Alexey Petrovich Akindinov (January 6, 1977) is a Russian artist and a founder of Ornamentalism in the 1996.Archive of the Kultura TV channel: [website]. — Moscow. - URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20131019122920/http://old.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=131668 (date of request: 05/06/2025). He spent all of his life in Ryazan.
In 1996, Alexey Akindinov created a new style in the visual arts: Ornamentalism.Рожин А. И. Орнаментальная реальность// Алексей Акиндинов. Живопись. Каталог произведений живописи. — Рязань, 2008 — С. 4 — 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045706/http://artru.info/ar/art/457/1/ The artist's creative experience is 36 years (the first exhibition "I paint the World", is the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Russia, Ryazan, 1989); participated in 188 exhibitions, including 11 All—Russian exhibitions organized by the Union of Artists of Russia, the Russian Academy of Arts and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, 24 personal exhibitions;Alexey Akindinov's Personal Exhibition "Maria's Keys" at the Soyuz-Tvorchestvo Gallery // Tverskaya, 13, Moscow Government Newspaper. — 2004. — No. 48. — P. 7. The Union of Artists of Russia is 25 years old; 20 foreign articles have been published, more than 60 television programs (news stories, interviews, live broadcasts, teleconferences),Bobilevich Grazhina. Russian Ornamentism in the Art of Alexey Akindinov// Report at the Institute of World Art Research in Warsaw on April 18, 2015// SakhaNews [website]. — Yakutsk, 2015 . — URL: https://1sn.ru/o-russkom-ornamentalizme-rasskazali-v-varsave?ysclid=maevs6nf5v125960576. including two stories on the Federal TV Channel Kultura; paintings and graphic works by A. P. Akindinov were used as illustrations and in cover design in more than 30 books. At the moment, there are more than fifty followers of A. P. Akindinov's Ornamentalism from all over the world.Bobilevich Grazhina. Report "On the History of Yesenin's Portraits. Sergei Yesenin in the Artwork of Alexey Akindinov": [website] Gorky Institute of World Literature — URL: https://imli.ru/index.php/seminary-i-konferentsii-2013/1893-sergej-esenin-i-iskusstvo (дата обращения: 04.06.2025). In July 2025, a research monograph on the work of A. P. Akindinov was published: Glukhov, A. V. "The Work of A. P. Akindinov and the Foundation of a New Style in Fine Art: ORNAMENTALISM. A Research Monograph on a Unique Russian Artist." — Yekaterinburg: Publishing Solutions, 2025. — 308 p. The work is written in the style of a dissertation research and includes 237 sources and references, with a total volume of 308 pages. The empirical part of the study consists of 11 appendices. Russian State Library https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=978-5-0067-5364-8 Scientific Library of Lomonosov Moscow State University https://nbmgu.ru/order/storing.aspx?uid=0e07b766-09eb-46af-b7ca-ca00248ad38f&cat=book&db=BOOK
Bibliography (selected)
Akindinov A. P. Ornamente // Kunstler aus Rjasan, 5. bis 20 April 2005. — Bezirksregierung Munster, NRW. — P. 4 — 5. Arx Katia von. Artikel. ORNAMENTALES VERSTECKSPIEL. Hinter den Zeichen // Zeitschrift «Manuell». — 2025, — №3. — P. 5. Bobilevich, Grazhina. On the History of Yesenin Portraits. Sergei Yesenin in the Portraits by the Artist Alexey Akindinov// Modern Yesenin Studies. — 2013. — No. 25. — pp. 3 – 18. Сайт «Есенин.RU» https://esenin.ru/esenin-v-izobrazitelnom-iskusstve/zhivopis/akindinov-a-p/bobilevich-grazhina-k-istorii-eseninskikh-portretov-sergei-esenin-v-izobrazhenii-alekseia-akindinova Архивная копия: https://web.archive.org/web/20260904080932/https://esenin.ru/esenin-v-izobrazitelnom-iskusstve/zhivopis/akindinov-a-p/bobilevich-grazhina-k-istorii-eseninskikh-portretov-sergei-esenin-v-izobrazhenii-alekseia-akindinova Bobilewicz G. Ornamentalizm we wspólczesnym malarstwie rosyjskim (teoria i praktyka artystyczna). «Irydion. Literatura. Teatr. Kultura», t. III, nr 1, Częstochowa 2017. S. 79—96. Bobilevich Grazhina. Alexey Akindinov, an Ornamentalist Artist // State Exhibition Hall "On Kashirka". "Ornamentism. Terra Incognita" / Catalog. — Moscow: GBUK, 2013. — pp. 6 – 7. Glukhov, A. V. Painting and Graphics by Alexey Akindinov. Edited by L. G. Serebryakova. — Yekaterinburg: Publishing Solutions, 2024. — 208Российская Государственная библиотека https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=9785006449145 Curtain’s Up Russian Art Past & Present // Exhibition booklet. TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Oct.20 — Nov.19, 2005. — P. 2 -3. Curtain’s Up Russian Art Past & Present // INTERMISSION. TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, oktber 2005, USA. — P. 19. Curtain’s Up Russian Art Past & Present // TULSA PEOPLE, december 2005, USA. — P. 54. Ivanova, G. P. Meet Alexey Akindinov // Who's Who in Ryazan. — 2003. — No. 6. — pp. 13–15. Martolina M. Ya. The entire starry world is with me as in crystal, an ornamental motif in the painting of Alexey Akindinov //Culture of the Ryazan Region. — 2003. — No. 12/1 (13). — P. 6. Protopopova I. N. "New Names" — Alexey Akindinov // Gallery 999. — 2002. — No. 1. — pp. 14 – 15. Shelyakina V. Yu. The ornamentalism invented by the artist Alexey Akindinov has been recognized at the European scientific level// Ryazan Vedomosti. — No. 77 (4871). — P. 24. Chekalina, L. I. "Ornamentism. Terra Incognita" // Gallery of Fine Arts. Illustrated Newspaper. — 2014. — No. 2—3. — pp. 12–13. Frolov, V. L. Yevtushenko himself advised me to buy Akindinov's paintings. Komsomolskaya Pravda. — 2005. — No. 157-t/40 (23591-t). — P. 20. Serebryakova L. G. POEZO-PAINTING by A. P. Akindinov and E. N. Foygt — a New Trend in Art: The History of the Creation of the Cycle of Books by T. V. Grinberg and A. V. Glukhov // Glukhov A. V., Grinberg T. V. POST SCRIPTUM with Fine Art of Tatiana Grinberg. Edited by L. G. Serebryakova. — Yekaterinburg: Publishing Solutions, 2026. — 616 p.Российская Государственная библиотека https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=9785006950115 Glukhov A. V. "30 Years of Ornamentism: 1996-2026. A Conversation with Alexey Akindinov on Creativity and the Discovery of a New Style in Fine Art". Edited by L. G. Serebryakova.Российская Государственная библиотека / The Russian State Library https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=9785006992627 The magazine “Russian Gallery — the 21st Century” (2018). — No. 1/2018; Moscow. Article about Alexey Akindinov, “Ornamental‑Virtual Worlds of Alexey Akindinov” — pp. 12–19, colour/illustrations. Author — Oksana Ermolaeva‑Vdovenko (art historian, curator of contemporary art exhibitions, art critic). Volume — 80 pages. Circulation — 5,000 copies. ISSN 2075-0986.https://web.archive.org/web/20190810081501/http://artpo.ru/story/s373
Selected exhibitions ALL-RUSSIAN EXHIBITIONS
1999 — "Russia — 9", Moscow — Central Exhibition Hall — Manege.Paintings by Alexey Akindinov. Mager I. https://web.archive.org/web/20121118175216/http://artru.info/st/744/ 2000 — "Revival", Kostroma.https://web.archive.org/web/20121118175216/http://artru.info/st/744/ 2000 — "Boldin Autumn", Moscow — Central House of Artists. 2000 — "In the Name of Thy Name", Moscow — Central House of Artists. 2003 — "Day of Slavic Writing and St. Mitrofaniy the Wonderworker", Voronezh.Каталог Всероссийской худ. выставки «Наследие». Отв. редактор: О. В. Богословская, Воронеж. 2003 г. стр. 13. 2004 — "Glorious Sons of the Fatherland", Moscow — GRDNT. 2007 — "Young Artists of Russia" — All-Russian Youth Exhibition dedicated to the 250th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow — Central House of Artists. 2008 — "Youth of Russia" — Interregional Art Exhibition, Saratov.Catalog of the Interregional Art Exhibition "Youth of Russia". All-Russian Creative Public Organization "Union of Artists of Russia", page 48 (color illustrations), 76, Saratov, 2008. 2010 — All-Russian Youth Exhibition, Moscow — Central House of Artists. 2013 — All-Russian Exhibition "O Sport, You Are the World!", dedicated to the World Summer Universiade in Kazan and the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Kazan — Contemporary Art Gallery of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. 2013-2014 — All-Russian exhibition "Sport-Art-Sochi", dedicated to the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Venue — Sochi, Sochi Art Museum. 2016 — III All-Russian Art Exhibition "Science and Space in the Service of Peace. Tsiolkovsky — Korolev — Gagarin". Smolensk, Tenishev Cultural and Exhibition Center, April 14 — May 10 Catalogue of the III All-Russian Art Exhibition "Science and Space in the Service of Peace. Tsiolkovsky-Korolev-Gagarin". Author of the introductory article and editor-in-chief of the catalogue: A.U. Grekov (Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Candidate of Art History). Russian Academy of Arts, All-Russian Union of Artists of Russia. Text: pp. 11; 12; color illustrations: p. 38. Smolensk, 2016. P. 48.
FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS 2005 (5 — 20 April) — Germany, Münster. 2005 (20 October — 19 November) — USA, Oklahoma, Tulsa — «Curtain’s Up. Russian Art Past & Present» — «Curtain to raise. Russian Art — Past and Present». Venue — «Tulsa Performing Arts Center Gallery». 2010 (September 15 — October 5) Germany, Berlin. Collective exhibition from the collection of the Russian Gallery of the 21st Century, Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin. 2010 — Collective exhibition "The Black Renaissance", organized by the Union of Artists "Realism of New York", New York, USA. 2011 (January 2 — January 16) — New York, USA. International competition exhibition "The International Wave of Fine Arts" ("International Wave in Fine Arts"). Venue: ASA Art Gallery, Herald Center Mall, 3rd Floor, 1293, Broadway, New York, NY 10001.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1998 — Ryazan Art College named after G. K. Wagner."The discovery of the soul. He 'turned his eyes into the soul.' Ryazan Vedomosti newspaper, Thursday, March 27, page 7, No. 56-57 (1565-1566), 2003. Also published in Ryazan Zori newspaper, No. 65 (11165), September 3, 2003. The author is Galina Petrovna Ivanova (journalist, writer, museum specialist, specialist of the literary museum, Eseninologist, researcher, head of the research and exhibition department of the S. A. Esenin State Museum-Reserve (1976-1996). https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154103/http://www.esenin.ryazan.ru/43.html 1999 — Personal exhibition of Alexey Akindinov, Gallery-club at the Regional Youth Library named after Paustovsky. 2000 — «All uzorR» — Museum of the history of youth movement, Ryazan.https://web.archive.org/web/20140627211614/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-DzLJqEM0&list=UU3-Kfqk5xhTV5jhG-VjlzmA&index=7&feature=plcp 2000—2001 — New Year's personal exhibition of Alexey Akindinov, Bagira Gallery, Moscow. 2002 — "THREADS", personal exhibition of Alexey Akindinov, Gallery Club at the Regional Youth Library named after him. Paustovsky. 2003 — "The Key" — personal exhibition of Alexey Akindinov, Gallery Club at the Regional Youth Library named after him. Paustovsky. 2003 — Gallery "Soyuz — Creativity" — "Memory of childhood", Moscow. 2003 — Personal exhibition of Alexey Akindinov. S. A. Esenin State Museum-Reserve in Konstantinovo, Rybnovsky District, Ryazan Region. 2003 — Alexey Akindinov's Personal Exhibition, Promregionbank, Ryazan. 2003 — Alexey Akindinov's Personal Exhibition, Sasovsky Local History Museum. The exhibition was organized by the Ryazan Department of the Russian Museum of Fine Arts. 2004 — Gallery "Soyuz — Tvorchestvo" — "Maria's Keys", Moscow. 2004 — Alexey Akindinov's Personal Exhibition — Zhivago-Bank, Ryazan. 2004 — Alexey Akindinov's Personal Exhibition, Federal Tax Service, Ryazan. 2006 — "Painting of Sleep" — Alexey Akindinov's Personal Exhibition. Ryazan Drama Theatre. 2006 — "Ornamentation". Group exhibition. Ryazan Drama Theater.