the Zelenograd District of Moscow, Central Avenue 1, 3rd floor. 01/27/2025 — 02/21/2025

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