The Watchmaker

Artist, designer. Born on May 4, 1954 in Rostov-on-Don. Lives and works in Moscow. Corresponding Member (since 2009), Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (Department of Contemporary Art Movements, 2025). Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2012). Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (since 1994). Education: Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art (formerly Stroganov), mentor A.P. Krylov (1982). Works in various types and genres of art, including painting, graphics, video installations, land art, stamp art, and others. Main works: spatial compositions from the polyptych 'Locks' (2013, canvas, oil, 195x145); from the polyptych 'Four Landscapes and One Portrait' (2014, canvas, oil, 50x70; 195x145), from the triptych 'Eastern Syndrome' (2015, canvas, oil, video, 145x195, 20x30), from the triptych 'Compositions' (2019, canvas, oil, acrylic, 195x295); 'Mental Disappearance' (2019, canvas, oil, acrylic, 195x295), commemorative postcard series 'Defender of the Fatherland Day. Requiem' (2003); project 'ArtConstitution' (2003), environment 'Second Sky Station' (2007), installation 'Sleeping District' within the 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2009), land art project 'Earth Repair' within the Archstoyanie Festival (2010), performance 'Tabularasa' (2017), stamp series 'Alphabet of the Century' (...), graphic sheets series 'Art-autism, or Low Art' (...). Many works created in collaboration with RAA Corresponding Member S.G. Denisov (creative tandem 'Kolesnikov/Denisov'). Easel works are included in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Vologda Regional Art Gallery, Kostroma State Museum-Reserve, State Hermitage Library (St. Petersburg), Tula Museum of Fine Arts, Russian State Library (Moscow), National Art Gallery 'Khazine' (Kazan), Harriman Institute of Columbia University (USA), Kolodzei Art Foundation (USA), Rabat Institute of Culture (Morocco), as well as a number of collections in other countries. The creative tandem Kolesnikov/Denisov has participated in several projects, including: 'Heroes' (Moscow, 1999), 'ArtConstitution' (2003), 'New Angelarium' (2007), 'Alla Gloria Militar' (2005), 'Ars Longa' (2003), 'Defender of the Fatherland Day. Requiem' at MMOMA (2002), 'Visual Identification System of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art' (Moscow, 2002), 'Moscow - New York. Simultaneous Game Session' (NCCA, Moscow; Chelsea Museum, New York, 2007), 'Neoconservatism' and 'Made in Russia' (2011), and others. Teaching activity: Associate Professor at the Department of Academic Painting, Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts (since 2010). Public activity: Vice President of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia (since 2017), member of the expert council for the Young Artists Support Program TSCHR (since 2017), expert council of the Interregional Academic Exhibition 'Against the Current' (since 2017), council for the International Scientific and Practical Conferences 'Art and Power' (since 2017), organizing committee of the international exhibition project 'Great Silk Road. Yangtze – Volga - Danube' (since 2017). State and public awards and prizes: Honorary Badge of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations 'For Merit' (2003), Medal '50 Years of the Journal Civil Defense' EMERCOM of Russia (2006), Gold Medal of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia (2009), Commendation from the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation (2010), Medal '15 Years of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia' (2010), Commendation from the Governor of the Amur Region (2012), Commendation from the Minister of Culture of the Saratov Region (2014), Diplomas and Certificates of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia (2007-2019), Laureate of the Annual International Competition 'Book Image' of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications, in the 'Artist's Book' category for the project 'Russian ABC' (2018), Certificate of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia (2019). Awards of the Russian Academy of Arts: Medal 'For Merit' RAA (2003), Diploma RAA (2003), Commendations RAA (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015), Gold Medal (2010), Repin Prize RAA and 1st Degree Diploma (2012), Shuvalov Medal RAA (2015, 2022), Medal 'For Merit Before the Academy' RAA (2018).