PETER BELYI ARE MA
Born in 1971 in Leningrad USSR, Peter Belyi graduated in 1989 from the Secondary Art School of the Academy of Arts, and studied ceramics at Mukhin Academy of Applied Art from 1990 to 1992. He lived in London from 1995 to 2001 and graduated from Camberwell College in 2000 with an MA in Printmaking. He lives and works in St Petersburg, Russia mainly in printmaking, objects and installations. He teaches at the Smolnyi Institute in St Petersburg. He is a member of the Russian Union of Artists and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
Museums
The Margulies Collection-permanent collection - Miami, USA
Murmansk Art Museum – permanent collection – Murmansk, Russia
Ashmolean Museum – RE Diploma collection – Cambridge, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum – permanent collection – London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2008 ‘La biblioteca di Pinocchio’, Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2007 ‘Unnecessary Alphabet’, Anna Frants Gallery Space, New York
2007 ‘Danger Zone’,Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, NewYork
2007 ‘Memorial Model-making’, Gisich Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
2007 ‘Minute of Silence’, Navicula Artis, St Petersburg, Russia
2007 ‘Lenproekt’, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2006 ‘Unnecessary Alphabet’, Belka and Strelka, St Petersburg, Russia
2006 ‘KRUG2’, Gisich Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
2006 ‘Climactic Zone’, Navicula Artis, St Petersburg, Russia
2005 ‘SH854’, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2005 ‘Privatisation of the Chimneystack’, New Realms Gallery, London
2004 Metaphorical Slide Tower, Pinacoteca Udine City Museum, Udine, Italy
2003 ‘Head of the Artist’, Gisich Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
2003 ‘Dreams of a Concierge’, Navicula Artis, St Petersburg, Russia
2002 ‘Invasion’, Extra, St Petersburg, Russia
2002 ‘Superprints’, Che, St Petersburg, Russia
2001 ‘City Heights’, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
1998 ‘Peter’s Fountains’, The Blythe Gallery, Manchester
1994 Exhibition Hall of Odense University, Odense, Denmark
Selected Mixed Exhibition
2007 ‘Celestial Mechanics’, Pulkovo Observatory, St Petersburg , Russia
2007 ‘Something About Power’, 2 man show, 2nd Moscow Biennale, L Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2007 ‘Border Territory’, Mars Gallery, 2nd Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
2007 ‘Architecture Ad Marginum’, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2006 Modus R, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
2005 ‘My Neighbourhood’, Russia 2, Guelman Gallery, 1st Moscow Biennale, Moscow
2005 White Project, Guelman Gallery, Art Moscow
2005 Post Modellismus , Krinzinger Progekte, Vienna
2005 ‘Collage in Russia’, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2004 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2004 Art Moscow, Central Hall of Artists, Moscow
2003 ‘Dream of the Dictator’, Art Manezh, Manezh, Moscow
2003 Lorgues Print Festival, Lorgues, France
2003 ‘Dream of Triton’, Anna Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg
2003 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2003 National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
2002 Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
2002 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2002 Art Futures 2002, Contemporary Art Society, London
2002 National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
2001 Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
2001 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2001 National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
5th Open Print Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2000 National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London (publicity materials)
1999 Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
1999 National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London (catalogue cover)
‘Rouble Art’, Alchemy Gallery, London
‘The End of Style’, City Museum, St Petersburg
200 Years of Lithography, Russian State Museum, St Petersburg
1997 Paper Theatre III, Bookcamera or The Book & The Elements, St Petersburg
1996 National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
1992-1994 ‘Time of Transition’ travelling exhibition in England and Wales
Membership
Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
Russian Union of Artists
Awards
Novosibirsk Print Biennale 2005
Birgit Skiold Prize – National Print Exhibition 2003
Gavin Graham Gallery Award – National Print Exhibition 2002
St Petersburg Print Biennale - Outstanding Printmaking Award- 2001
Galleries Magazine Award – National Print Exhibition 2000
