BIO
Valery Chtak (1981–2024) was a contemporary Russian artist. From 1998, he attended the School of Contemporary Art of Avdei Ter-Oganian, and from 2000 to 2005, he was part of the Radek group, a community of artists, musicians, and cultural activists. From 2002, he participated in group exhibitions both in Russia and abroad, and realized many solo projects, including the large-scale exhibition “In My Way, Absolutely Not at the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art. His works are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow, the Sfera Foundation, and other public and private collections. He was named Artist of the Year at the Cosmoscow Fair in 2022.
WORKS
Stay
2021
acrylic on canvas, 90x80 cm
acrylic on canvas, 90x80 cm
One hundred common dollars
2021
acrylic on canvas, 40x60 cm
acrylic on canvas, 40x60 cm
Juniper Bush
2021
acrylic on wood, 68x108 cm
acrylic on wood, 68x108 cm
L'en-Dehors
2021
acrylic on fabric, 70х49 cm
acrylic on fabric, 70х49 cm
No Refunds
2021
acrylic on canvas, 199x148 cm
acrylic on canvas, 199x148 cm
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2022 Later. HLAM Gallery, Voronezh, Russia
2021 Everything is Clear Anyway. IGUMO Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Yet Another Solo Show. Syntax Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Prices are not Romantic. Palto Gallery, Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia
Notes. VLADEY Space, Moscow, Russia
2020 It Could be Much Worse. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2019 The Museum of the Same Thing. Syntax Gallery, Moscow, Russia
I didn't Recognize You Either (with Kirill Kto). Cube, Moscow, Russia
2018 Two (with Kirill Kriuchkov). Zarya CCA , Vladivostok, Russia; Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
British Celebrities. SAAS Gallery, London, Great Britain
Joffe vs Chtak, Vice Versa ( with Alisa Joffe). Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
What If She Wants to Lie Down? Centerpoint, Basel, Switzerland
Long Live A, Vladey Space, Moscow, Russia
2017 Conquest of Bread. CUB Gallery, Riga, Latvia
The Story Of How Nobody Understood Anything. Museum of Moscow City, Moscow, Russia
2016 If It's My Way – There's No Way. MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Crab Inside. Zarya CCA, Vladivostok, Russia
C – Alphabet. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015 Technically, It's Very Simple. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Darkness, Obscurity and Gloom. Centre Red, Moscow, Russia
Worshood. CUB Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Buongiorno Stranieri. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
No News. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014 Don't Come Close. Palto Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 This is not a Nightmare. Red October Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2012 Author Unknown. Mironova Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011 Only the Truth. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 Chtak Runs in Circles. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Painting is a Dead Language. Orel Art UK, London, UK
2009 Bob Hated Everybody. Globe Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Say 'Shibboleth'. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Anarchisme.Hassidisme.Agnosticisme. Orel Art Gallery, Paris, France
2021 Everything is Clear Anyway. IGUMO Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Yet Another Solo Show. Syntax Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Prices are not Romantic. Palto Gallery, Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia
Notes. VLADEY Space, Moscow, Russia
2020 It Could be Much Worse. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2019 The Museum of the Same Thing. Syntax Gallery, Moscow, Russia
I didn't Recognize You Either (with Kirill Kto). Cube, Moscow, Russia
2018 Two (with Kirill Kriuchkov). Zarya CCA , Vladivostok, Russia; Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
British Celebrities. SAAS Gallery, London, Great Britain
Joffe vs Chtak, Vice Versa ( with Alisa Joffe). Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
What If She Wants to Lie Down? Centerpoint, Basel, Switzerland
Long Live A, Vladey Space, Moscow, Russia
2017 Conquest of Bread. CUB Gallery, Riga, Latvia
The Story Of How Nobody Understood Anything. Museum of Moscow City, Moscow, Russia
2016 If It's My Way – There's No Way. MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Crab Inside. Zarya CCA, Vladivostok, Russia
C – Alphabet. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015 Technically, It's Very Simple. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Darkness, Obscurity and Gloom. Centre Red, Moscow, Russia
Worshood. CUB Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Buongiorno Stranieri. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
No News. Triangle Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014 Don't Come Close. Palto Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 This is not a Nightmare. Red October Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2012 Author Unknown. Mironova Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011 Only the Truth. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 Chtak Runs in Circles. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Painting is a Dead Language. Orel Art UK, London, UK
2009 Bob Hated Everybody. Globe Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Say 'Shibboleth'. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Anarchisme.Hassidisme.Agnosticisme. Orel Art Gallery, Paris, France
2020 Generation XXI. Gift of Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin. New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 Art of the 2000s. New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017 Elikuka Friends. Vladey Space, Moscow, Russia
2016 Unofficial Language Only. Parallel program of the 5 Moscow Biennale of Young Art, Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia
Art Up. Art In Festival, MMoMA, Moscow, Russia
2015 Generation U. Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Laughter in the Gallery. Parallel Program of the 5th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
The Pierre Brochet Puzzle. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
ArtBat Fest, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2014 Not Museum. Parallel program of the Manifesta 10, Saint Petersburg, Russia
In Search of Horizon. LDZ, Riga, Latvia
2013 Heavy Metal.Parallel program of the 5 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia
2012 Apocalypse and Resurrection in the Chocolate House. Kyiv, Ukraine
Futurologia. School of Architecture, Nantes, France
2011 Russian Cosmos. Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Crisis of Disorder. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 The Diary of a Madman. Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009 Rendez-Vous '09. MAC, Lyon, France
Russian Lettrism. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
2008 Invasion/Evasion. Red October, Moscow, Russia
The Young, Aggressive. Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Ars Erotica, Ars Politica, Ars Theoretica. Prometeo Gallery, Milan, Italy
Moscoupolis. Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Artist's Diary. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
2006 Russia Redux#2. Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, NY City University, New York, USA
Formalite. La Generale, Paris, France
2005 Portrait of a Face. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 Art of the 2000s. New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017 Elikuka Friends. Vladey Space, Moscow, Russia
2016 Unofficial Language Only. Parallel program of the 5 Moscow Biennale of Young Art, Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia
Art Up. Art In Festival, MMoMA, Moscow, Russia
2015 Generation U. Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Laughter in the Gallery. Parallel Program of the 5th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
The Pierre Brochet Puzzle. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
ArtBat Fest, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2014 Not Museum. Parallel program of the Manifesta 10, Saint Petersburg, Russia
In Search of Horizon. LDZ, Riga, Latvia
2013 Heavy Metal.Parallel program of the 5 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia
2012 Apocalypse and Resurrection in the Chocolate House. Kyiv, Ukraine
Futurologia. School of Architecture, Nantes, France
2011 Russian Cosmos. Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Crisis of Disorder. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 The Diary of a Madman. Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009 Rendez-Vous '09. MAC, Lyon, France
Russian Lettrism. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
2008 Invasion/Evasion. Red October, Moscow, Russia
The Young, Aggressive. Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Ars Erotica, Ars Politica, Ars Theoretica. Prometeo Gallery, Milan, Italy
Moscoupolis. Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Artist's Diary. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
2006 Russia Redux#2. Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, NY City University, New York, USA
Formalite. La Generale, Paris, France
2005 Portrait of a Face. Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
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