ARTIST
OLEG AGAFONOV
Art as a way of knowing.
Oleg Agafonov was born in a mining village near Tula. During his school years, he practiced in the studio of Regina Petrovna Solovyova, where he studied academic drawing and painting and alternative graphic techniques. In 2010, Oleg received his BFA from Tula State University. His work can be found in numerous public and private collections in Russia and Europe. His paintings participated in competitions and auctions. His latest series of works include “Falling Skies” and “Not a Wine Book.” The artist uses his experimental mixed-media technique that involves pastel, paper, acrylic, gold leaf, watercolor, and texture paste. The artist’s style has evolved from academic art to abstracting and continues to expand his practice, incorporating contemporary art trends into his work. Oleg Agafonov lives and works in Tula, Russia.
Exhibition
2010 - Personal exhibition, «Museum of the Ethnography», Aleksin, Russia
2012 - Group exhibition, «The 1st Kaliningrad Biennale of graphic art», Kaliningrad, Russia
2012 - Group exhibition by the Union of Artists, Tula, Russia
2013 - Group exhibition, «Museum Night», TIAM, Tula, Russia
2014 - «Adygea-Prague», open studio, Moscow, Russia
2015 - Group exhibition «Donkey Art Prize», Milan, Italy
2017 - «Theory of Relationships», open studio, Tula, Russia
2018 - Personal exhibition, Theater «BARABAN», «Stardust of Stephen Hawking», Tula, Russia
2018 - «Geometry of Cyprus», open studio, Tula, Russia
2018 - «Prague 8», design factory «Flacon», Moscow, Russia
2019 - Contributor of 178th Auction «Art Litfund», Moscow, Russia
2019 - Mural «Metaphysics and Metamorphosis», ISKRA - New Urban Space, Tula, Russia
2020 - «Data in art 2», Bogorodskoe Gallery, Moscow City Galleries Network, Moscow
2020 - Group exhibition «On the Other Side of Tula», Machine Tool Museum, Tula, Russia
2012 - Group exhibition, «The 1st Kaliningrad Biennale of graphic art», Kaliningrad, Russia
2012 - Group exhibition by the Union of Artists, Tula, Russia
2013 - Group exhibition, «Museum Night», TIAM, Tula, Russia
2014 - «Adygea-Prague», open studio, Moscow, Russia
2015 - Group exhibition «Donkey Art Prize», Milan, Italy
2017 - «Theory of Relationships», open studio, Tula, Russia
2018 - Personal exhibition, Theater «BARABAN», «Stardust of Stephen Hawking», Tula, Russia
2018 - «Geometry of Cyprus», open studio, Tula, Russia
2018 - «Prague 8», design factory «Flacon», Moscow, Russia
2019 - Contributor of 178th Auction «Art Litfund», Moscow, Russia
2019 - Mural «Metaphysics and Metamorphosis», ISKRA - New Urban Space, Tula, Russia
2020 - «Data in art 2», Bogorodskoe Gallery, Moscow City Galleries Network, Moscow
2020 - Group exhibition «On the Other Side of Tula», Machine Tool Museum, Tula, Russia
Education
2004–05 - Solovyova's studio of painting, graphics and experimental ceramic art, Suvorov, Russia
2004–10 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Tula State University, Tula, Russia
2004–10 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Tula State University, Tula, Russia
Contests
2012 - Finalist of «project30», USA
2015 - Finalist of the international competition «Donkey Art Prize», Milan, Italy
2021 - 1st place in the interregional competition program «Art Federation», Russia
2015 - Finalist of the international competition «Donkey Art Prize», Milan, Italy
2021 - 1st place in the interregional competition program «Art Federation», Russia
Publications
Theater «BARABAN», social media publication, 2018
Magazine 43 Issue 3: Spring, website publication, 2018
Tula News LLC (Certificate of registration of mass media EL No. FS 77 - 72275 dated 24.01.2018),
article "Panoramic abstraction appeared in the center of Tula", 2019
Website publication «JaamZIN Creative», November - December 2019
Featured Member, ello.co, 2020
«Data in art #2», print catalog, 2020
«Tula City Newspaper» (Certificate of registration of PI No. TU 71-00490 dated January 11, 2018), artist interview «Art as awareness of the world», 2020
Website publication «Art Federation», www.fund-stalnaya.com, 2021
Magazine 43 Issue 3: Spring, website publication, 2018
Tula News LLC (Certificate of registration of mass media EL No. FS 77 - 72275 dated 24.01.2018),
article "Panoramic abstraction appeared in the center of Tula", 2019
Website publication «JaamZIN Creative», November - December 2019
Featured Member, ello.co, 2020
«Data in art #2», print catalog, 2020
«Tula City Newspaper» (Certificate of registration of PI No. TU 71-00490 dated January 11, 2018), artist interview «Art as awareness of the world», 2020
Website publication «Art Federation», www.fund-stalnaya.com, 2021