Biography:
Alexander Chalovsky is an artist who works in the style of modern art, graphics, and collage. He is also a professor of art. Member International federation artist of Russia.
His first public exhibit in 1992 commemorated the closing down of TeeshenMarket. During 1993-1994, he took part in the scandalous exhibition “The New Year’s Outrage “ at the CHA. A creative collaboration with the famous patron and artist Sergei Kuskovwas a highlight of this period of his work.
One of the significant projects of Alexander Chalovsky was called “The Method of Nureyev” which fully exposed the individual method and style of the artist.
It was inspired and devoted to the work of the worldwide famous ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
As a result of these studies, a big collection of paintings was done where one can see the progress starting with the abstract art of the 90th and ending with the figurative art combining line art with oil painting on the base of Chinese graphics. Technically, he has used the concept of appropriation based on graphics methods and artworks of the Austrian artist Lembruk. Embracing the expressionism and philosophy of the Egiptianart, navigating through the ancient myths and the actual vision of the world in the fantasy of the brothers Strugatskyhelped him to create his own style.
His experience in art history and knowledge of the modern tendencies of art make him an interesting narrator and popular lector of art in basic academic and modern art.
Some of the artworks of Alexander Chalovsky were exhibited in Paris, France at The Russian Cultural Centre and in Washington, USA (during the days of the Kirov Academy of ballet) as well as in the 5-th Moscow beannallyof modern art and a personal exhibition in the department of Pushkin Museum of Art at Kazan Kremlin during which one the pictures of this artist has been accepted as a gift.
CV:
Education: 1992 Moscow Art and Industrial Institute named after S.G.Stroganov
Personal exhibitions:
•2021 Project “Nureyev’s Method” exhibition at the embassy of Bashkirkstanin Moscow
•2018 YablochkinaActors’ House, Moscow
•2018 House of Writers, Tarusa
•2018 Hazine. Kazan Kremlin
•2014 Project “Nureyev’s Method” at the Russian Cultural Center, at the exhibition “Russian Palette”, Paris
•2014 Project “Nureyev’s Method” in Marina Tsvetaeva’shouse-museum, exhibition “To Freedom!”, Moscow
•2014 Project “Nureyev’s Method” in the exhibition hall “On Kashirka”, exhibition “Rudolf Nureyev –a leap to freedom”, Moscow
•2013 The Nureyev Method Project, a parallel program of the 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
•2013 Solo exhibition in the editorial office of the TretyakovGallery magazine, the GraniFoundation, ASTI Gallery
•2010 “Images Archetypes Metaphors”, LiniyaArt Gallery, the museum “Bakhrushin”, Moscow
•2008 EGYPT (FUTURA), ASTI Gallery, Moscow
