Victor Bokarev

Aug 28

Biography

Victor Bokarev
Honorary academician of the Academy of Arts of Russia, Member of the Union of Artists of Russia), International Arts Fund

Education: Surikov Art School, Moscow, Stroganov Art & Industry University, Moscow

Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

The artist's style is abstract and semi-abstract impressionism.

Since 1991 till 2025- took place over 60 personal and 100 group exhibitions both in Russia: Moscow City Hall, Pushkin Museum, Central House of Artist, Museum of History and Reconstruction of Moscow, galleries, art centers, etc. and abroad: Sweden, Spain, USA, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Egypt, France, Great Britain.

Participant and Laureate of numerous National and International exhibitions, Art Fairs and Art Festivals

Rewards: Gold medal of the Academy of Arts of Russia, Silver and Bronze medal of Union of Artists of Russia.

Collections: Museum of the Contemporary Art (Moscow), Russian State Institute of the Art Research, RF consulates (Munich, Germany, Alexandria, Egypt), galleries and museums, private and corporate collections in Russia and other countries: USA, Sweden, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Taiwan.

Recent exhibitions: Malaga Art Fair (Malaga, Spain) - 2017, International Trade Center (Barcelona), personal exhibition - 2019, Parallax Art Fair (London, UK) - 2019, Carlos Teixido Gallery, personal exhibition (Barcelona, Spain) - 2021, Barcelona International Art Fair - 2016, 2021, Surface lab Gallery (Moscow, Russia) - 2022, Carlos Teixido Gallery (Andorra), personal exhibition - 2022, Art Moscow - 2026 (Moscow, Russia), Marbella Art Fair (Marbella, Spain) - 2026, Art 3F Contemporary Art Fair (Luxembourg) - 2026

"Each Bokarev’s composition is a “small green door in the wall” that allows one to penetrate into the inner hierarchy of the art measurement and to get into the world of the realized dreams. Its topography lives in deep personal space of the artist and invites one to join this festival of creativity turning a spectator into a participant."

Vitaly Pazukov, chief curator of the State Moscow Center of the Contemporary Art

Artist Statement

My objective is to provoke a reaction, a feeling, an impression, to give the people a chance to become free, to trust their imagination, to see the images and colors the way I see them.

I never just copy a reality but try to find in objects and phenomena something special, the main emotion and meaning. That’s why I’m mostly attracted to abstract and semi-figurative painting.

One can compare an abstractionist with a medium that percepts some unknown sounds and emotions and reflects these in his work.

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