Borisov Leonid

Leonid Borisov was born in 1943 in Leningrad and graduated from the Electrotechnical Institute of Communications in 1968. In 1975 the artist took part in his first exhibition at the Nevsky Palace of Culture, which was one of the first official exhibitions of non-conformist artists in Leningrad and marked a major milestone in the city's independent culture. A wide variety of artistic movements - for abstractionism to pop art - were displayed before the public, which resulted in a major growth of public interest in contemporary art. Evidently, the socio-political environment during this era was conducive to Borisov's creative work.
 
Borisov is well-recognized in Moscow, where his geometric, minimalist style fits more closely with the city's artistic traditions. As stated by Alexander Borovsky, Curator of Contemporary Art at the State Russian Museum, "Borisov is devoted to geometry. Passionately, if not fanatically. It is in Moscow that the geometrical tradition has been flourishing for the last decade." The artist is an icon of minimalist, geometric non-conformist works.

Selected Personal Exhibitions

  • 2008 Photographies, Galerie Blue Square, Paris.
  • 2007 Games, Gallery Atelier No.2, Moscow.
  • 2007 I live - I see, Tumenskiy Regional Museum.
  • 2006 People of Malevich, Gallery Borei, St. Petersburg.
  • 2005 Concrete Art, Gallery Kino, Moscow.
  • 2005 Italy, Switzerland, Photos, Gallery Kino-Fot, St. Petersburg.
  • 2005 Leonid Borisov, Paintings Objects, Sculptures, Central House of Artists, Moscow.
  • 2001 Black Nights, Gallery Tochka, St. Petersburg.
  • 2001 Dada De-formalized, Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
  • 1999 Dedicated to Malevich, Center of Modern Art, St. Petersburg.
  • 1998 Geometry Lessons, Ros-lzo Gallery, Moscow.
  • 1995 Leonid Borisov , Works 1975/1995, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
  • 1994 Cubism, Galereja-21, St. Petersburg.
  • 1978 Krupskaya Palace of Culture, St. Petersburg.

 

Selected Public and Private Collections:

  • State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow;
  • State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg;
  • All-Russian Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg;
  • State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg;
  • Russian Culture Fund, Moscow;
  • Free Culture Fund, Moscow;
  • Pensa Art Museum, Russia;
  • Museum of Modern Art, Moscow;
  • State Dresden Gallery, Germany;
  • Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art, Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA;
  • Russian Culture Foundation, St. Petersburg;
  • Tatiana and Natalia Kolodzei Foundation;
  • Bar-Ger Collection, Cologne, Germany;
  • Collection of the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.