Mikhail Lezin



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Born in Togliatti (Russia) in October 19, 1974.

1988 - first art experience
since 1989 - self-directed learning painting, drawing
since 1990 - sound-art-project "DYA"
Releases were published in Denmark, Germany, Russia on independent CDR-labels
1990-2003 – collage, figurative painting
Producing self-made books, art-miscellany «DYA» (1991 – 1998)
since 1996 - sound-guitar player of the band "Teacher of Botany"
2000 - Art union "Vnedry"
since 2001 - Alexey Kruchenykh Merz-Orchestra "Lust"
2004-2007 - reporting photo
since 2006 - member of Creative Union of Artists "Solyaris"
2006 - Studying in the School Of Photography in Togliatti State University
Photo Editor of Gift Book "AVTOVAZ. History of millions"
2007 - organizer and curator of "COVER GALLERY"
2008 - noise-project "Yoko Absorbing" (with Evgeniy Kharitonov)




solo exhibitions:

2010:
"Portable exhibition", Roddom Gallery, Togliatti, Russia

2009:
"Mischtechnik auf Papier", "40 squares" Gallery, Smolensk, Russia
"Glitch", Zverev's Centre of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia

2008:
"+ARA (plus another russian artist)", Oldknows lace factory, Nottingham, Great Britain
"Non-figurative art", HLAM Gallery, Voronezh, Russia

2007:
"Notations", Solyaris Gallery, Togliatti, Russia

1994:
"Painting", flat exhibition, Togliatti, Russia




selected group exhibitions:

2010:
"Art about the high", park of Zverev's Centre of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
"Infrastructure", tunnel, Tushino, Moscow, Russia
"Art and man", local history museum, Тоgliatti, Russia

2009:
"A Model Kit", Art Center, Samara, Russia
"World of crime", Ruskomplekt Art Center, St.-Petersburg, Russia
"Molecular Level", curator and member, Roddom Gallery, Togliatti, Russia
resulting show Shargorod art residence (2008-2009), Ukraine

2008:
«Art-Storm», Contemporary Art Festival, Samara, Russia
"Small", Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
"Intuitive calligraphy", curator and member, Solyaris Gallery, Togliatti, Russia
"Paeckchen fuer Kirgistan", Verein "Roeblingstrasse 36", Berlin, Germany
"Qui Vive?" I Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
"Spam", theatre "Koleso", Togliatti, Russia
"Sending for Kyrgyzstan", G. Aityev National museum, Bishkek, Кyrgyzstan
"Product Placement", exposition «Art-Perm 2008», Perm, Russia

2007:
"Format 2", [catalogue], curator and member, local history museum, Togliatti, Russia
"Five", curator and member, Solyaris Gallery, Togliatti, Russia
"Spoilage", Centre of contemporary art M'ARS, Moscow, Russia
V Shiryaevo Contemporary Art Bienalle, "zu Hause. lumber", [catalogue], Film House, Samara, Russia

2006:
"Format I", curator and member, Avtograd Library, Тоgliatti, Russia

2005:
“Man – to man”, local Red Cross, Тоgliatti, Russia
"Nothing new", local history museum, Тоgliatti, Russia
“Life, identic to natural”, Solyaris Gallery, Тоgliatti, Russia

2004:
"ХХ Togliatti ХХI", curator and member, local history museum, Тоgliatti, Russia
"Illusiveness of the World", installation, festival "Museum picnic", local history museum, Тоgliatti, Russia

2003:
"Rustles of Memory", Avtograd Library, Тоgliatti, Russia

2002:
"Museum Picked Up Leaves", Borei Art Center, St.-Petersburg, Russia
"Near is the rain", Avtograd Library, Тоgliatti, Russia

2001:
«3/2 stones no death», local history museum, Тоgliatti, Russia
"Vnedry", Theatre centre «Golosova street, 20», Тоgliatti, Russia
"October exhibition", V.I. Lenin Memorial, Ulyanovsk, Russia

2000:
"Introduction: Comments to elements of city", local history museum, Тоgliatti, Russia




public collection:

Togliatti Art Museum, Russia
Society for Development of Alternative Art "Metafuturism", Moscow, Russia




residences and workshops:

2008 - Shargorod, Ukraine