Kirill Chizhov

Kirill Chizhov was born in Moscow in 1985. After learning the basics at the Moscow academic art lyceum of the Russian academy of arts (2003) he proceeded with this studies at the department of sculpture of the Moscow state academic art institute named after Vasily Surikov at the workshop of academic Alexander Rukavishnikov and Andrey Balashov (2009). Kirill is the first winner of "Golden Nut" award named after academic Yuri Orekhov and winner of the 4th State Tretyakov gallery All-Russia Contest of young artists. He took part in parallel 4th and 6th programs of the Moscow biennale of contemporary art, numerous groupe exhibitions including the one at the Institute of Russian realist art.

Exhibitions

Selected shows and monumental projects:

2019

– «ASTRA», «Tsvetnoy ART BASEMENT»

2018

– Georgy Grechko memorial plaque installation in Moscow

– «Monumental art MMXVIII», FLACON, Moscow

– installation of a memorial plaque in Moscow on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Museum of the East, dedicated to the founder of the museum P.P. Muratov.

– «Plastic autumn», Ulyanovsk

– «Shape of image», Pharmaceutical garden, Moscow

2017

– Emil Gilels portrait installation in the Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory

– «Come home», Institute of Russian Realist Art, Moscow

2016

– «Russia 21st Century: Challenge of Time and Development Priorities», The Museum of Contemporary Russian History, Moscow

– participant of the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

2015

– parallel program participant of The 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art; «Russia - the foot of God» project, Guslitsa

– Van Kasteel Strijthagen, Landgraaf

2014

– Nord Art Exhibition, Hamburg

2013

– participant of international contest-exhibition PORTRAIT NOW!, Museum Erarta, Saint Petersburg

2012

– exhibition in The Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Prague

– exhibition in The Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Vienna

2011

– "The Monks Spiridon and Nicodemus, the prosphores of the Caves" monument, Shchyolkovo (in collaboration with A. Smolyaninov)

– parallel program participant of The 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art; "Space.Not." project

– exhibition in The Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Bratislava

2008

– «Artist & Teacher», «MARS» gallery, Moscow