bio

GIWE (1986) is an artist born and based in Moscow. He has been doing graffiti since 2000, he is a member of significant graffiti teams and associations. He preferred mathematical education to the art college; that decision has influenced his creative process. For the past 10 years he has been documenting and analyzing human life in a big city, highlighting and reflecting on common images, trends and phenomena in his works. The results of his observations were first presented in the book Film Flix in 2016, which became the basis of the film Megamix, 2018.

In his works GIWE addresses the themes of standardization of life, individuality, identity, copying and imitation. He works mainly with the use of a common type of decoration of the clothes, bodies and cars – rhinestones. The artist places them on the walls, tapestries and porcelain. He depicts scenes and attributes of modernity, creating bright, fascinating works.

Museum and gallery exhibition projects participant in Russia and France

Solo Exhibitions

2023
«With Love!», Ruarts gallery, Moscow
2021
«Visiting A Fairy Tale», VMDPI, Moscow
«Fly Away», Erring Office, Moscow
2018
«Central Russian Landscape», ДINAMIKA enterprise, Moscow
2016
«Film Flix», Bankrupt beauty salon, Moscow

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
«Environment», MMOMA Petrovka, Moscow
2021
«True Ly», Ruarts foundation, Moscow
«Beauty Bomb», ISSMAG gallery, Moscow
«New Ruins. Glass», Manege, Saint Petersburg
2020
«Lisy Nos», Lisy Nos, Saint Petersburg
«New Ruins. Granite», Manege, Saint Petersburg
2019
«Banneret», Sevkabel port, Saint Petersburg
«The Wall», ММОМА Ermolaevsky, Moscow
2018
«Wall Elements 2», Ruarts gallery, Moscow
«One Line», Volkonskaya–Prokofiev estate, Moscow
«Wall Elements 2», Manege, Saint Petersburg
2017
«Unuseless Person», Manege, Saint Petersburg
2015
«Eyes of Moscow», Lebenson gallery, Paris
2014
«Fragment», Museum of Moscow, Moscow
«Format1», Artplay gallery, Moscow
2013
«And You Want The Same», Museum of Moscow, Moscow

Residence

2021
«Erring Office», Moscow