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

Vladimir Seleznev

1973

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Vladimir Seleznev included in the list of the Best Russian contemporary artists (ARTEEX). Vladimir Seleznev (born April 25, 1973, Nizhny Tagil) is a contemporary Russian artist and curator. Service in the army 1991-1993. From 1994 to 1997 he worked as a welder in the Blast furnace shop of the Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Combine. In 1997 he entered the Art and Graphic Department of the Nizhny Tagil Pedagogical Institute. He graduated in 2002. Organizer and member of the art group Zer Gut (2001-2005). In 2005-2006 he was the curator of art projects of the N.O.G.A. Action Center (Yekaterinburg). From November 2006 to April 2019, he was the curator of the Ural branch of the State Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA-ROSIZO). The works are in the collections of the Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, the State Center for Contemporary Art (Moscow), the Museum of Modern Art PERMM (Perm), Stadtgalerie (Kiel, Germany). From 2014 to 2018 he teaches at the Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, at the department of "Art Design". Prize winner Sergey Kurekhin in the nomination “Best Curatorial Project” 2019 Laureate of the Innovation Award in the category Artist of the Year 2019 In his curatorial and art projects, he actively works with regional themes. The main techniques: painting, installation, video art. Lives and works in Yekaterinburg.