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Kuril Chto uses irony and absurdity as a creative method to explore folk art, memes, and everyday life. Focusing on daily routine and DIY practices, the hallmark of his artistic approach lies in the wielding of humor as a means of addressing such ubiquitous and oftentimes painful sociopolitical issues as patriotism or information noise. Kuril Chto works in various media: from drawing and painting, to applied arts, digital memes, and urban interventions.
Currently pursuing a master’s degree in New York. Based in Lisbon.
solo exhibitions
2022 — Goods, Voskhod Gallery, Basel / ABOUT
group exhibitions
2023 — Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York
2023 — New Dream World, Sapar Contemporary Gallery, New York
2021 — Field Trip, CO-OP space,
exhibition / open studio, Lisbon
2021 — Asylum: Welcome to Paradise,
Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, curators Ivan Naumov and Sasha Gippius
2020 — Third Tretyakov
Prize Award Ceremony exhibition, CCI Fabrika, Moscow
2020 — Behind the Clouds Is the Future, DK Gromov Space, Saint Petersburg, curators Vladimir Logutov and Serafima
Kostrova
2019 — Private Exhibition,
X-palace, Saint Petersburg, curator Nadine Kona
2019 — Rooted to the Spot, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, curator Maxim Ima
2017 — Brighter Days Are Coming, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, curators Andrey Zaytsev and Yasha Young
(Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin)
2017 — New collection, DK Gromov
Space, Saint Petersburg, curator Olesya Turkina
2016 — Outdoor Festival Rome,
Urban Art Festival, Rome, curator Francesco Dobrovich
2016 — Wunderkammern Goes Beyond, Wunderkammern Gallery, Rome, curator Antonella Di Lullo
2016 — Crossing Borders /
Crossing Boundaries, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, curator Rafael
Schacter (UK)
awards
2020 — Tretyakov Prize for the category
Curatorial Choice
2018 — Shortlisted nomination for
the Sergei Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Award in the category of Best Public Art
Project
residences
2016 — Ferro Dome Space, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
fairs
2020/2021/2022 — VLADEY auction,
Vladey Space, Moscow
2020 — blazar, Museum of Moscow,
Moscow
2017/2018/2019 — SAM FAIR, Street
Art Museum, Saint Petersburg
auctions
2020 — VLADEY pre-auction
exhibition, Vladey Space, Moscow
2020/2021/2022 — VLADEY auction,
Vladey Space, Moscow
2020/2021 — Art-Fever, an auction
by the BORSCH gallery, Moscow
curatorial projects
2018 — Street Art Wonderland, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg
2017 — Brighter Days are Coming, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg
education
2022—2024 — MA, New York Academy of Art
2006—2011 —
BA in Law, Saint Petersburg State University