Vladimír Kiseljov
Painter, performer, set designer, director and writer.
Graduate of Kunstuniversität Graz, SŠUŘ Brno and JAMU Brno.
He has realized over 100 solo exhibitions – including the International Biennale of Modern Art in Florence, Gallery of Academy of Arts Florence, Prague Quadrennial 2015 (the largest international exhibition of scenography), in Berlin, Vienna, Leipzig, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Munich, Linz, Cape Verde (Santo Antao – Gallery 7 Suns 7 Moons), Barcelona, 3 times in Prague at the Gallery of Critics, Black Swan Gallery Prague, in Brno at Wannieck and Richard Adam Gallery, etc. National Gallery Prague and Alšova Gallery,National technical library Prague, Gallery Klementinum, Gallery Karolinum, Museum of Hradec Králové, Museum of City of Brno (Špilberk Castle).
He also dedicates himself to the creation of murals (in 2015 he painted the largest mural in the Czech Republic with an area of 600 m2 in Tišnov, Brno). Other murals of his can be found in Florence, Copenhagen, Edinburgh or Prague.
In 2018, he was awarded the “Goldene W” for his work for Richard-Wagner-Verband.
In 2018, together with the Macl + Luňáková team, he took part in the international theater festival in Casablanca, Morocco, with a painting performance combined with projections, winning the award for interaction.
He has written and published two books with his paintings and texts – Mysteries of Richard Wagner in Paintings (2013) and Mysteries Inscribed in Faces (2019).
Vladimír Kiseljov’s expressive paintings aim to convey his synesthetic perception of the world – the author perceives music and all other sensorial perceptions in color, thus connecting all the senses of the viewer with his paintings – colors, philosophical meaning, music, movement, space and time.
He is the author of his own artistic current – Synesthetism.
He carries out unique musical- painting performances together with excellent musicians (Hansjörg Albrecht, Milan Al Ashab, Michael Bártek, Eduard Šístek, Ludmila Pavlová, Petr Kolař, Jaroslav Svěcený, Jan Ryant Dřízal, etc.)
His exhibitions are curated by Martin Dostál, Mgr. Vlasta Čiháková Noshiro Ph.D., Aleš Seifert, Alena Ochepovsky Bartková, Jiří Tichý and others.
www.vladimirkiseljov.com
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