Nikolay Vasilyev

Born in Leningrad in 1975. A member of an Artistic Sect KOLHUi (Koldovskie Hudozhniki or Magical artists). Collaborates with such art groups as The Mitki, Parasite, and Vasilki. Works in techniques of painting and tape art. Lives and works in St. Petersburg.
Education

Education

• Graduated from the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Art History.
• Attended drawing classes at The Ilya Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture studied at art school №13.
• Graduated from general art school №13.

Solo exhibitions

• 2013 — "KIDS", Polimer cultural center, Tallinn (Estonia)
• 2013 — "Scotch", X-Max Gallery, Ufa
• 2012 — "Tape Art", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
• 2009 — "Faces", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2009 — "The Elder and Children", DiDi Gallery, St. Petersburg
• 2003 — "Inpolstallyatsiya", IFA Showroom, St. Petersburg
• 2002 — "Shy Squirrels", N.TS. Gallery, St. Petersburg

Selected group exhibitions

• 2014 — "Family Portrait", the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
• 2014 — "Magnetic Field", under Manifasta parallel program, Rizordi Loft, St. Petersburg
• 2014 — "St. Petersburg Artists", Pärnu (Estonia)
• 2014 — "The Mitki at Kozma Prutkov", Solvychegodsk
• 2014 — "The Mitki", Pskov State Museum, Pskov
• 2014 — "After the Comics", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg; Novgorod Center for Contemporary Art, Dialogue Cultural Center, Veliky Novgorod
• 2014 — "Parasite", Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg
• 2014 — "Portrait in the Interior", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
• 2014 — "Posters", project by The Mitki Art Group, Manezh, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — "LENENERBE", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — "Vasilki 5.1", Museum of Non Conformist Art, Pushkinskaya-10 Art Center, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — "Kunst.Object.Mensch", Dresden, Germany
• 2013 — "Parasite", Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — Winter Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of The Union of Artists, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — "Trier", "Art-Anfas Japan: Traditions and Modernity", New Exhibition Hall of The City Sculpture Museum, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — "Lars von Trier. The Mystery", New Exhibition Hall of The City Sculpture Museum, St. Petersburg
• 2013 — "Portrait Now", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
• 2012 — III Baltic Biennale, Rizordi Loft, St. Petersburg
• 2012 — "SPb... Gegenwartskunst..." Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
• 2012 — "North-South", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2012 — "Rubber", Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta, St. Petersburg
• 2012 — "Bright", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
• 2012 — "Napoleon", Lazarev Gallery, St. Petersburg
• 2012 — Night of Museums 2012, Museum of The Mitki creative association, Saint Petersburg
• 2012 — KronFest Festival, Kronstadt
• 2011 — "Autumn Aggravation", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2011 — "K0LHUi", Novgorod Center for Contemporary Art, Dialogue Cultural Center, Veliky Novgorod
• 2011 — "Space", "Smelt", Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
• 2011 — "LIBIDO", Rooney Gallery, Geneva (Switzerland)
• 2011 — Night of Museums 2011, Museum of The Mitki creative association, Saint Petersburg
• 2010 — "Libido", Museum of The Mitki creative association, Saint Petersburg
• 2010 — "Salon", Red Gate Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
• 2010 — "Autumn Aggravation", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
• 2010 — "The Image of Death in Art", Shemyakin Center, St. Petersburg
• 2010 — "Cry in Art", Shemyakin Center, St. Petersburg
• 2010 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2010 — "About People", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
• 2010 — "CINEMA", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2010 — "Notre Petersbourg", Cour Mably, Bordeaux (France)
• 2010 — "Libido", Central House of Artists, Moscow
• 2009 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2009 — "Art without Borders", Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
• 2009 — "CINEMA", Manezh Small Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2009 — "Autumn Aggravation", Vladimir Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg
• 2009 — "Tango", March Gallery, Saint Petersburg
• 2009 — "Russian Pop Art", Zoom, St. Petersburg
• 2009 — "Menschen in der Stadt", Russian House, Berlin (Germany)
• 2008 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2008 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2008 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH
• 2008 — "Walking in the City", Small Hall of Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2007 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2007 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH
• 2007 — Dialogue International Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2007 — "Motherhood and Childhood", Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg
• 2007 — RigaBIN Biennale of Graphic Art, Riga, Latvia
• 2006 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2006 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2006 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2006 — "25 Years of the Leningrad Rock Club", Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2005 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2005 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2005 — Dialogue International Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2004 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2004 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2004 — Petersburg Festival of Galleries, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2004 — "1:1", ONE TIME ONE SPACE, Muenster, Germany
• 2003 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2003 — "Art-debauch", Pure Dreams Festival, LDM, St. Petersburg
• 2003 — Dialogues Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2003 — The Turku BIENNALE, Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
• 2002 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2002 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2002 — "Art-debauch", Pure Dreams Festival, LDM, St. Petersburg
• 2002 — "Let there be Light", Borey Gallery, Saint Petersburg
• 2001 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2001 — Dialogues Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 2000 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2000 — International Festival of Experimental Art, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 1999 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 1999 — Dialogues Biennale, Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 1999 — "In Memory of the Holocaust", Manezh CEH, St. Petersburg
• 1998 — "Petersburg" Annual Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg

The works are presented in the following collections

• Moscow Museum of Modern Art
• Murmansk Regional Museum of Art
• Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after M. Vrubel
• Astrakhan State Picture Gallery named after P. Dogadin