Sergey
Alekseevich Shutov

Russia • born in 1955

Biography and information

Sergei Shutov, A. (1955, Potsdam) — artist, using in their work such artistic media as painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, audio and video installation. Born in 1955 in Potsdam.

Since 1978 member of the municipal Committee. From 1987 member of the t/o "Hermitage". A member of the club of friends of Mayakovsky. First academician of Academy of All Arts (Moscow — Leningrad). Since 1989 head of branch of graphic art of the Free Academy (Moscow). Since 1993 President of Institute of technology of art. Since 1994 practical work supervisor at the Moscow Art laboratory of New Media.

Worked in the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin and the Museum of the Orient, lectured in the Moscow planetarium, worked in the zoo. Collaborated with radio station 106,8 (Radio Station) as a radio DJ, the first VJ in Russia (club "Ptyuch"), the artist magazine "Ptyuch", actor and artist in the film "AssA". Musician, member of "Popular mechanics", the author of the soundtrack to the film "the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" together with Timur Novikov. The author of the disc "1988" (1988).

In 2001 represented Russia at the 49-th art exhibition of the Venice Biennale (project Abacus). In 2002 nominant of the State Award. Lives and works in Moscow.