ANDREY MARTYNOV
CURATOR
ABOUT
Andrey Martynov is a Russian curator who had been a director of the Moscow Biennale. He also has curated many art exhibitions and art festivals in Russia. During his artistic carrier as a curator he has organized over 200 different scale International art exhibitions mostly in Russia in over 25 different towns including Moscow, St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Nizny Novgorod, Vladivostok etc. (mostly towns with population over 1 mln citizens), but also in Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, South Korea, USA, etc .
SELECTED PROJECTS
1999
Novosibirsk International Graphic Biennial/Triennial as a co-curator and curator since
2007
“Henry Moore: Master Printmaker” (Russian side as a part of “Russian Ring” project organized by British Council, UK)
2008-2016
Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art (mostly administrative job, but also as a curator of special projects)
2003-2007
“ANIGMA” – International Festival of Digital art
“Different Dimension” – International Festival of contemporary photography –at the Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
“the FACE: portrait evolution in photography” – traveling show with 16 exhibits in Russia, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, USA.
2012-2019
Retrospective solo show of Roger Ballen, South Africa, (traveling show to 10 Museums in Russian Federation)
2015
“Real in Irreal” – Korea/Russia Media Art Today, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongiu, South Korea
2016
“NIRVANA: Korean contemporary art in Moscow”, VDNH, Pavilion № 13 in cooperation with Museum of Oriental arts, Russia
JURY MEMBER
2006
The 14th Seoul_Space International Print Biennial
2007
The 5th Ural Print Triennia
2009
the Photo contest in Spilimbergo, Italy (organized by CRAF),
2010
14th International Biennial Print Exhibition, R.O.C., The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,
2010
the St. Petersburg Photovernisage-
St. Petersburg, Russia,
2011
1st International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2013
the 2nd International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2015
the Korea Artist Prize
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea,
the 3rd International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia,
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
2009
Spilimbergo, Italy
2016
Landskrona Foto Festival, Sweden,
2017
the Gangwon International Biennale, South Korea
2018
Kazakhstan Foto Festival, Astana,
Invited lector:
Chungang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Gachon University, Seoul, Republic of Korea,
AWARDS
2009
International award of photography, CRAF, Spilimbergo, Italy
2012
“Arezzo&Fotografia”, Arezzo, Italy, - for special project “the FACE: portrait evolution in photography"
OFFICIAL POSITIONS
2017-2018
Art Director of the Novosibirsk Graphic Triennial at the Novosibirsk State Art Museum
2017
Art advisor of the Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow (temporal)
2008-2016
Invited General Director of the Moscow Biennale Art Foundation, independent curator of international art projects
2004-2008
Art director of the Novosibirsk State Art Museum
1999-2003
Art director of the LeVall Gallery, Novosibirsk RUSSIA