Andrey Dvin’s abstract works are rooted in pure intuition. Intuition embodies what the rational mind strives for—connecting the fragmented, creating structure, and restoring broken wholeness. The artist is fascinated by the “effect of incompleteness.” On one hand, this open-endedness reflects the limitations of human perception and a reluctance to “finish composing” the universe itself. On the other hand, it grants the viewer freedom, inviting them into a space of co-creation.
Education:
1999 – Joseph Bakshtein Institute of Contemporary Art, “New Artistic Strategies”
1994 – Omsk State University, Faculty of Art and Graphics
1985 – Art School
Awards:
2023 First prize for the graphic project Research at the International Graphics Biennale Osten
2022 National Gallery, Skopje, Northern Macedonia
2018 1st place in the competition “Abstraction in painting”. International Abstraction Festival, Central House of Artists, Moscow
2018 1st place in the “Experiment” nomination of the XXV International Exhibition-Competition of Contemporary Art within the framework of the Russian Art Week. ARTPlay, Moscow
Collections:
Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
Museum of Nonconformist Art
Free Culture Foundation, 10 Pushkinskaya St. Petersburg, Russia
Omsk Museum of Fine Arts named after M.A. Vrubel
National Gallery of North Macedonia, Skopje
OSTEN Museum, Skopje, North Macedonia
In private collections in Hungary, Germany, China, Poland, Russia, North Macedonia, France
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 "Portal". PRO ART'S Contemporary Art Space, Kaluga, Russia
2023 "SKY", a joint project with Dmitry Shorin. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 "TWO WORLDS", a joint exhibition with Dmitry Shorin. Gridchinhall, Moscow region, Russia
1996 "Portrait of a friend". Museum of the History of the City, St. Petersburg, Russia
1996 "The Seasons". GEZ 21, Pushkinskaya 10, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1995 "Letter". Gallery 103, Pushkinskaya 10, St. Petersburg, Russia
1992 "New painting of Siberia". Warsaw
Group Exhibitions:
2024 "In its own time, in its own place." Gridchinhall, Moscow region, Russia
2023 "WATER and RHYTHM". Csepel Gallery, Budapest
2022 “Landscape art - Leave a creative footprint”. Budatower Museum Complex, Budapest
2022 “LIFE/ÉLET”. Budatower Museum Complex, Budapest
2021 Art installation "FIFTY". International Symposium of Landscape Art. Rácalmás Nagy Island-Sziget, Hungary
2021 “The next day”. Pacha, Hungary
2020 "Abstraction in the vanguard". Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
2020 “THE LINE”. Pacha, Hungary
2019 "Exhibition of contemporary Art". Pacha, Hungary
2018 XXV International Exhibition and Competition of Contemporary Art within the framework of the Russian Art Week. ARTPlay, Moscow
2000 "The Black and White Project". BOREY ART GALLERY, St. Petersburg, Russia
1999 "Petersburg". Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1999 "The Thing in itself". Spider and mouse Gallery, Moscow
1998 "ALEPH". The Golden Way Gallery. Omsk, Russia
Art fairs:
2024 Kontur Graphics Fair. Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2024 Contemporary Art Fair |Catalog|, Moscow
2023 Contemporary Art Fair |Catalog|, Moscow
2023 AWA project. Art-Moscow, Moscow
2023 International Osten Biennale of Drawings 2022 National Gallery, Skopje, North Macedonia
2018 International Abstraction Festival "Abstraction in Painting". Central House of Artists, Moscow