Petr Shvetsov
Born 1970; Leningrad , Russia
Lives & works in St. Petersburg
Studied: Leningrad Academy Art School
Member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists since 1992
Individual and Two-person Exhibitions
- 2019
Not What It Seems, Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg
TexMex, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
- 2018
Alter Idem, Petrikirche, St. Petersburg
Nonfigurative Units, Gallery 15, St. Petersburg
Cannibal, making a sacrifice in a sacred grove, with Shishkin-Hokusai, Museum of Casts, Academy Of Arts, St.Petersburg
- 2017
Snake Eater Dwarfs in the Museum, Library of Book Arts, St. Petersburg
My First Teacher. Leningrad School, Navicula Artis Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2016
Untitled, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg
The Advantages of Spiders, with Katya Granova, Lyuda Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2014
Memorial Modeling, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C.
New Painting, Gallery Anna Nova St. Petersburg
- 2011
Twilight State, Gallery Anna Nova, St. Petersburg
Event Horizon , Maliy Manege, St. Petersburg
- 2010
The War of the Worlds, Gallery Anna Nova, St. Petersburg
- 2009
Apologia of Narcissism , Gallery Lyuda, St. Petersburg
Swamps , Gallery Anna Nova, St. Petersburg
- 2008
The Women’s Question. ‘ Selskaya Zhizn ‘ Gallery, St. Petersburg Bird Haven . Gallery NOMI, St. Petersburg
The nightingale sings when he wants to , Open Space Gallery, St. Petersburg
The Poles of Sex, Main Street Museum, White River Junction, Vermont
- 2007
New Paintings. In the Badger’s Hole. ‘ Belka and Strelka ‘ Gallery, St. Petersburg
The Living and the Dead . Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg
The Fence , ‘ Navicula Artis ‘ Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2006
Tsusima , State History Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg (in collaboration with the National Center of Contemporary Art and Navicula Artis Gallery )
52 Minutes, Gallery project “Neva Tower,” St. Petersburg
- 2005
Head of an Architect , ‘Anna Nova’ Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2004
Shadow Spaces, State Hermitage Museum (in conjunction with the program “Contemporary art in Petrograd, Leningrad , Petersburg in the 20 th Century )
Columbarium , State Geological Museum , St. Petersburg (as part of ProArte Institute’s
Contemporary Art in Traditional Museums Festival )
Drawings , Gallery Mit’ki VKHUTEMAS, St. Petersburg
- 2003
Airplanes , Navicula Artis Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2002
Avions , Le Garage, Lourges , France
Aeroplanes , Art Angar Center of Contemporary Art, Solovki , Russia
- 2001
Abstract , British Council Russia , St. Petersburg
- 2000
Mixed Fights (with M. Gavrichkov), National Centre Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 1995
Petr Shvetsov and Petr Bely , Odense University, Odense, Denmark
- 1994
Sherburne School , Sherburne , England
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2010
Black and White , Modernariat gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2008
Nord Art , Installation Call Me and I’ll Do Whatever You Want, Rendsburg , Germany
- 2007
Nord Art , Installation My Grandmother Was Right, Rendsburg , Germany
Art Moscow , Moscow , Russia
200 Years of Lithography , Russian State Museum , St. Petersburg
- 2006
New Prints 2006/Spring, Selected and Curated by Richard Tuttle, International Print Center New York , NY
Improvisation, The international exhibition of drawings, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
Graphics Biennale , St. Petersburg Union of Artists, St. Petersburg
- 2005
Collage in Russia , State Russian Museum , St. Petersburg
Forward/Backwards, Sevastopol State Art Museum, Ukraine
- 2004
Art Manezh 2004 , Moscow
Art , Manezh Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
Flights , Club on Brestkoi, Moscow
- 2003
Kharmsizdat Presents Artist’s Books , State Russian Museum , St. Petersburg
Histoires Graves , Office de la Culture, Brignoles , France
Gardens of Paradise , Anna Akhmatova Museum , St. Petersburg ,
- 2002
Black and White , Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
Sculpture and Recreation Garden , Anna Akhmatova Museum , St. Petersburg
First Graphics Biennale , St. Petersburg Union of Artists, St. Petersburg
Boucherie d`Art , Galerie IZBA, Novyi Sad, Yugoslavia
- 2001
Desire and Pursuit of the Whole , Pro Arte Institute, St. Petersburg . Curated by Christopher Gordon
Brut Art Demobilization Albums , Anna Akhmatova Museum , St. Petersburg
- 1997
Two Hundred Years of Lithography , State Russian Museum , St. Petersburg
BOOKCAMERA or The Book and the Elements , Anna Akhmatova Museum , St. Petersburg
- 1996
Artgenda , Arts Festival of Baltic Countries as part of Copenhagen ‘s, Cultural Capital of Europe celebrations
Idaho State University at Boise , USA
- 1995-1996
Book Garden , Manchester Royal Exchange , England
- 1992-1994
Time of Transition , City Museum and Art Gallery , Bristol and travelling; Ferens Art Gallery , Hull ; The Library
Gallery, Ramsgate; Ceri Richards Gallery , University College , Swansea ; Flaxman Gallery, Staffordshire
Gallery, Stoke on Trent ; Bankside Gallery, London ; Royal Cornwall Museum , Truro
Selected Residencies
- 2006
Tamarind Institute, Alburquerque , New Mexico
- 2005
Jyväskylä Centre for Printmaking, Jyväskylä Art Museum , Jyväskylä , Finland
- 2004
Jyväskylä Centre for Printmaking, Jyväskylä Art Museum , Jyväskylä , Finland
- 1996
Printmaking Workshop, Odense , Denmark
Printmaking Workshop, New York , with Bob Blackburn
- 1995
Printmaking Workshop, Odense , Denmark
- 1994
Artist-in-Residence, Sherborne School , England
Public Collections
State Russian Museum
Russian National Library
New York Public Library
British Library
Sakson State Library, Dresden
City of Odense, Denmark
State Library, Berlin
Institute of Contemporary Russian Culture, Los Angeles
University of California Library, St. Barbara
The Lilly Library, University of Indiana at Bloomington
University of Iowa Library at Iowa City
Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin at Madison