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Ígor Shelkovski

Igor Shelkovsky is a sculptor and painter born in 1937 in Orenburg who lives and works between Moscow and Paris. A prominent figure of Soviet nonconformist art, his work focuses on wooden and metal constructed sculptures, reliefs, and pictorial compositions characterized by formal synthesis and minimalism. Throughout his career he has exhibited at international museums and institutions such as the State Tretyakov Gallery, Centre Pompidou, and the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow.

Alina Pinsky Gallery, Nadja Brykina Gallery, Gallery Fine Art

Timeline

  1. 1937Nace en Oremburgo, Unión Soviética.⧉
  2. 1959Se gradúa en la Escuela de Arte en Memoria de 1905 de Moscú.⧉
  3. 1976Emigra a Francia e instala su taller en París.⧉
  4. 1977Participa en la 37.ª Bienal de Venecia dentro de la exposición 'New Art from the Soviet Union. An Unofficial Perspective'.⧉
  5. 1979Cofunda y edita desde París la histórica revista no oficial de arte soviético 'A-Ya'.⧉
  6. 2003Presenta su primera exposición individual en Rusia tras su exilio, en la galería Fine Art de Moscú.⧉
  7. 2017Presenta una gran exposición individual en la State Tretyakov Gallery de Moscú.⧉
  8. 2024Inaugura la retrospectiva individual 'Heavenly City. The Artist's Studio' en el Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow.⧉

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