BIO
Peter Bystrov
Artist and curator Peter Bystrov (b. 1980) is a co-founder of the Radek Community (1997-2008, community was founded in Moscow by a young group of the leftist artists, musicians and art critics).
In 2005 - 2007 Bystrov worked as a visiting professor at New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA), Milan.
Currently creates assemblages – «bracket engravings» on wood from metal and garbage elements. Constructing socio-historical and national types, raises questions of self-identification of the modern inhabitant of a big city. Nominee of the Kandinsky Prize (2007) and the «Innovation» (2008). Lives and works in Moscow.
In 2005 - 2007 Bystrov worked as a visiting professor at New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA), Milan.
Currently creates assemblages – «bracket engravings» on wood from metal and garbage elements. Constructing socio-historical and national types, raises questions of self-identification of the modern inhabitant of a big city. Nominee of the Kandinsky Prize (2007) and the «Innovation» (2008). Lives and works in Moscow.
WORKS
Zhitkov. "The Mechanic Salerno"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 65х55 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 65х55 cm
Nosov. "Dunno on the Moon"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 51х37 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 51х37 cm
Literature
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 100х20 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 100х20 cm
Jung, Shukshin, Leskov, V. Sorokin, Dictionary, Gogol, Zveig, Deleuze
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 48х76 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 48х76 cm
Shalamov. "The Artist of the Spade"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 63х48 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 63х48 cm
Tolstoy. "The Lion and the Dog"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76х65 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76х65 cm
Mayakovsky. "What Is Good and What Is Bad"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 100х70 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 100х70 cm
Legends of Ancient Greece
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76х55 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76х55 cm
Chukovsky. "Wash’-em-Clean"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х45 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х45 cm
Gaidar. "The Drummer's Fate"
2025
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 75х55 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 75х55 cm
On the centennial of Joseph Beuys
2021
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 40х30 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 40х30 cm
Sneaker No. 17
2021
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 45х60 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 45х60 cm
Jaroslav
2021
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 90х20 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 90х20 cm
One USSR ruble. From the series "Wooden"
2019
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х120 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х120 cm
Portrait of the yellow Corvette C8.R
2021
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 55x75 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 55x75 cm
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN BLUE JEANS SITTING DOWN TO REST
2021
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х47 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х47 cm
Daniil
2021
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х21 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 60х21 cm
500 Euro
2017
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76х143 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76х143 cm
100 USD
2020
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 53х114 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 53х114 cm
100 Hong Kong Dollars
2020
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x152 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x152 cm
100 Yuan
2020
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x151 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x151 cm
100 Russian Rubles (Sochi)
2020
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x152 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x152 cm
100 Soviet Rubles (USSR)
2020
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 61x121 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 61x121 cm
100 Russian Rubles
2020
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x124 cm
wood, acrylic, metal, mixed media, 76x124 cm
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CV
2020 At Its Top. Syntax Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 SOTWAHA. dispari&dispari project, Berlin, Germany (solo)
People. Money. JART Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
The new circus event. Palazzo delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
2018 Forza Uova (with Alterazioni Video). Medica Palace, Bologna, Italy
Art against wrinkles. Elena Kovylina Art Studios, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Vs. Cravan. Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
2017 Moustached / Susami, Pal'to Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2016 Encyclopedia of Moscow Types. Moscow State Museum; Kuntsevo Plaza center, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2015 The Artist is Hidden. Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Studio on Tour. Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2014 Family Values. KOP studio, Moscow, Russia
Metamorphoses of VGLAZ. Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Another Sport. A3 gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 Parts of the Whole. Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
The Evening of Spiritual Poetry. KOP Studio, Moscow, Russia
International Club of Responsible Artists. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
2012 Cosmos as Presence. InteriorDasein, Berlin, Germany
2011 PaperTime. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
D-O ARK Underground Time machine! No networking biennial, Bosnia and Herzegovina
We are Artists, Kunsthalle, Whinterthur, Switzerland
From Russia with Love/ New creative Generation. Palazzo Panichi, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
Exfoliation of Society. KNIPSU Gallery, Bergen, Norway (solo)
2010 Musperformfest. Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
2009 Keep on Dancing. Cinema Elysees Biarritz, Paris, France
2008 Industrial Lies. dispari&dispari project space, Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Destination Unknown. CHA, Moscow, Russia
1st international biennale for young art «Qui Vive?». NCCA, Moscow, Russia
Young, Agressive. Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
The Energy of Delusion. DOM, Moscow, Russia
2007 Sots-Art. La Maison Rouge, Paris, Russia
Progressive Nostalgia. Centro d'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecchi, Prato, Italy
On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2006 Re-action. Play gallery for still and motion picture, Berlin, Germany
Waking up. Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordo, France
People's Choice. Art Isola Center, Milano, Italy
Lies. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Self-education. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
Mixed Pickles-Overloaded. k3 space, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Disobedience. Kunstzentrum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
RADEK INVASION. Lucca, Italy
Collective Creativity. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Russian Pop-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Portrait of a Face. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Knyaz Vladimir. II Prague Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomu ty ver. Dudas center for contemporary art, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bubble: Comics in Contemporary Art. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2003 Hunger strike without any demands. Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Hunger strike without any demands. I Prague Biennale, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Girizm. France Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
ArtKliazma, Moscow Region, Russia
2002 Davaj! Russian Art Now. Postfuramt, Berin, Germany
Snowgirl. Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
MANIFESTA 4, Frankfurt on Main, Germany
2019 SOTWAHA. dispari&dispari project, Berlin, Germany (solo)
People. Money. JART Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
The new circus event. Palazzo delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
2018 Forza Uova (with Alterazioni Video). Medica Palace, Bologna, Italy
Art against wrinkles. Elena Kovylina Art Studios, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Vs. Cravan. Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
2017 Moustached / Susami, Pal'to Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2016 Encyclopedia of Moscow Types. Moscow State Museum; Kuntsevo Plaza center, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2015 The Artist is Hidden. Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Studio on Tour. Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2014 Family Values. KOP studio, Moscow, Russia
Metamorphoses of VGLAZ. Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Another Sport. A3 gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 Parts of the Whole. Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
The Evening of Spiritual Poetry. KOP Studio, Moscow, Russia
International Club of Responsible Artists. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
2012 Cosmos as Presence. InteriorDasein, Berlin, Germany
2011 PaperTime. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
D-O ARK Underground Time machine! No networking biennial, Bosnia and Herzegovina
We are Artists, Kunsthalle, Whinterthur, Switzerland
From Russia with Love/ New creative Generation. Palazzo Panichi, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
Exfoliation of Society. KNIPSU Gallery, Bergen, Norway (solo)
2010 Musperformfest. Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
2009 Keep on Dancing. Cinema Elysees Biarritz, Paris, France
2008 Industrial Lies. dispari&dispari project space, Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Destination Unknown. CHA, Moscow, Russia
1st international biennale for young art «Qui Vive?». NCCA, Moscow, Russia
Young, Agressive. Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
The Energy of Delusion. DOM, Moscow, Russia
2007 Sots-Art. La Maison Rouge, Paris, Russia
Progressive Nostalgia. Centro d'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecchi, Prato, Italy
On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2006 Re-action. Play gallery for still and motion picture, Berlin, Germany
Waking up. Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordo, France
People's Choice. Art Isola Center, Milano, Italy
Lies. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Self-education. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
Mixed Pickles-Overloaded. k3 space, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Disobedience. Kunstzentrum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
RADEK INVASION. Lucca, Italy
Collective Creativity. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Russian Pop-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Portrait of a Face. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Knyaz Vladimir. II Prague Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomu ty ver. Dudas center for contemporary art, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bubble: Comics in Contemporary Art. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2003 Hunger strike without any demands. Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Hunger strike without any demands. I Prague Biennale, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Girizm. France Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
ArtKliazma, Moscow Region, Russia
2002 Davaj! Russian Art Now. Postfuramt, Berin, Germany
Snowgirl. Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
MANIFESTA 4, Frankfurt on Main, Germany
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