10.10.2022

Bystrov Peter

Peter Bystrov is a contemporary artist and curator, a member of the art community VGLAZ.

Born on November 4, 1980 in Moscow.

In 2002, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Russian State University for the Humanities. From 2005 to 2006 he was a professor at the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. From 1999 to 2008, he was a member of the Radek Society, a group of artists and activists which continued the work of students at the Avdei Ter-Oganyan School of Contemporary Art - one of the key representatives of Moscow's Actionism. In 2007, Pyotr Bystrov and Alexey Buldakov became finalists for the Kandinsky Prize in the Media Art category. His work, "Party Without Underpants," summed up his decade-long participation in the Radek Society group, showcasing documentary material from performances and exhibitions.

In 2008, Bystrov became a finalist for the state prize "Innovation" in the category "Young Artist". Since 2012 he has been a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. In 2017, he curated the performance art program of the "Forma" festival at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center. After working with performances and video art in the late 2000s Peter Bystrov, in a combination of plywood and construction staples, created the author's "graphic" technique - "staple gravure"; later among the works of Bystrov you can also find "staple gravure", "tether gravure".

The artist uses various a priori non-artistic materials (wire, sandpaper, fur, cable) and constructs various social types (for example, in the series "Moscow Types" and "Encyclopedia of Moscow Types"), depicts iconic characters from pop culture (Karl Lagerfeld, John Lennon), historical periods and events (Yuri Gagarin), literature and folk art (Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ilya Muromets). Non-standard, non-classical materials eventually outline familiar, recognizable, partly "classical" images; Peter Bystrov creates a unique associative game based on cultural (collective) memory.

Bystrov's works are in the collection of the State Center for Contemporary Art (Moscow, Russia) as well as in private collections.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 - "People. Money". JART Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017 - "Susami. Coat Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017 - "Orchestra of Lonely Hearts". Artica Project, Moscow, Russia
2016 - "Encyclopedia of Moscow Types". Museum of Moscow; Kuntsevo Plaza, Moscow, Russia
2016 - "Sacred. Secular". Dukley Art Center, Kotor, Montenegro
2015 - "Workshop on the Way Out". Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014 - "Sotwaha - system of training with improvised objects". KOP Studio, Moscow, Russia
2008 - "Sheets with Thread". Cheremushki Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2003 - "Guirismo". Gallery "France", Moscow, Russia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 - World of Ideas, Gallery a-s-t-r-a, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow.
2020 - "Beautiful Night of All People. 2nd Triennale of Russian Contemporary Art. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2020 - "A Man of Bone, Flesh and Blood". Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
2019 - "Forza Uovo". In collaboration with Alterazioni Video. Medica Palace, Bologna, Italy
2018 - "The Real Portrait of Dorian Gray". Artica Project / Georgy Ostretsov Workshop "Center of Everything", Moscow, Russia
2018 - "Only the Beatles". Elena Kovylina Workshop, Moscow, Russia
2018 - "Vs. Cravan". Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
2017 - "The Collector's Cabinet. Pereletnyi Kabak Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014 - "Metamorphosis". Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014 - "Other Sports". A3 Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2012 - "Kosmos as Presence". InteriorDAsein, Berlin, Germany.
2011 - "Paper Time". State Centre for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia
2011 - "Time Machine - No network! I Biennale of Contemporary Art D-0 ARK Underground, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011 - "We are the Artists". Kusnthalle, Winterthur, Switzerland
2011 - "Exfoliation of Society. Independent Art Platform KNIPSU, Bergen, Germany
2010 - "Musperformfest". Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2009 - "Keep on Dancing". Cinema Elysees Biarrit, Paris, France.
2008 - "Industrial Lies". Dispari&dispari project space, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
2008 - "Young, Aggressive". Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
2008 - "Energy of Delusion". House Cultural Centre, Moscow, Russia
2007 - "Sots Art. Political Art in Russia and China.
State Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, Moscow, Russia.
2007 - Artist's Diary. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2007 - Sots-Art. La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2007 - "Progressive Nostalgia". Centro d'Arte contemporanea Luigi Pecchi, Prato, Italy.
2007 - "On Geekdom". Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
2006 - "Dignity". Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
2006 - "Re-action. Play gallery for still and motion pictures". Berlin, Germany.
2006 - "Waking up". Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France.
2006 - "People's Choice". Art Isola Center, Milan, Italy.
2006 - "Liar. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2006 - Self-Education. State Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow,
Russia
2006 - "Bunker No Bunker". CEDIM, Ramis Barquet gallery, Monterrey, Mexico.
2006 - "Mixed Pickles-Overloaded". k3 space, Zurich, Switzerland.
2005 - "Portrait of a Face". M'APC Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
2005 - Russian Pop Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2005 - "Disobedience". Kunstzentrum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2005 - "Collective Creativity". Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.
2004 - "Controlled Democracy". White Space Gallery, London, UK
2004 - "Tomu ty ver." Dudas center for contemporary art, Bratislava, Slovenia.
2004 - "Bubble: Comics in Contemporary Art". Marat Gelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia.