Igor Novikov (painter)

Igor Novikov with father Alexei (2001)

Igor Alekseevich Novikov, also Igor Alexejewitsch Nowikow, (Russian: Игорь Алексеевич Новиков) (born 2 January 1961 in, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Swiss- Russian painter, Nonconformist Art, art theorist, philosopher, graphic artist member of the Russian Academy of Arts .

Life

Igor Novikov was born in a family of a famous artist academician Alexey Novikov (Russian: Новиков Алексей Иванович) member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. He belongs to the generation of Moscowian Soviet Nonconformist Art painters who have been shaped by the demise of the Soviet Union. Igor Novikov now lives and works on Zurich, Switzerland. Igor A. Novikov grew up in Moscow. He attended the Ilja-Repin primary and secondary school of Fine Arts.

1981 he started to study at the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts Vasily Surikov, the central institute for fine arts in the Soviet Union. In 1987 he completed his studies with the Diploma in Painting. Novikov List of Russian artists the term Soviet Nonconformist Art refers to art produced in the former Soviet Union from 1953-1990 (after the death of Joseph Stalin until the advent of Perestroika and Glasnost) outside of the rubric of Socialist Realism. Afterwards he founded with young colleagues the colony of artists "Furmanny Lane" in Moscow within the movement of Russian Soviet Nonconformist Art and was member of the group until the closure in 1991. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Nonconformist Art before and after the fall of the Iron Curtain in Russia. "NO! and the Conformists”, State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg, catalogue issued. 1986 Personal exhibition at the “Remont” gallery, Warsaw, Poland. Novikov joined the Union of Soviet Artists 1987, and after the fall of the Iron Curtain in Russia.

1989 "Red and White” exhibition, Hala GWARDIA, Warsaw, Poland, catalogue published. Igor Novikov received the opportunity for first exhibitions already as student. After the participation within several group exhibitions in Russia, he was permitted to exhibit abroad.

1990 “Furmanny Lane”, exhibition at the City Museum Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Switzerland, with catalogue. 1992 Personal exhibition at Villa Turque Le Corbusier, EBEL, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, catalogue.

1991 exhibitions "NEW Conformists Exhibitions”, and Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz, Torun, Poland, with catalogue.

Igor A. Novikov Solo retrospective national exhibitions took place 1993 in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (solo exhibition) and 1994 within the comprehensive collective exhibit of the art of Russian nonconformists in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Personal exhibition retrospective the Russia Pavillonat the Russian Chamber of Commerce Seville Expo '92. 1994 Personal exhibition retrospective at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, Moscow. From 1990 to 1993, he worked with a UNESCO scholarship in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Exhibitions „ Artistes Russes". 1996 Personal exhibition at the Moscow City Council. Exhibition at the „Russian House" and Francisco Infante-Arana, Eduard Gorokhovsky, Budapescht

1997 Personal exhibition presented by Art Collection Otto, Streletzki, Berlin, catalogue issued. 2002 exhibition Igor Novikov and Alexey Novikov, Valeri Zelinski, Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny,supported by the Russian Embassy in Switzerland, Switzerland . 2003 Personal exhibition at Design Center, Langenthal, Switzerland, with support of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland. 2005 Personal exhibition at Altstadhalle, Zug, Switzerland.

2008 Exhibition at Chelsea Art Museum, New York, Kolodzei Art Foundation of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation USA, with catalogue. „Igor Novikov: Goodbye Russia” catalogue for the Solo Exhibition retrospective at Koller Auctions, Zürich. Kunstberatung Zürich AG, 2009.

Exhibitions retrospective „Igor Novikov: Impression 100/50" catalogue for the Solo Exhibition at Nadja Brykina Gallery AG, Zürich, and Russian Contemporary Arts Foundation,supported by the Russian Embassy in Switzerland Zürich 2010. More work stays in Western countries followed, e.g. in Klagenfurt, Austria, and in Berlin, Germany.

Since 1979, Igor Novikov has participated in over a hundred group exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world, including the first show of nonconformist art. Works by Novikov can be found in the collections of major museums: the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Ludwig Museum major public collections in Russia, Europe, and the United States

Since 1999 he lives and works in Bern, Zurich Switzerland.

Works

Igor Novikov and his painting „Miss Switzerland". Nadja Brykina Gallery (2010) Zürich

Igor Novikov blends in his paintings diverse techniques, styles and time levels. As background he often applies classical paintings from the world heritage of fine arts, in particular master pieces of Russian painters of the 19th century. He replicates these works while alienating them superficially with graphical figures or pictograms. This gives to the paintings surprising and often ironic relationships to real life and current situations. Thus his works become testimonies of the transition of the Soviet Union to modern Russia, but also of Swiss or European issues. This contradiction of well-known classics and modern alienation results in strong messages and effects.

Exhibitions

2014

Personal exhibition at the Du Château Gallery, Môtiers, Switzerland

2013

Personal exhibition at gallery im Schloss Hünigen, Switzerland

2012

Personal retrospective exhibition at the Russian Contemporary Arts Foundation, Zürich

2010

Personal retrospective exhibition at the Nadya Brykina Gallery, Zurich, with catalogue, supported by the Russian Embassy in Switzerland

2011

Exhibition and Alexey Novikov gallery KLOSBACH 45, Zürich

2010

Personal exhibition and Alexey Novikov gallery Kunstberatug, Zürich

2009

Personal exhibition retrospective at the Koller Auction, Zurich, with catalogue

2008

Personal exhibition at Chelsea Art Museum, New York, with catalogue

2007

Personal exhibition gallery Spillgerte, Enetchirel, Switzerland
Exhibition at Europ'ART Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland, with catalogue

2006

Personal exhibition Gartenflugel Gallery, Ziegelbrucke, Switzerland
Exhibition at Europ'ART Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland, with catalogue
Personal exhibition at Adler Gallery, Geneva, Gstaad, Switzerland and London, UK

2005

Personal exhibition at Altstadhalle, Zug ,Switzerland

2004

Personal exhibition at "O" Gallery, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Personal exhibition at Franziskanergasse Gallery, Salzburg, Austria

2003

Personal exhibition at the Gallery in Schloss Hünigen, Switzerland
Personal exhibition at Arte Fiz Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Personal exhibition at Design Center, Langenthal, Switzerland, with support of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland

2002

Personal exhibition at the Du Château Gallery, Môtiers, Switzerland, with support of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland
Personal exhibition at Au Paon Gallery, Avenches, Switzerland
Personal exhibition at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, Moscow, supported by the Russian Embassy in Switzerland and Swiss Embassy in Moscow and the Moscow City Hall
"Artistes russes" exhibition at the City Museum "Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny" supported by the Russian Embassy in Switzerland, Switzerland, with catalogue

2001

Exhibition at the Gallery of Christine Brügger, Bern, Switzerland
Personal exhibition "Im Höchhus" Gallery, Küsnacht, Switzerland

2000

Personal exhibition at "Im Hof" Gallery, Zug, Switzerland
Exhibition at "O" Gallery, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

1999

Personal exhibition at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, Moscow
Personal exhibition at the Callet Molin gallery, Vevey, Switzerland

1998

Personal exhibition at the "Franziskanergasse Gallery", Salzburg, Austria

1997

Personal exhibition presented by Art Collection Otto, Streletzki, Berlin, catalogue issued

1996

Personal exhibition at the Moscow City Council
Exhibition at the „Russian House" and Francisco Infante-Arana, Eduard Gorokhovsky, Budapescht

1995

Personal exhibition at the “Radisson-Slavyanskaya” Hotel in Moscow

1994

Personal exhibition at Schloss Landskron, Villach, Austria
Personal exhibition at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, Moscow
Personal exhibition at the Bank of Austria, Villach, Austria

1993

Personal retrospective exhibition at the Museum "State Tretyakov Gallery", Moscow. Catalogue issued
Personal exhibition at the Russian Foundation of Culture, Moscow
“NO! and the Conformists”, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, catalogue issued
“NO! and the Conformists”, Museum of Warsaw, Poland, catalogue issued
Personal exhibition at Hermagor Rathaus-Museum, Austria
Auction “Perestroika”, “Drouot” Richelieu, Paris, France, catalogue issued

1992

Personal exhibition "IL Cavaletto" gallery, Locarno, Switzerland, catalogue issued
Art Expo “Tias”, Tokio. Japan, catalogue has been issued
Personal exhibition at “Au Paon” Gallery, Avanches, Switzerland

1991

Exhibitions "NEW Conformists Exhibitions”, at Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz, Torun, Poland, with catalogue.
Personal exhibition at the "Morgan Manor”, San-Francisco, USA, with catalogue
Personal exhibition at Villa Turque, EBEL, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, catalogue
“Modern Art from Russia” and “Contemporary Masters” exhibitions at the Art Fair, Hong Kong
Personal exhibition at the “La Plume” Gallery, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

1990

“Furmanny Lane”, exhibition at the City Museum Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Switzerland, with catalogue
Personal exhibition “Soviet Art of Glasnost”, at the “Du Cygne” Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Exhibition at the "InterArt" International Art Fair, Warsaw, Poland, with catalogue
Exhibition at the International Art Fair “Herbst”, Frankfurt, Germany, with catalogue

1989

"Red and White” exhibition, Hala GWARDIA, Warsaw, Poland, catalogue published
“Red and White” exhibition, Havenmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, catalogue published
“Furmanny Lane” exhibition, Museum of Technics in Warsaw, Poland, catalogue

1988

Exhibited at the XIV International Art Fair “Perestroyka”, Rome, Italy, with catalogue
Auction of Modern Art "Druout", Richelieu, Paris, France, catalogue issued

1987

“Soviet Avant-Garde” exhibition at the Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentine
“Russia’s Youth” exhibition, Helsinki, Finland

1987-90

Exhibitions at Furmanny Pereulok, Moscow, USSR
INTERART-87 exhibition at Art Fair, Poznan, Poland

1986

Personal exhibition at the “Remont” gallery, Warsaw, Poland

Collection

Literature

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