Oktyabr Denis

Born on February 19, 1977 in Novoaltaysk. Works in genres of portrait, still life, landscape, thematic composition, and nude. Has a significant and original brushwork, experiments with the form, color, and material while being a bright representative of up-to-date contemporary art.

In 2004, received the V. Vetrogonsky Award in "easel painting" category at the 2nd International Biennial of Graphic Art BIN-2004 (under The White InterNights 2004) in St. Petersburg.

The works are presented in The State Art Museum of Altai Krai, Biysk State Museum of Fine Arts, and Tomsk Regional Museum of Art; as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad. Since 1995 has participated in more than 50 exhibitions. Since 2001 — a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

 

Education

  • 1992 — graduated from Novoaltaysk art school №1;
  • 1997 — graduated from the Novoaltaisk State College of Art.

 

Group Exhibitions

  • 1999 — Siberian exhibition of Fine Arts "Fresh Art of Siberia", Novosibirsk
  • 1999 — Contemporary art by Altai artists, Moscow
  • 2002 — "Altai-Kuzbass", Barnaul—Novokuznetsk
  • 2003 — "Siberia", 9th Regional Exhibition, Irkutsk, Tomsk
  • 2004 — International Biennial of Graphic Art BIN-2004, Saint-Petersburg
  • 2004 — 2nd International Triennial of Drawing, Tomsk, Russia
  • 2004 — "Facets", Interregional Youth Exhibition, Barnaul
  • 2005 — "Excitement. Siberia 2005", Interregional Youth Art Exhibition, Barnaul
  • 2005 — "Wind from the Sea", exhibition of Siberian artists, Novosibirsk
  • 2006 — "Russia. River of Russian Flowers", exhibition of works of the Altai artists, Cergy, France
  • 2006 — exhibition of a Siberian art group Nomads, Barnaul
  • 2006 — "Siberia. Altai. Mosaic of Times", exhibition of graphic art by Altai artists, Moscow
  • 2008 — International Art Exhibition "Traditions and Modernity", Manezh, Moscow
  • 2009 — Art-Manezh 2009, Moscow
  • 2010 — group exhibition at Art-classic Gallery, Moscow
  • 2010 — "About the Concrete in the Abstract", CHA, Moscow

 

Solo exhibitions

  • 1998 — "Search for the Light", ASU Exhibition Hall, Barnaul
  • 1999 — "Lunar Days", Exhibition Hall KSKHA, Barnaul
  • 2000 — "New Century Dreams", ASU Exhibition Hall, Barnaul
  • 2001 — "The Joy of Life", Exhibition Hall KSKHA, Barnaul
  • 2003 — Biysk State Museum of Fine Arts, Biysk
  • 2003 — "Ground-to-air", in collaboration with N. Zaikov, Open Sky Pavilion
  • 2004 — The State Art Museum of Altai Krai, Barnaul
  • 2004 — "Expert-Siberia", Exhibition Hall, Novosibirsk
  • 2005 — "Brother and Sister", in collaboration with E. Oktyabr, The Shchetinins' Art Gallery, Barnaul
  • 2006 — "О.К.Abstrakt", in collaboration with Y. Kikotj, Open Sky Pavilion, Barnaul
  • 2007 — "Time to Fly", Exhibition Hall KSKHA, Barnaul
  • 2008 — "October in October", Art Object Gallery, St. Petersburg
  • 2008 — Art Gallery, Tomsk
  • 2010 — "Forgotten Dreams", The House of Scientists SB RAS Novosibirsk
  • 2010 — Art Gallery, Dalian, China