Igor Ost

IGOR OST

ABOUT

Born in 1983 in Leningrad. Since 2020 based in Europe, now living in Belgrade.

In 2007 received a MA of Arts degree from the St. Petersburg Academy of Art.

Participant of more than 50 exhibitions, 20 of them solo. Membership in Global Art Point, Creatives Database, Helsinki and Union of Artist, St.Petersburg.

In 2023 made collaboration with streetwear brand “First in space” for capsule collection spring/summer 2023.

From 2009 till 2023 taught fine arts in Repin-instituutti, Kymenlaakso Summer University, Kotka, Finland.

Works kept in State Hermitage Museum (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), National Museum of Karelia (Petrozavodsk, Russia), Salmela Art Center (Mantyharju, Finland) and private collections.

EDUCATION

2007 MFA Fine Arts Academy, Graphic Department, St. Petersburg, Russia

2001 Diploma, Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Fine Arts Academy, St.

Petersburg, Russia

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020-2023 Instructor, Repin-Instituutti, Kymenlaakso Summer University & EDUCO,

Kotka, Finland (Drawing, Painting, Composition, Printmaking courses)

2009-2020 Instructor, Repin-Instituutti, Kymenlaakso Summer University, Kotka, Finland

(Drawing, Painting, Composition courses)

2020-2022 Instructor, Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Kotka, Finland (Printmaking)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Third Kingdom, Center 424, Belgrad, Serbia

2023 Archeology of Safety, TransformArt Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia

2022 Forbidden on Territory of RF, Dukley Art Foundation, Risan, Montenegro

2021 Archeology of Safety, Sevcabel Port, St.Petersburg, Russia

2020 Herbarium, Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

2019 Way to myth, WenBo Art Museum, Dalian, China

2016 Reincarnation of the Past, Baozhen Gallery, Beijing, China

2016 Reflections, SzentPeter gallery, Quingdao, China

2016 Herbarium, Galleria Pato, Kouvola, Finland

2014 Kalevala, Art Center Taidetupa PikkuSelma, Kouvola, Finland

2014 Art of Book Illustrations by Igor Baranov, Art Hall Hermitage, Viborg, Russia

2014 Phenomena, Uusikuva Gallery, Kotka, Finland

ARTISTS RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS

2023 Artist-in-Residence, BIAR Art Center, Belgrad, Serbia

2022 Resident and Grant, Dukley Art Foundation, Risan, Montenegro

2018 Artist-in-Residence , Art Centre "Salmela", Mantyharju, Finland

2018 Artist-in-Residence, Guanlan Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China

2014 Artist-in-Residence , Kalevalaseura , Tohmajarvi, Finland

2008 Artist-in-Residence , Art Centre "Salmela", Mantyharju, Finland

STATEMENT

I am a professional European-based artist with an academic background.

I was born at the crossroads of historical epochs. Thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, all the cultural and historical heritage surrounding me during my childhood is now seen as a kind of utopia , which has become part of the cultural code of my generation.

The themes I deal with are time, collective memory and the illusory nature of the world around us. All this leads me to doubt the progressive evolution of our civilization as an absolute good.

I use a figurative language of representation, moving between different painting and graphic methods.

In my works, the main focus for me is to create an atmosphere where the objects placed in space are perceived as images with an undirected reference. This means that signification of each symbol I use can be changed depending on their combinations, thereby interacting with the audience and providing them with the opportunity to build their own series of associations.

I want everyone who interacts with my works to feel the uniqueness of the moment in which they are present and to realize that they will never be the same again.