Igor Novikov was born in 1961 in the Moldavian Republic, into the family of the artist Alexey Novikov. Having graduated from the Vasily Surikov Moscow State Academic Institute of Art, Igor joined the late Non-Conformist movement at the close of the 1980s, becoming one of the founders of the celebrated Moscow art squat in the Furmanny Lane. After moving to Switzerland in 1990, the artist has been making frequent visits to Russia. From 1990 through 1993, he was working at Le Corbusier’s workshops on the UNESCO scholarship programme.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1989 — Furmanny Lane, Museum of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

1992 — TIAS (Tokyo International Art Show), Japan

1993 — solo retrospective show, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

1994 — Non-Conformists, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

2008 — Non-Conformists, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, US

2009 — exhibition at the Koller Auction House, Zürich, Switzerland

2010 — exhibition at Nadja Brykina Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

2014 — exhibition at Klosbach 45 Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

2015 — 3rd Interregional Academic Exhibition Red Gate/Against the Current, M’ARS Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow

2015 — exhibition at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Moscow

2017 — Russian Seasons, Jedlitschka Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

2017 — Non-Conformists, Shchukin Gallery, Paris, France

2018 — Space of Time, joint exhibition with Tatiana Nazarenko, Ivan Kramskoy Voronezh Oblast Art Museum, Voronezh

2019 — Life as a Metaphor, Museum of St. Petersburg Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries

2020 — Exit, Moscow Museum of Modern Art