Aleksandr Gordeev, born in Kazan, Russia in 1994, currently resides in Hamburg, Germany.
Aleksandr is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative range encompasses graphics, poetry and sculpture. He is best known for his work with poetry. In his drawings he turns to simple materials - paper, pen, pencil, ink and markers. Working with text, he uses practices of experimental and visual poetry.
Gordeev's work explores themes of identity in a state of change. Influenced by his experience working as a fashion model, Aleksandr draws attention to relationships between clothes and body and sense of self in his work. One of his significant projects was the calligraphy-inspired Asemic Letters series of 2020, marking a breakthrough moment in his career. This series was widely recognised in the institutional art world, leading to subsequent exhibitions and participation at renowned Russian art fairs.
In 2022 Aleksandr started to organize and curate poetry reading inviting a range of poets, exploring poetry as an artistic medium. The reading already took place in Russia, France, Denmark and Germany.
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Born in 1994 Kazan, Russia
Resides and works in Hamburg, Germany
Selected exhibitions
2024 Essayage (group exhibition), Villa Paradis in residence at La Traverse, Marseille, France
2023 (group exhibition) Nur Festival, National Library of The Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia
Work in progress (group exhibition), Serene gallery, Moscow, Russia
The Night Is Young (group exhibition), Serene gallery, Moscow, Russia
2022 Angels of The Wonderful World of Dissocia (group exhibition), Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France
2021 Poetry Day (solo exhibition), Peredelkino, Moscow, Russia
To embrace and to cry (group exhibition), Sinara Art gallery (special project by Ural Biennial), Yekaterinburg, Russia
2020 (solo exhibition) Betweenwindoows gallery, Moscow, Russia
Selected Art Fairs
2022 Blazar, digital art section, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Win-Win, Artguide, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2020 Cosmoscow, Lunar Hare agency, Gostinyy Dvor, Moscow, Russia
Selected collections
Aleksandr Gordeev is collected by various private collectors in Russia, France, Belgium, UK, Japan and US
Awards
2020 Video art (shortlist), 7th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art x Gucci, Moscow, Russia
Selected press & publications
Aleksandr Gordeev in Badlone magazine, 3rd issue, 2023 [contributor]
Aleksandr Gordeev in Badlone magazine, 2nd issue, 2022 [contributor]
Aleksandr Gordeev in Enter the Mesh magazine, Soil issue, 2022 [contributor]
Aleksandr Gordeev in Encore À Poil, À Part magazine, 2022 [contributor]
Aleksandr Gordeev in Vogue Russia, 2022 [ill.] [online]
Красивые люди красиво делают: как герои мировых подиумов пришли в искусство? in Собака.ru #236 at link, 2020
Oyster Portraits: 8 London Artists Shot By Richard Dowker in Oyster magazine issue 112 at link, 2018
Interview with Aleksandr Gordeev in Vogue (June 20, 2018) [online]
Professional contributions
2022 - Today: Freelance curator of poetry readings
Dealer directory
Seréne gallery
1st Zachatievsky Lane, 8с1, Moscow, Russia 119034
Brigade Gallery
Vesterbrogade 75, 1620 Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Charraudeau
3 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris, France
