Matvey Shapiro
Matvey Shapiro investigates the concept of form adaptability in his work. He focuses on how and why, during the artistic process, elements naturally or intentionally align into self-contained structures. His practice is characterized by a technical, almost engineering approach, which remains consistent across different mediums and themes.
Shapiro's interest in straight lines and the ability of letters and symbols to visually adapt to one another within a text began during his exploration of early 20th-century avant-garde art. Referencing the visual language of the avant-garde, his graphic works integrate letters into tightly structured systems by compressing them. This "fusion" of graphic textual elements not only renders the text challenging to read but also transforms it into near-abstraction. He draws on quotes from avant-garde poets, Soviet films, and impersonal statements or questions, engaging with themes of national and historical experience.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2024 "Random and Non-Random Selection." Blud ,Tokyo, Japan
Producer: People Connected
2021 "I Don’t Know What Will Happen in the End." Info Point of the Moscow Museum. Curator: Masha Kryuchkova. Moscow, Russia
2021 Open Mushroom Exhibition. Invalid House Space. Curator: Konstantin Stavrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Joint exhibition of the Moscow Transport Museum and the urban public space Bread Factory No. 9 "You Have Deviated from the Route and That's Okay." Bread Factory No. 9. Moscow, Russia
2022 Joint exhibition of the Sample Gallery and MMOMA "Habitat." MMOMA. Curator Sofia Simakova. Moscow, Russia
2022 Exhibition "Cross-section." Ruarts Foundation. Curator Alexey Partola. Moscow, Russia
2020 Exhibition "Fox Nose Cape." Abandoned military unit at Fox Nose. Curator Nikita Dusto. Leningrad Region
2020 Presentation and exhibition of the joint project KAYF/ITU for BELIEF. Belief Space. Moscow
2019 Graffiti Library at the "Street Art Forum." Educational Center MMOMA. Moscow, Russia.
FAIRS AND AUCTIONS
2020 Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia
2019 Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia
2019 International Book Fair "Deficit," Moscow Art
2024 "Random and Non-Random Selection." Blud ,Tokyo, Japan
Producer: People Connected
2021 "I Don’t Know What Will Happen in the End." Info Point of the Moscow Museum. Curator: Masha Kryuchkova. Moscow, Russia
2021 Open Mushroom Exhibition. Invalid House Space. Curator: Konstantin Stavrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Joint exhibition of the Moscow Transport Museum and the urban public space Bread Factory No. 9 "You Have Deviated from the Route and That's Okay." Bread Factory No. 9. Moscow, Russia
2022 Joint exhibition of the Sample Gallery and MMOMA "Habitat." MMOMA. Curator Sofia Simakova. Moscow, Russia
2022 Exhibition "Cross-section." Ruarts Foundation. Curator Alexey Partola. Moscow, Russia
2020 Exhibition "Fox Nose Cape." Abandoned military unit at Fox Nose. Curator Nikita Dusto. Leningrad Region
2020 Presentation and exhibition of the joint project KAYF/ITU for BELIEF. Belief Space. Moscow
2019 Graffiti Library at the "Street Art Forum." Educational Center MMOMA. Moscow, Russia.
FAIRS AND AUCTIONS
2020 Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia
2019 Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia
2019 International Book Fair "Deficit," Moscow Art