Collection: Konovalov Igor
About the artist: He was born in 1965 in the city of Novy Bug. 1983—1987 — Dnipropetrovsk State Art School. 1987—1993 — Kyiv State Art Institute. Since 1993, co-founder of the art commune "Squat on Olehivska Street", the activity of which has two periods: 1993—1996 — "classic squat" (occupation of premises for workshops and housing, exhibition activity, as a practice of introduction into society). 1996-2006 — "fictitious squat" (author of the project — Fiction Gallery Expedition. — going beyond workshops and galleries (institutions) into open urban space. The founder of the Hill-art direction (art on the hills), within the framework of which actions were held and facilities were created on the hills of Kyiv. 2010-2020 - develops the author's mythology, which he called "Infodelica". The creator of paintings, promotions, objects and video art. Lives and works in Kyiv. EXHIBITIONS Personal exhibitions: 2020 - Recreation room, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv 2019 - "Voices", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv 2018 - "Two Pages", Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv 2017 - "Point of support", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv 2016 – "Presidency", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv 2016 - "Relax", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv 2015 – "Wi-Fi", DTEK Academy, business center "Eurasia", Kyiv 2013 - "Infa&infadelika", 8-bit Gallery, Kyiv 2012 - "Infa", Gallery "Forest", Moscow, Russia 2011 - "Infa", RA Gallery, Kyiv 2010 – I. Konovalov, Museum of Sovr. image of Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), Kyiv 2009 – "Golden Mountains", RA Gallery, Kyiv 2008 - Ctrl-Z, RA Gallery, Kyiv Group exhibitions: 2020 – ART CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris. Salon Comparaisons, groupe Alain Campello 2017 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", Sumy Municipal Gallery, Sumy 2015 – Museum collections, Ukrainian modern art. (1985-2015) 2015 – "Coefficient of independence" (America House), Kyiv 2015 - "Art for the sake of life" - charity project, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv 2014 - The 21st nude art exhibition "MAN & WOMAN", At the Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia 2012 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", M17 Center of Contemporary Art, Kyiv 2012 - Art-Moscow, 16th International Art Fair, Moscow, Russia 2011 - "Independents", New art of the new country 1991-2011, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv 2011 – "Space Odyssey-2011", "Art Arsenal", Kyiv 2010 - Art project "AUT" - international art project, Chocolate House, Kyiv Press: • Catalog for a personal exhibition: I. Konovalov, Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), "Infa", "Forest" Gallery • The book "Squat on Olehivska Street" (1993 - 2015), Kyiv • Collection of the Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art 1985–2015 from private collections 25 years of presence. Modern Ukrainian artists. 1991-2016, Kyiv • Collection of catalogs of participation in numerous exhibitions and auctions Works are located: • Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum • Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU) • Kyiv History Museum • In private meetings: Boris and Tetyana Hrynievych, Igor Voronov, Igor Abramovich, Oleg Krasnosilskyi, Volodymyr Kashirskyi, and others.
