Vitaly Pushnitsky (; born 7 July 1967) is a Russian artist. He is considered one of Russia's leading contemporary artists. He is based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia and is internationally recognized as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and as a creator of installations, art objects and multimedia.
Biography Vitaly Pushnitsky was born on 7 July 1967 in Leningrad, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). After leaving Leningrad Secondary Art School, he studied at the Graphics Department of St.Petersburg Academy of Arts (1988–1994). Since 1994, he has been a member of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.
He has had exhibitions at the Kala Art Institute (2002), at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (2005), at the Tamarind Institute at University of New Mexico (2007), as well as at Cité International des Arts in Paris in 2012.
Pushnitsky's personal exhibitions took place at the State Russian Museum (2002) and the State Hermitage Museum (2006)Vitaly Pushnitsky - Iron Age - Painting, Installation, Graphics at the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg, at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2012) and elsewhere.
Collaborating with the major Russian and western art galleries, Pushnitsky is conducting his own original exhibition project "Belka&Strelka" co-authored with an art critic and curator Dmitry Pilikin. Pushnitsky's works are generally presented on the international art scene.
In 2011 the British art publisher Phaidon Press included Vitaly Pushnitsky in the list of "115 artists working internationally who have been nominated by highly respected critics and curators for their outstanding contributions to recent painting".Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting. London: Phaidon Press, 2011, 352 pages .
Gallery
Museum collections and foundations
The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Russia The Museum of Contemporary Art ERARTA. St Petersburg, Russia Novy Museum. St Petersburg, Russia ArtLink. New York, USA Chairman, Aldrich Museum of Art. New York, USA Contemporary Art Museum art4.ru. Moscow, Russia Freud's Dream Museum. St Petersburg, Russia Kala Art Institute. Berkeley, San Francisco, USA Kolding Art Institute. Kolding, Denmark Kolodzei Art Foundation, Highland Park, NJ, USA Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (PERMM), Perm, Russia Red Bull Collection, Salzburg, Austria RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia The Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre. Krasnoyarsk, Russia The National Centre of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia The State Kaliningrad Art Gallery. Kaliningrad, Russia The State Novosibirsk Art Museum. Novosibirsk, Russia
Solo exhibitions 2025 Studio. Waiting. A. V. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture. Moscow 2024 Friday. 3L gallery. Moscow Island. pop/off/art gallery. Moscow 2023 Fields. Shtager&Shch galllery. London. UK Orpheus in Hades. Marina Gishich gallery. Saint Petersburg 2022 Garden. Gallery GROUND Solyanka. Moscow 2021 GAP. pop/off/art. Moscow 2020 Ampersand. Marina Gishich gallery. Saint Petersburg BREATH. Erika Deák Gallery. Budapest. Hungary 2019 Growing. Painting. AlexanderGallery. Ross. Montenegro Growing. Painting. pop/off/art. Moscow 2018 Growing. Painting. pop/off/art. Moscow Tribute. Painting. New Museum of Aslan Chekhoev. Saint Petersburg 2017 Tribute. Erika Déak Gallery. Budapest. Hungary Tribute. Masters School. Saint Petersburg 2016 Waiting. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg 2015 Practical actions. RuArts Gallery. Moscow 2014 Practical actions. RuArts Gallery. Moscow Point of View. Moons. pop/off/art. Moscow INDEX 14. Savina Gallery. Saint Petersburg INDEX 13/14. Ural Vision Gallery. Ekaterinburg 2013 Postponed cases. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg Points of view. Part III. TC Galeria D'Art. Barcelona. Spain 2012 Points of view. Part II. New Museum of Aslan Chekhoev. Saint Petersburg Points of view. Part I. Erika Déak Gallery. Budapest. Hungary Mechanisms of time. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow Point. pop/off/art. Moscow 2011 Birth Date. Sputnik Gallery. NY. USA True Blue Will Never Stain. Frantz Space Gallery. NY. USA Point. Korjaamo Gallery. Helsinki. Finland Exit. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg Burn. Al-Gallery. Saint Petersburg 2010 Scale Measurement. TC Galeria D'Art. Barcelona. Spain Vitaly Pushnitsky. Perm State Art Gallery. Permian Within the framework of the 6th Novosibirsk Graphic Biennale. Novosibirsk State Art Museum. Novosibirsk Returned light. Krasnoyarsk Museum Center. Krasnoyarsk 2009 Prisons, Templesand Banks. Huset Guldager Gallery. Bloven. Denmark Here and now. Fabrika project. Moscow Here and now. Al-Gallery. Saint Petersburg Camera: Solitary Confinement. RuArts Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Art. Moscow 2008 SON. Al-Gallery. Saint Petersburg Reconstruction. Gallery Atelier No. 2. Moscow Incidere Venezia.pop/off/art. Moscow. Burn. Frantz Space Gallery. NY. USA Date of birth. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg 2007 Letters from the outskirts of the Empire. Al-Gallery. Saint Petersburg LUX. pop/off/art. Moscow. 2006 Iron Age. State Hermitage Museum. National Center for Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg Atmosphere. Huset Gallery Guldager. Grindstead. Denmark 2005 Roots. Terra Artis. Kuhmalahti. Tampere. Finland Reaction. Gallery D-137. Saint Petersburg Prints. AM Gallery. pARTner Gallery. Moscow 2004 Introspection. Gallery of Marat Gelman. Moscow 2003 Broadcast. State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Saint Petersburg Sky. Gallery "KvadraT". Saint Petersburg Joseph Brodsky. Urania. Anna Akhmatova Museum. Saint Petersburg Naked Light. White Space Gallery. London. Great Britain 2002 Introspection. State Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg 2001 Poet of the Iron Age. Gallery-103. Pushkinskaya10. Saint Petersburg Circenses et Panem. Hülstebro Musik Theatre. Holstebro. Denmark 2000 Inventory. Kunstkamera.Festival Contemporary art in a traditional museum. Saint Petersburg Introspection. Gallery Garden. Grindstead. Denmark Russian Artist. Museum of Olgüd. Olgod. Denmark Black boxes of dreams. Museum of Dreams of Sigmund Freud. Saint Petersburg 1999 Reflections. GalleryA-Z. State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Saint Petersburg 1998 Reflections. Gallery Garden. Grindstead. Denmark 1997 Russian Artist.Private Hospital. Aabenra. Denmark Russian Artist. Horsens City Library. Horsens. Denmark 1996 Russian Artist. Political Institute. New Kübing-Falster. Denmark Russian Artist.OldHuset.Kolding. Denmark 1995 River, fan and sword. Gallery "Borey". Saint Petersburg 1994 Solo. Gallery "Chiron". Saint Petersburg
Group exhibitions 2024 Reflecting/Reflections. pop/off/art. Moscow Third ear. AZ/ART. Moscow Summer show. Shtager&Shch. UK. London Made at dacha. pop/off/art 2.0. Moscow 2022 To Be With Art. Exhibition Hall Manege. St Petersburg 2021 104 Introductions. 104GALERIE. Tokyo, Japan New ruins. Glass. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Saint Petersburg 2020 Behind the clouds of future. DK Gromov. Saint Petersburg Location orientation. VIII Moscow Biennale. Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. Moscow 2019 Location orientation. VIII Moscow Biennale. Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. Moscow Heroes of our time. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow Life after life. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Saint Petersburg Beauty +/-. Central Exhibition Hall Manezh. Saint Petersburg Either stand or fall. Street Art Museum. Saint Petersburg 2018 VDNKh (Exhibition of the achievements of some artists). Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg Choice. Sam Ducan Gallery. Leipzig. Germany Exhibition of Sergei Kuryokhin Prize nominees. Center for Contemporary Art named after Sergei Kuryokhin. Saint Petersburg Personal approach. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow Under the cover of reality. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg Breakthrough. Cultural Foundation "Ekaterina". Moscow 2017 Structures. Marble Palace. Saint Petersburg Interpretations. University Ca'Foscari. Venice. Italy Interpretations. 10th Syfest. Academy of Arts. Saint Petersburg 2016 Current drawing. Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. Permian Painting after painting. Art Gallery of Zurab Tsereteli. Moscow The situation of art in the PERMM Museum. Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. Perm Russian Contemporary: Drawing. No Limits. London. UK Следы разума. Сyfest NYC. Pratt Institute. NY. USA Contemporary Russian artists - participants in the Venice Biennale. Favorites. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Saint Petersburg Baltic Biennale of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg 2015 Baltic Biennale of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg Provenance. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg Russia. Realism. XXI Century. State Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg Painting after Painting. Academy of Arts. Saint Petersburg Real in Irreal. Wooyang Museum. Gwangju. Korea On my Way. University Ca'Foscari. Venice. Italy Grounding. GROUND Sandy. Moscow The art of being close. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow The Promise of Landscape. Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. Perm 2014 Another capital: contemporary art of St. Petersburg today. Moscow City Museum. Moscow Ready to fly? Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow New element. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow Live/Vi: Painting and Video in Relationships. State Gallery on Solyanka. Moscow Storage conditions. Gallery Anna Nova. Saint Petersburg Another house. Frantz Space Gallery, St. Petersburg Crystallizations. The Museum Center of Turku. Turku. Finland 2013 Capital of Nowhere. University Ca'Foscari. Venice. Italy Current drawing. State Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg NightFall. Gallery Rudolfinum. Prague. Czech 2012 NOIR. Group exhibition of artists from Ruarts Gallery. RuArts Gallery. Moscow Shadow of Time. State Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno". Moscow 2011 New sculpture: chaos and structure. New Museum. Saint Petersburg Death of St. Petersburg. Name Gallery. Saint Petersburg Artist's book. Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg Reverse perspective. pop/off/art. Moscow Forum of private collections. Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. Perm Myth. Machine. Person. Erika Deak Gallery. Budapest. Hungary Doors. State Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg BW. Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. Perm 10th anniversary of the Gallery. Marina Gisich Gallery. Saint Petersburg 2010 After the trouble. Museum Center "Place of Peace". Krasnoyarsk Kandinsky Prize for Contemporary Art 2010. Exhibition of nominees. Central House of Artists. Moscow Duel. RuArts Gallery. Moscow Open Day: mansion - gymnasium - clinic - museum. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow BW. Gallery Modernariat. Saint Petersburg Always different art. Collection of Victor Bondarenko. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow 2009 Russian beauty. ABOUT ARTE. Saint Petersburg New sculpture: chaos and structure. State Gallery on Solyanka. Moscow The Russians. Ober Gallery. Kent. USA Art about art. State Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg Silence. Factory "Red Banner". Saint Petersburg Show Me and Him. Calvert 22. London. Great Britain Recycling. State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg Landscape. RuArts Gallery. Moscow Dal. 8th Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale. Krasnoyarsk Museum Center. Krasnoyarsk 2008 Boris Iofan and New Babylon. Gallery "Atelier No. 2". Moscow 2007 Space era. Central Museum of Communications named after. A. S. Popova. Saint Petersburg Art of the 20th century in St. Petersburg. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Saint Petersburg Something about power. 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. National Center for Contemporary Art. Moscow I don't need a map. Anna Akhmatova Museum. Saint Petersburg New Angelarium. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow 2006 Space I. Eastern Gallery. Moscow Space I. Belka & Strelka Project. Saint Petersburg