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Oleg Chumakov, visual artist
Born in 1976, in the city of Derzhavinsk, former USSR.
Currently lives and works in Moscow (Russia)
From 1993 to 1998. Studied philosophy at the Southern Federal University (SFEDU). While in University, Chumakov unexpectedly became interested in photography, shortly after he plunged into the creative atmosphere of his native city, Rostov-on-Don (the south of Russia), where he met a huge number of artists, architects, photographers, musicians.
After graduating from the university, he received a master’s degree in Philosophy and for several years was engaged in self-education in the field of photography, as well as took private lessons from artists. It was a difficult time after the collapse of USSR. The country had no institutions teaching photography. But it was rather an advantage for a begging photographer. No boundaries, no classical dogmas, pure creation only.
Back in the memories, it was an amazing time when the passion for photography was combined with a complete lack of money. To buy a roll of film, he had to save on public transport. But it was a wonderful time of youth, psychedelia and rock’n’roll, when financial difficulties were compensated by creative atmosphere and communication with musicians and artists. For a short time, Chumakov tried himself as a guitarist in an alternative music group and a producer of a musical collective. At the same time, a novice photographer, made a week-long solo trip to the Caucasus mountains to feel the "multilayered world", and finally decided to devote himself to study the invisible interconnections of the surrounding world.
In the early 2000s, he moved to Moscow (Russia), where he actively worked as a commercial photographer, mainly shooting advertising.
In 2012, he directed several conceptual series on family problems, communications in modern society, and gender inequality.
In 2016, the photographer began studying contemporary art by enrolling in the "Free Workshops", the School of Contemporary Art, (Moscow Museum of Modern Art), after which he received the degree of "Contemporary Artist"
In 2017, he studied the course "Philosophy of Art" at the Garage Center for Contemporary Art, where he performed his performance "Modernist Project".
After graduating from the School of Contemporary Art, he actively joined the artistic life, participated in exhibitions, made several projects in the field of contemporary art and video art,
Projects "Inspection", "Remembrance of Life"
"Covering up”,
Currently, Chumakov mixes the visual languages of Jeff Wohl and David Lynch in his works, works on several projects in which he rethinks the aesthetics of the "stopped frame", relying on the work of Edward Hopper, Jeff Wohl, David Hockney
The artist actively sells his works on the international market, works on new series "Surreal landscape in a big city", and the series "Psychological still Life"
Awards:
2013 IPA Russian Photo Contest/ Bronze/ Advertising
2014 IPA Russian Photo Contest/ Gold/ Book
2015 IPA Russian Photo Contest/ Gold/ Conceptual
Exhibitions:
2016 AZ Museum, Moscow, Russia
2017 "Where no one dreams: from sacred geography to desolation”
Moscow, Russia, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
2017 "Black and white here "Project" Life of memory "Gallery"ZDES na Taganke" Moscow, Russia
2019 "Dismorphophobia, or the war within your mind” Moscow, Russia, Moscow Museum of Modern Art