Kirill Garshin
| Kirill Garshin | |
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| Born | Kirill Vasilievich Garshin 21 April 1990 Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Known for | Painting |
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Kirill Garshin (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; born 21 April 1990) is a Russian artist.[1]
Biography
Kirill Garshin graduated from the Voronezh Art College in 2010.[2] He was a participant in the Leipzig International Art Programme in 2013 (Leipzig, Germany) and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions both in Russia and internationally. These include Revisiting the Space Voronezh at the Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art (2013), Space LAB at LIA in Leipzig (2013),[3] the MitOst Festival in Leipzig (2013), the 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2014), Transmission at Triumph Gallery in Moscow (2015), In the Glorious City of Voronezh at Vinzavod Contemporary Art Center in Moscow (2016), and the first Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2017).
Garshin primarily works with painting. In recent years, he has developed anthropocentric series, he uses photography as a narrative basis (Polaroid 3000 (2015) and Idle Days (2014–2015).[4]
In early 2021, Garshin began exploring the role of painting as a classical media and the evolution of his own artistic language through the use of organic pigments. This led to the creation of the Manifesto (Organic Painting or the Creation of a New Image from Plant Juices and Eco-recyclable Materials),[5] where he classifies traditional oil painting as outdated and inconsistent with the etymological meaning of the Russian word for painting (zhivopis’), which implies "depicting life" or lifelikeness. In the Manifesto, he calls for abandoning industrially produced paints in favor of plant-based organic pigments, establishing a dialogue with non-human agents—namely, plants—and integrating them into the creative process.[6]
As part of this approach, Garshin has experimented with color pigments. In 2022–2023, during an artist residency at Zarya Center for Contemporary Art (Vladivostok), he collaborated with scientists from the A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology to explore the use of marine plants in painting.[7]
In 2025, Garshin held a solo exhibition titled Photosynthetic Body at the Vyksa Art Residency. The central piece of the show was a large-scale, multi-part panel made from linden and oak wood, featuring a composition painted with organic watercolors. The work depicted a scene from the artist’s personal mythology, centered on the themes of soul transformation and the interconnectedness of human and plant life.[8]
Solo exhibitions
- 2025 Photosynthetic Body, Vyksa AIR[9]
- 2023 Crimson Rebirth, Zarya Artist-in-Residence, Vladivostok, Russia[10]
- 2020 Dreams of Celestial Lights on the Dark Earth, szena gallery, Moscow, Russia[11]
- 2019 Nocturnal Animals, szena gallery, Moscow, Russia[12]
- 2018 Six Secret Ones, FFTN Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 2017 Consumed Snail’s Garden, Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia[13]
- 2014 Polaroid 3000, Pechersky Gallery, Moscow, Russia[14]
- 2014 Inside the Ribcage, ROSIZO, Moscow, Russia[15]
- 2014 Idle Days, H.L.A.M. Gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- 2012 Wild People, H.L.A.M. Gallery, Voronezh, Russia
- 2011 Limits of Adequacy, H.L.A.M. Gallery, Voronezh, Russia
Group exhibitions
- 2017 Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow[16]
- 2016 In the Glorious City of Voronezh, Vinzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow[17]
- 2015 Transmission, Triumph gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2014 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
- 2013 Revisiting the Space, Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh, Russia
- 2013 Space LAB, LIA, Leipzig, Germany
- 2013 MitOst Festival, Leipzig, Germany[18]
Selected collections
References
- ↑ "RAAN (Russian Art Archive Network). Kirill Garshin".
- ↑ "Vyksa AIR. Kirill Garshin".
- ↑ "LIA, artists 2013". 2013.
- ↑ "Mutual Art. Kirill Garshin: Polaroid 3000".
- ↑ Кирилл Гаршин (2021-03-21). "Органическая живопись или создание Новой Картины из соков растений и экологически перерабатываемых материалов" (in русский). syg.ma.
- ↑ Кирилл Гаршин (2021-03-21). "Органическая живопись или создание Новой Картины из соков растений и экологически перерабатываемых материалов" (in русский). syg.ma.
- ↑ Кирилл Гаршин. "Резиденция ЗАРЯ. Кирилл Гаршин/Дневник резидента" (in русский).
- ↑ "Vyksa AIR. Opening of the exhibition by Kirill Garshin".
- ↑ "Opening of the exhibition by Kirill Garshin". en.vyksaair.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "БАГРОВОЕ ПЕРЕРОЖДЕНИЕ". ЦСИ ЗАРЯ (in русский). Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Dreams about the celestial lights on the dark Earth". szena-gallery.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Nocturnal Animals". szena-gallery.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Kirill Garshin: Consumed... | Exhibitions | MutualArt". www.pecherskygallery.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Кирилл Гаршин. Полароид 3000". Артгид. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Кирилл Гаршин. Внутри грудной клетки/ Kirill Garshin. Inside the Rib Cage". Сеть архивов российского искусства. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "2nd Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art". 2nd Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "In the Glorious City of Voronezh". Артгид. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "MitOst Hamburg e.V.: Themen". www.mitost-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "The State Tretyakov Galley. Collection".
- ↑ "MMOMA. Collection" (in русский).
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