Ivan Mikhailov was born on January 15th, 1981 in Novocheboksarsk, Russia, active as a photographer since 2001. In 2003 graduated from the Chuvash Pedagogical State University with a degree in fine arts and drawing. During 2003-2007 he working us freelance designer and advertising photographer. During 2008-2012 he focus more on personal projects which have been shown on group and personal exhibitions. Photos are in collections of the Moscow House of Photography, Nizhny Novgorod Museum of Photography History, the National Museum of Chuvashia and private Collection in France, Italy, America, Canada, Germany. At the present moment works as a freelance photographer. Lives in Moscow.
The Moscow House of Photography has brought three Russian contemporary photographic exhibitions to the Tenerife Island Photography Centre that are among the most prominent in representation of the contemporary Russian art scene: Tim Parchikov, Ivan Mikhailov and Sergey Shestakov.
Although Tim Parchikov (b. 1983) and Ivan Mikhailov (b. 1981) belong to a new artistic generation, they have already mounted several individual exhibitions in Russia as well as overseas. Currently, the works of both form part of the "OBLIVION, MEMORY AND REMINISANCE” (“L’OUBLI, LE SOUVENIR, LA RÉMINISCENCE”) exhibition of the Fifth New Festival at the Pompidou Centre (Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou).
The three photographers explore the theme of memory: historical (Parchikov), genetic (Mikhai...
Le Multimedia Art Museum Moscow s’ossocie à RussenKo et nous offre le regard de trois jeunes photographes talentueux sur leur Russie.
Créé en 1996, le Musée de l’Art et du Multimedia de Moscou possède une fabuleuse collection représentant un large éventail de la photographie russe du XIXe siècle à aujourd’hui. Sa mission est de faire connaître et de valoriser le patrimoine russe en lien avec les plus grandes institutions culturelles internationales. Outre cela, il contribue activement à la découverte et au soutien des jeunes artistes russes notamment par le biais de l’Ecole de la photographie et du multimédia de Moscou créée au sein m...