Dmitry Provotorov

about the artist

Provotorov was born in Leningrad, modern day St. Petersburg in 1975. From a relatively young age, Provotorov was always interested in still lifes and photographic subject-matter, which has started exploring on the level of photography from 1999 onwards. This interest spurred him on to enrolling at the Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television. More precisely, Provotorov was engaged in the cinematographic faculty.

During his work throughout his degree, Provotorov was also recruited on small and large cinematic endeavors and participated in the making of numerous state and private films. This pragmatic undertaking allowed Provotorov not only to experience the productive nature of film but also the way in which the character is influenced by his surroundings and how the latter can impact his or her motion and development on film.

Despite having started out in multi-colored photography and cultivating some experience in this particular photographic field, Provotorov went on to focus more expressly on black and white photography. This transition allowed him to fully grasp the way in which form and boundary of subject matter can be explored when color is not present. Black and white photography not only is incredibly versatile in the fact that it does not offer any distractions, but also due to the subtlety of tones, which are more tangible within this type of photography. Furthermore, black and white photography also allows the viewer to be let in on a more stylistically simple, but just as conceptually complex work than in colored photography. Furthermore, Provotorov has also been working on rendering in computer graphics as well as experimental hand printing.

Provotorov is currently living working in St. Petersburg.

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biography

Selected Solo exhibitions:

2011 Letters from the China, Al Gallery, St. Petersburg.
2009 Four Quarters, Fotowall Svetosila, Loft Project Etagi, St. Petersburg.
2009 Bank, Borey Art Center, St. Petersburg.
2007 Games+, RuArts Gallery, Moscow.
2007 Wait, The Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House, St. Petersburg.
2005 Wings, State Russian Centre of Photography and St. Petersburg Vladimir Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg.
2005 One, One Gallery, St. Petersburg.
2004 Women theatre, Chaplin Club, St. Petersburg.
2003 One photo exhibition, State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2003 Reverse & obverse, Country Life Gallery, St. Petersburg.
2002 14.19, publishing house Amfora, St. Petersburg.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2010 Bilingua, Formula Gallery, Loft Project Etagi, St. Petersburg.
2007 Flashlight-R, photofestival, Saint-Petersburg Union of Artists, St. Petersburg.
2007 Art New York, Ru Arts Gallery, New York.
2006 Art Moscow 2006, RuArts Gallery, Moscow.
2006 ARCO, Ru Arts Gallery, Madrid.
2006 On the shores of Baltic Sea, State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2006 Flashlight-R, photofestival, Saint-Petersburg Union of Artists, St. Petersburg.
2005 Model, Borey Art Center, St. Petersburg.
2005 Kotografiya, Borey Art Center, St. Petersburg.
2004 Mimicry, Artists Village, St. Petersburg.
2004 Dedication, A-YA Society Saint-Petersburg and The State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2004 Handicraft, A-YA Society Saint-Petersbug and The State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2003 Prints, II International Art Triennial, Petrozavodsk, Karelia.
2003 Eyes wide shut, State Russian Centre of Photography, Jam Hall Gallery, St. Petersburg.
2003 Streets-faces, houses-years, State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2003 The association game, State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2003 Saint-Petersburg-2002, anniversary exhibition of Saint-Petersburg artists, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
2003 All of St. Petersburg, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
2002 Portret and photography, A-YA Society Saint-Petersburg and The State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2002 Art movement Rafts, Shuvalovo Village, St. Petersburg.
2002 Series of exhibitions Portrait of old house, State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg.
2001 Summer art symposium Shuvalovo 2001, Shuvalovo Village, St. Petersburg.

Selected Museum and Private Collections:

State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg;
Moscow House of Photography, Moscow;
State Russian Centre of Photography, St. Petersburg;
Erarta, the Museum and Galleries of Contemporary art, St. Petersburg;
Private collections in Russia, Spain, France.

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Dmitry Provotorov

2007