SELECTED WORKS
Mikhail Rubankov
Mikhail Rubankov was born in 1983 in the city of Omsk. Lives and works in Moscow.Received art education at the BAZA Institute of Contemporary Art (2024). Resident of theOpen Studios of the Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art (2022), Radiance in Apatity(2024) and Workshops at the Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art currently. Among soloexhibitions are "MR34" in the ARN space (Norilsk, 2024) and "Celluloid" in the Omsk CityMuseum "Art of Omsk" (2021).
About the artist
Drawing on the legacy of conceptualist predecessors, Mikhail Rubankov explores the gaps between word and image, the absurdity of reality constructed by the bureaucratic language of public spaces, state and corporate systems, and the transgressive potential of mundane objects and events. In his artistic practice, Mikhail Rubankov frequently employs a technique of displacement — shifting the viewer’s position relative to the system of meanings in which they are perpetually embedded. A central aim of his work is to violently uproot the viewer from habitual modes of perception. This is achieved through confrontations with absurd declarations of the self-evident, or through semiotic games where initially perplexing signs ultimately reveal aspects of the viewer’s own being — dimensions inaccessible within the confines of daily existence.
Education:
2024 – Institute of Contemporary Art BASE
2008 – Omsk State Technological University, “Design and Operation of oil and Gas industry facilities”
2005 – Omsk State Technological University, “Electricity Supply”
Residences:
present – Workshops of the Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art
2024 – “Radiance”, Apatity, Russia
2022 – The 7th Open Studio Season of the Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 “MR34”. ARN Space, Norilsk, Russia
2024 Kalitnikovsky Pond. Art Projects Gallery, Moscow
2023 "...only red ink is missing." Cube Moscow. M.A.R.S.H Gallery, Moscow
2023 "Number 304". Total installation at the Marco Polo Hotel, Moscow
2023 “Mu". Niche, Cube Moscow, Moscow
2023 "Inhale - Exhale". Ground Solyanka, Moscow
2022 Exhibition in Open Studios. Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2021 "Celluloid". Omsk Art City Museum, Omsk, Russia
2020 "Zen Funk"
2018 "Native Positive". Left Foot Gallery, Omsk, Russia
Group Exhibitions:
2024 "The Future of Memories". House of N.N. Demidov, Moscow
2024 “Erase me”. Renaissance Bank Office, Moscow
2024 "Days of the past future". Elektrozavod Gallery, Moscow
2024 “Minimalia”. Cube Moscow, Moscow
2024 "What are you afraid of?" Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2023 "Readers of things". Sol Gallery, Moscow
2023 "Paris apartment". Anvil Gallery, Moscow
2023 "Displacement". Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2023 "The seeing Eye, the All-seeing, the unseeing". AZ Museum, Moscow
2023 "Waste of time." Archstoyanie 2023, pavilion of the Anvil Gallery, Nikola-Lenivets, Russia
2023 “1+1=1”. Contemplative Festival named after Tonino Guerra, Mira Center, Suzdal, Russia
2022 "Coordinates" as part of the PNR art group. Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2022 "Sandarmokh - where trees have faces". Czech
2022 "Moscow - Yerevan Bridge". Art Kvartal, Yerevan
2022 "Conduit and Schwambrania - the place where the earth curves". Peredelkino Writers' House of Creativity, Moscow
2022 "Something will remain in the memory." Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2020 "Morkva". Gallery 11.12, Moscow
2024 “MR34”. ARN Space, Norilsk, Russia
2024 Kalitnikovsky Pond. Art Projects Gallery, Moscow
2023 "...only red ink is missing." Cube Moscow. M.A.R.S.H Gallery, Moscow
2023 "Number 304". Total installation at the Marco Polo Hotel, Moscow
2023 “Mu". Niche, Cube Moscow, Moscow
2023 "Inhale - Exhale". Ground Solyanka, Moscow
2022 Exhibition in Open Studios. Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2021 "Celluloid". Omsk Art City Museum, Omsk, Russia
2020 "Zen Funk"
2018 "Native Positive". Left Foot Gallery, Omsk, Russia
Group Exhibitions:
2024 "The Future of Memories". House of N.N. Demidov, Moscow
2024 “Erase me”. Renaissance Bank Office, Moscow
2024 "Days of the past future". Elektrozavod Gallery, Moscow
2024 “Minimalia”. Cube Moscow, Moscow
2024 "What are you afraid of?" Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2023 "Readers of things". Sol Gallery, Moscow
2023 "Paris apartment". Anvil Gallery, Moscow
2023 "Displacement". Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2023 "The seeing Eye, the All-seeing, the unseeing". AZ Museum, Moscow
2023 "Waste of time." Archstoyanie 2023, pavilion of the Anvil Gallery, Nikola-Lenivets, Russia
2023 “1+1=1”. Contemplative Festival named after Tonino Guerra, Mira Center, Suzdal, Russia
2022 "Coordinates" as part of the PNR art group. Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2022 "Sandarmokh - where trees have faces". Czech
2022 "Moscow - Yerevan Bridge". Art Kvartal, Yerevan
2022 "Conduit and Schwambrania - the place where the earth curves". Peredelkino Writers' House of Creativity, Moscow
2022 "Something will remain in the memory." Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2020 "Morkva". Gallery 11.12, Moscow
