Pavel Polanski
1980 born in Moscow
1998-2004 V. Surikov Moscow State Art Institute (T.G. Nasarenko’s department of easel painting)
2002 Internship in Germany (Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe)
2004-2006 Creative Postgraduate course (T.G. Nasarenko’s class)
2007 membership of Moscow Union of artists
Lives and works in Moscow
For his artworks, Polanski chooses quiet and pale colors - predominantly, the shades of gray and sepia. The technique he is using can be named "grisaille". The artists of Middle Ages and of Renaissance were applying it to picture sculptures or bas-reliefs, while Polanski reaches associative connection of image and photography with this technique. His works are portraying the world which seems totally realistic, but if you look at it closely, you will notice that some details are not possible (for example, you can say it about people in summer clothes contrasting with arctic landscapes). Colorful fragments and details are breaking the illusion of reality and showing us how in fact the image is constructed.
The world of Pavel Polanski is a complicated puzzle made with various pieces and spiced with a bunch of nowadays society critics. His arctic landscapes are telling us a story about finding oil at Extreme North, which allowed consumerism to spread even in conditions of extreme frost.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2020
IMMERSION, Askeri Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019
WALLS. Askeri Gallery, Moscow, Russia
SCOPE, New York, USA
2018
ARTIFACTS, Askeri Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017
HABITAT, Askeri Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2016
WAR OF THE WORLDS, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015
THE ARCTIC, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014
FAVORITE ARTIST, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013
ONE DAY IN PARADISE, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2011
VOID, Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2004
GIRLS FROM SOMEONE’S DREAM, Artgentum Gallery, Moscow Russia
GROUP PROJECTS
2019
ART021 SHANGHAI, Askeri Gallery booth, Shanghai, China
SCOPE NEW YORK, New York, USA
2018
ART KAOHSIUNG, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
ARСH MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2014
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2013
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2011
ART BRUSSELS, Brussels, Belgium
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2010
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2009
SELF PORTRAIT, Fine Art Gallery. Moscow, Russia
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2008
FRESH BLOOD. DIEHL + GALLERY ONE, Moscow, Russia
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF YOUNG ART, Context Program, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
PROJECT MIGRATION, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
FREEDOM OF CHOICE, Society for the Promotion of Arts. State Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow, Russia
2007
SPACE, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
2006
EXHIBITION OF MOSCOW UNION OF ARTISTS, Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia
ART MOSCOW, Russia
TEN FACES, exhibition of students T.G. Nazarenko, Gallery Kuznetsky Bridge. Moscow, Russia
POWER, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
2005
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
MEMORY, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
COMPETITION OF YOUNG ARTISTS OF RUSSIA, State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2004
ART MANEGE Moscow, Russia
BETWEEN, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
2003
EXHIBITION OF ACADEMY, Moscow-Petersburg, Russia
2002
YOUTH EXHIBITION OF MOSCOW UNION OF ARTISTS, Moscow, Russia
FRASER GALLERY, London, United Kingdom
2001
YOUTH EXHIBITION OF MOSCOW UNION OF ARTISTS, Moscow, Russia
RICHARD AND THOMAS GALLERIES, USA