*1970 (Leningrad)

Pyotr Shvetsov, an artist from St. Petersburg who  graduated from the Leningrad Academy Art School and completed his studies in Europe, has already earned the reputation in his homeland as an anarchist and provocateur. He orients himself loosely in the existing artistic context and strives to keep the “window to Europe” open, bringing a fresh wind into the St. Petersburg artistic scene.
His contribution to Russian art, however, is not limited to the importation of the newest artistic technology. Most of his exhibitions contain a subtle reflection on the Russian visual tradition and its art forms. His installation “Airplane” is a type of memorial to the aviation of the past. The Exhibition “The Living and the Dead,” deals with the zoomorphism of the Russian mythology and literature. In the exhibition “Fence,” one of the main Russian sources for unofficial communication and visibility is staged— with inscriptions and drawings. In the exhibition project “Head of the Architect,” the artist introduces his long-term work: historically stylized painted portraits of Russian architects of every time period build the ideal “portrait of the creator.”

Shvetsov returns again and again to the theme of the living and the dead, among others in the form of “still lifes.” Quotation marks are used, because the subjects of his paintings come into being as a permutation of the art form that demonstrates different levels of recognition, materiality, and representation of “nature morte,” or “dead nature.”

The works of Pytor Shvetsov can be found in the Russian State Museum, the Russian National Library, the British Library in London, the State Library in Berlin, the Public Library of New York, the Institute for Russian Culture in Los Angeles and in other public and private collections.

Selected Group and Solo Shows

1994
Sherburne School, Great Britain

1995
Pyotr Shvetsov and Pyotr Belyi, Odense University

2000
„Camp without Rules“, Pyotr Shvetsov and Mikhail Gavrichkov, Gallery „National Centre“, St. Petersburg

2001
„Abstract“, British Council, St. Petersburg

2002
„Planes“, Gallery Le Garage, Lorgues, France

2003
„Airplanes“, Gallery Navicula Artis, St. Petersburg

2004
„Shadow Region“, Youth Centre, Hermitage, St. Petersburg,
"Columbarium", Museum of Survey Geology, Festival "Modern Art in traditional Museums", St. Petersburg,
"Exhibition of designs", Gallery "Mitky VKHUTEMAS", St. Petersburg

2005
„The Head of an Architect“, Gallery Anna Nova, St. Petersburg

2006
"52 Minutes", Gallery project "Nevaturm", St. Petersburg,
"Zusima", Museum of History, St. Petersburg

2007
"Fence", Gallery "Navicula Artis"
"The Live and the Dead", Gallery Anna Nova,
"New Artists”, Gallery "Belka i Strelka", St. Petersburg

2008
'Women's issue', Gallery 'Country Life', St.Petersburg

Selected Group and Solo Shows

1994
Sherburne School, Great Britain

1995
Pyotr Shvetsov and Pyotr Belyi, Odense University

2000
„Camp without Rules“, Pyotr Shvetsov and Mikhail Gavrichkov, Gallery „National Centre“, St. Petersburg

2001
„Abstract“, British Council, St. Petersburg

2002
Planes“, Gallery Le Garage, Lorgues, France

2003
„Airplanes“, Gallery Navicula Artis, St. Petersburg

2004
„Shadow Region“, Youth Centre, Hermitage, St. Petersburg,
"Columbarium", Museum of Survey Geology, Festival "Modern Art in traditional Museums", St. Petersburg,
"Exhibition of designs", Gallery "Mitky VKHUTEMAS", St. Petersburg

2005
„The Head of an Architect“, Gallery Anna Nova, St. Petersburg

2006
"52 Minutes", Gallery project "Nevaturm", St. Petersburg,
 "Zusima", Museum of History, St. Petersburg

2007
"Fence", Gallery "Navicula Artis" "The Live and the Dead", Gallery Anna Nova,
"New Artists”, Gallery "Belka i Strelka", St. Petersburg

2008
"Intimate Diaries", Barbarian Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

The works of Pytor Shvetsov can be found in the Russian State Museum

 the Russian National Library, the British Library in London

 the State Library in Berlin, the Public Library of New York

 the Institute for Russian Culture in Los Angeles and in other public and private collections.