Vitaly Pushnitsky

Vitaly Pushnitsky is one of the leading Russian artists of his generation. Known primarily as a painter, he works across a wide range of media — from printmaking to large-scale objects and installations. In his painting, Pushnitsky engages in an active dialogue with the global history of art while crafting his own narrative and developing new visual languages. The artist works in series that can span years and often intersect in content.

Born in Leningrad in 1967, Pushnitsky received a classical education at the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg. He is the recipient of numerous international grants and the creator of several public projects in Russia, Denmark, India, Finland, and other countries. A frequent nominee for the Kandinsky Prize and other awards, he has participated in numerous international exhibitions and biennials, including the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). In 2011, Pushnitsky was represented in the publication "Vitamin P2" (Phaidon) as one of the key contemporary artists shaping new directions in painting. Pushnitsky gained significant recognition through his painting series Studio (since 2014) and Tribute (since 2016), with works from these series acquired by major Russian and several international collections.

Since 2022, Pushnitsky has annually published books of philosophical prose, art essays, and research in the field of visual arts.

Vitaly lives and works in Saint Petersburg.

solo exhibitions

2025

Studios. Waiting. A. V. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture. Moscow

2024

Theatre of One Friday. NeNeMu. Saint Petersburg
Island. pop/off/art Gallery. Moscow

2023

Orpheus in Hades. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Fields. Shtager&Shch. London, United Kingdom

2022

Garden. Ground Solyanka. Moscow, Russia
The Secret Garden. Non-state non-Russian museum. St Petersburg, Russia

2021

104 Introduces. 104GALERIE. Tokyo, Japan
GAP. pop/off/art gallery. Moscow, Russia

2020

Ampersand. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Breath. Erika Deak Gallery. Budapest, Hungary

2018

Growing Painting. pop/off/art gallery. Moscow, Russia
TRIBUTE. Painting. Novy Myseum. St Petersburg, Russia

2017

Studio. In Waiting. CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia
TRIBUTE. Erika Deak Gallery. Budapest, Hungary
TRIBUTE. Masters School. St Petersburg, Russia

2016

Waiting. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia

2015

Habitat. Studio. CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia
Practical Operations. RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia

2014

Point of View. Moon. pop/off/art gallery. Moscow, Russia
INDEX14. Savina Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
INDEX13/14. UralVision Gallery. Ekaterinburg, Russia

2013

Procrastinated. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Points of View. Part III. TK Galeria D’Art. Barcelona, Spain

2012

Points of View. Part II. Novy Myseum. St Petersburg, Russia
Points of View. Part I. Erika Deak Gallery. Budapest, Hungary
Mechanisms of Time. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
Point. pop/off/art gallery. Moscow, Russia

2011

True Blue Will Never Stain. Frantz Gallery Space. New York, USA
Point. Korjaamo Gallery. Helsinki, Finland
Exit. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Burn. Al-Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Birth Date. Sputnik Gallery. New York, USA

2010

Scale Measurement. TK Galeria D’Art. Barcelona, Spain
Perm Art Gallery. Perm, Russia; 6th Novosibirsk Biennale of Graphic Art. The State Novosibirsk Art Museum. Novosibirsk, Russia

2009

Redeemed Light. The Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre. Krasnoyarsk, Russia; The State
Prisons, Temples and Banks. Huset Guldager Gallery. Bloven, Denmark
Here&Now. Fabrika Project. Moscow, Russia (parallel program, 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art)
Here&Now. Al-Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Cell: Solitary Confinement. RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia

2008

SON. Al-Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Reconstruction. Gallery Atelier №2. Moscow, Russia (with P.Bely)
Incidere Venecia. pop/off/art Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Burn. Frantz Gallery Space. New York, USA
Birth Date. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia

2007

Some Letters from the Empire Edge. Al-Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
LUX. pop/off/art Gallery. Moscow, Russia (parallel program, 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art)

2006

The Iron Century. The State Hermitage Museum. The National Centre for Contemporary Art. St Petersburg, Russia
Atmosphere. Huset Gallery Guldager. Grindsted, Denmark

2005

Roots. Terra Artis. Kuhmalahti, Tampere, Finland
Reaction. D-137 Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Impressions. AM Gallery/pARTner Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2004

Introspection. Marat Guelman Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2003

Retranslation. The State National Centre of Photography. St Petersburg, Russia
SKY. KvadraT Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Naked Light. White Space Gallery. London, Great Britain
Joseph Brodsky, Urania. The Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace). St Petersburg, Russia

2002

Introspection. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia

2001

The Iron Century Poet. Gallery 103. Pushkinskaya 10. St Petersburg, Russia
Circenses et Panem. Holstebro Musik Theatre. Holstebro, Denmark

2000

Inventarisation. Kunstkamera. Contemporary Art in a Traditional Museum Festival. St Petersburg, Russia
Introspection. Gallery Garden. Grindsted, Denmark
Russian Artist. Olgod Museum. Olgod, Denmark
Black Boxes of Dreams. Freud’s Dream Museum. St Petersburg, Russia

1999

Reflections. A-Ya Gallery. The State National Centre of Photography. St Petersburg, Russia

1998

Reflections. Gallery Garden. Grindsted, Denmark

1997

Russian Artist. Private Hospital. Abenra, Denmark
Russian Artist. Horsens City Library. Horsens, Denmark

1996

Russian Artist. Political Institute. Nykobing-Falster, Denmark
Russian Artist. The European Cultural Capital Project. Old Huset. Kolding, Denmark

1995

Light, Sword and a River. Borey Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia

1994

Solo. Chiron Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia

group exhibitions

2025

Impulses and Breezes. Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia

2024

Reflections. pop/off/art Gallery. Moscow, Russia
The Third Ear. AZ/ART Center for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia
Summer Show. Shtager&Shch. London, United Kingdom
Made at the Dacha. pop/off/art Gallery 2.0. Moscow, Russia

2023

Branching. Arsenal Museum. Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Kitchen. pop/off/art Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2022

To Be With Art. Exhibition Hall Manege. St Petersburg, Russia

2020

HUB. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia

2019

8th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art. The Main project Orienteering and Positioning. Moscow, Russia
Rooted to the spot. Street Art Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Life after Life. Exhibition Hall Manege. St Petersburg, Russia
Beauty +/-. Exhibition Hall Manege. St Petersburg, Russia

2018

Breakthrough. Ekaterina Foundation. Moscow, Russia
Just Beneath Reality. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Choice. Sam Ducan Gallery. Leipzig, Germany

2017

Interpretations. University Ca’Foscari, Cyland Media Art Lab. Venice, Italy
Interpretations. 10th Cyfest. Academy of Fine Arts. St Petersburg, Russia

2016

5th Baltic Biennale. St Petersburg, Russia
Russian Contemporary: Drawing. No Limits. London, Great Britain
Patterns of the Mind. Cyfest NYC. Pratt Instituute. New York, USA

2015

Provenance. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Russia. Realism. 21st century. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Picture after Painting. Academy of Fine Arts. St Petersburg, Russia
Real in Irreal. Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art. Kyungdong, Corea
Pavilion of the Republic of Mauritius at the 56 International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
On My Way. University Ca’Foscari, Cyland Media Art Lab. Venice, Italy

2014

Жи/Ви. Painting & Video in a relationship. Solanka State Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Another Home. Parallel program Manifesta 10. Frantz Gallery Space, St Petersburg, Russia
Crystallizations. Contemporary Art from St.Petersburg. The Museum Centre of Turku. Turku, Finland
Conditions of Storage. Anna Nova Art Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Signal №1 & №2. St Petersburg, Russia

2013

Capital of Nowhere. University Ca’Foscari, Cyland Media Art Lab. Venice, Italy
Actual drawing. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
NightFall. Gallery Rudolfinum. Prague, Czech Republic

2012

Exhibition of Kandinsky Prize Nominees. Moscow, Russia
NightFall. MODEM. Debrecen, Hungary
Time Shadow. The State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno. Moscow, Russia
Exhibition of Kuryokhine Prize Nominees. St Petersburg, Russia

2011

Void. RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia
The Demise of St Petersburg. Name Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
The Book of the Artist. The Museum of Contemporary Art ERARTA. St Petersburg, Russia
Reverse Perspective, pop/off/art Gallery. Moscow, Russia (parallel program, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art)
Private Collection Forum. PERMM Modern Art Museum. Perm, Russia
Myth. Mashine. Person. Erika Deak Gallery. Budapest, Hungary
Doors. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Black and White. PERMM Modern Art Museum. Perm, Russia
10th Anniversary of Gallery. Marina Gisich Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia

2010

The New Sculpture: Chaos and Structure. Novy Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Duel. RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia
Exhibition of Kandinsky Prize Nominees. Moscow, Russia
Doors Open Day: A Mansion – A Gymnasium – A Clinic – A Museum. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Russia
Black and White. Modernariat Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Always Other Art. Victor Bondarenko Collection. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Russia

2009

The New Sculpture: Chaos and Structure. Gallery on The Solyanka str. Moscow, Russia
The Russians. Ober Gallery. Kent, New York, USA
The Art about the Art. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Silence. The Red Flag Factory. St Petersburg, Russia
Show Me a Hero. Calvert 22. London, Great Britain
Recycling. The State Hermitage museum. The National Centre of Contemporary Art. St Petersburg, Russia
Landscape. RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia
Distance. 8th Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale. The Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre. Krasnoyarsk, Russia

2008

Exhibition of Kandinsky Prize Nominees. Moscow, Russia
Boris Iofan and The New Babel. Atelier №2 Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2007

The Age of Space. The A.S.Popov Central Museum of Communicationts. St Petersburg, Russia
The XX Century Art in St Petersburg. Exhibition Hall Manege. St Petersburg, Russia
Something About Power. 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. The National Centre of Contemporary Art. L-Gallery. Moscow, Russia
I Need No Map. The Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace). St Petersburg, Russia
New Angelarium. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Russia

2006

Wake up! 3rd Baltic Biennale. Raumi, Finland
Space I. Vostochnaya Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Space I. Belka&Strelka Project. St Petersburg, Russia
Russia Fly By. Hungart-7. Salzburg, Austria
New Russian Avant-Garde. Exhibition Hall BurdaYukom. Munich, Germany
Circle III. Belka&Strelka Project. St Petersburg, Russia

2005

Steps. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Nimbus for the House. Kuhmalahti, Tampere, Finland
Light I. Belka&Strelka Project. St Petersburg, Russia
In a Memory of Newton. The Multidisciplinary Project. The national centre for contemporary art. St Petersburg, Russia
I Click, Therefore I Am. M’Ars Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Human Project. Piterskie. 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia
He Was a Tall Man… 100th Anniversary of Daniil Kharms. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Faces. M’Ars Gallery. Marat Guelman Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Collage in Russia 20th Century. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia

2004

The Emperor Paul I: The Modern Image of the Past. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
Stair to the Sky. ART-Kliazma. Moscow, Russia
Silence. The State Novosibirsk Art Museum. Novosibirsk, Russia
NA KURORT. Kunsthalle. Baden-Baden, Germany
Mimicry. Artist’s Village. St Petersburg, Russia

2003

Touch Me. The Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace). St Petersburg, Russia
The Space of a Picture — The Space of Reality. The Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace). Goethe Institute. St Petersburg, Russia
Digital-Analog. New Countdown. Marat Guelman Gallery. Central House of Artist. Moscow, Russia

2002

Russian Artists. Gallery Garden. Grindsted, Denmark
Project Live Architecture: Park of Sculpture and Relaxation. The Akhmatova museum at the Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace). St Petersburg, Russia
Lost Heroes. ARTGenda. Hamburg, Germany

2001

MIR-PEACE. Borey Gallery. St Petersburg, Russia
Re: MIR-PEACE. ArtAgents Gallery. Hamburg, Germany
Dembelsky Album. The Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace). Soros Foundation. St Petersburg, Russia
MEDIA-PRIVET. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia

2000

Art Festival of St Petersburg. Musikhouset. Esbjerg, Denmark
Black Boxes of Dreams. Introspection. Project for 3rd International Performing & Experimental Art. St Petersburg, Russia
Interseason. Art-Ambulance. St Petersburg, Russia

1999

Art of Still Life. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia
4th International Biennale of Graphic Art. The State Novosibirsk Art Museum. Novosibirsk, Russia

1998

Myths & Legends. The State Russian Museum. St Petersburg, Russia

1997

Cultural Landscape of Kaliningrad. The State Kaliningrad Art Gallery. Kaliningrad, Russia
A Window to the Holland. Amsterdam, Netherlands

1996

4th International Biennale of Graphic Art. The State Kaliningrad Art Gallery. Kaliningrad, Russia

art fairs

2022

CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia
Tokyo International Art Fair. Tokyo, Japan

2020

ArtLondon. London, Great Britain

2019

Contemporary Istanbul. Istambul, Turkey
CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia
DaMoscow. Moscow, Russia

2018

RA&AF. Moscow, Russia
ArtBrussels. 50Years. Brussels, Belgium

2017

Art Miami. Miami, USA
Viennafair. The New Contemporary. Vienna, Austria
CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia

2016

ViennaFair. The New Contemporary. Vienna, Austria

2015

CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia

2014

Contemporary Istanbul. Istambul, Turkey
ViennaFair. The New Contemporary. Vienna, Austria
CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia

2012

Contemporary Istanbul. Istambul, Turkey
Art Moscow. 16th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia
ViennaFair. The New Contemporary. Vienna, Austria
Art Basel. Basel, Switzerland

2011

Art Moscow. 15th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

2010

CosMoscow. Moscow, Russia
Art Moscow. 14th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia
ARCO. Madrid, Spain

2009

The Armory Show. New York, USA
Scope Miami. Miami, USA
Scope New York. New York, USA
Art Moscow. 13th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

2008

ARCO. Madrid, Spain

2007

Art Moscow. 12th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia
Cornice Art Fair. Venice, Italy
Art Moscow. 11th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

2006

Art Moscow. 10th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

2005

Art Moscow. 9th International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia