THE BEST RUSSIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

The list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (49ART-arteex) -  of authors not older than 1960 year of birth , was made by  ARTEEX   based on their creations  evaluation , popularity , commercial activity  (their titles, awards , participations in exhibitions and fairs , auctions , mention in art-ratings , presence of their works in museum collections  and so on  were taken into consideration). 

Some authors were included in the list of Best contemporary artists within the programme   Discovery (based on expert recommendations), which allows to open new talents to the art-society.  

ARTEEX does its best to be objective making the list, but anyway it reflects only subjective position of ARTEEX.

The maximum number of names in the List is – 250 authors (Top-250). Nowadays the list is being supplemented. The list is open. ARTEEX is   considering suggestions of including authors in the list of best contemporary artists.

How to make a list of the Best contemporary artists of Russia here: https://arteex.ru/en/about/list_arteex

Valeriy Chtak

1981

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Valery Chtak included in the list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (ARTEEX). Valery Chtak is a famous Russian artist. He works in various formats like painting, graphics, objects, installations, etc. The main Chtak’s instrument is text. The artist reveals many themes from love to anarchism. Texts are often accompanied by a laconic depiction of objects and silhouettes. 1998 - 1999 participant to the «School of contemporary art» by Avdey Ter-Oganyan. 2000 - 2005 participant to Radek Community - group of artists, activists, authors - within which he took part in various actions and initiatives 2002 - present participates to the shows in Russia and Europe personally, as well as collaborates to the other artists. 2012 - publication of Valery Chtak’s catalogue of works “Bits of truth” 2012 - Nomination for INNOVATION Prize 2015 - Valey Chtak’s artworks and film design in film “Rug Union” 2016 - entered the Top 10 of the top 20 artists rating according to artguide.com 2016 - entered the rating “Top-10 +1 and 50: the most notable young artists” according to The Art Newspaper Russia 2017 - entered the Russian investment artistic rating 49ART.