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Alexander
Wilhelmovich Nam

Russia • Yekaterinburg • born in 1960 • artist

Biography and information

Born January 1, 1960 in Northern Kazakhstan. Thanks to his parents - his father, Honored Builder of the USSR, and his mother-teacher - he learned the basics of fine art in the art school of Kurgan. Graduated from the AIS (Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute), majoring in “designer”. The turning point in life came after meeting the artists of the Sverdlovsk underground of the 1990s - Oleg Elov, Edik Ignatiev, Evgenia Akulova. It was at this time that Alexander began to participate in exhibitions of contemporary art. For some time he worked as an interior designer. He returned to exhibition activities again, realizing that he could not imagine his life without painting. He took part in the International Exhibition-Competition "Spirit and Reality" in Moscow.

Awards, prizes in competitions, grants in the field of art: Laureate of the contest "Spirit and Reality". Moscow, 2009

Collaboration with galleries: Galleries "Ural Poster", "Ural Picture" in Yekaterinburg. Arthit website.

Participation in personal exhibitions: Annual solo exhibitions in Yekaterinburg.
Last: 2019 - Individual exhibition "Fuete" Museum of Architecture and Design of the Ural State Academic Art University, Yekaterinburg.

Participation in group exhibitions: Collective exhibitions in Moscow and Perm
2017 - a number of retrospective exhibitions were held in Yekaterinburg: in the editorial office of the Ural magazine, in the Pole gallery, in the Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic.

In which collections are the works: In private collections, both in Russia and abroad.

Media Publications: In the magazines "Culture of the Urals", Freetime.