Kutoboi Ilya
Ilya Kutoboy is an illustrator based in Moscow. In 2013 he graduated from the BVShD "Graphic Design" course. Collaborated with the illustrator agency BANG! BANG! STUDIO, RBC style and others.
EDUCATION:
- 2017 — Illustration Workshop, Russian Reporter Summer School
- 2017 — Design Legends, Future London Academy, London
- 2011–2013 — Basic Graphic Design Course, British Higher School of Design (BHSD)
- 1997–2002 — Faculty of Physics and Technology, KSU
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 — Blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
- 2022 — a—s—t—r—a Open.Vol 1, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CSI Winzavod, Moscow
- 2022 — blazar young art fair, Museum of Moscow, Moscow
- 2021 — Syndrome of Tropical States, Moscow / Khlebzavod
- 2021 — MOST contemporary art auction, Krasnodar
- 2014 — Prosmotr, St. Petersburg
- 2014 — Time for art, Moscow
"Initially, my fascination with art started with music. Music for me is a big field for experimentation. I've participated in different genre projects, recorded solo albums and I'm a big music lover.
I call my style at the moment - "Tropical Primitivism". The theme of tropics appeared in my work thanks to my numerous travels to the islands of Asia and Indonesia - the heat and raging vegetation of those places have deeply sprouted inside me.
In my works I like to mix painting and graphics, scraps of phrases and words, superimpose ghostly or more concrete images on each other, which remind me of dreams with a non-linear plot. Often the heroes of my works are animals and plants, peculiar ladies and creatures who find themselves on the same plane of the ever-changing carnival of life.
I think it is great when art does not carry strict dogmas, but expands the boundaries of our imagination. I try not to forget that I'm just stardust."
- artist Ilya Kutoboy
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