Artist talk: Vyksa—Moscow—Paris: Erik Bulatov—2020

Erik Bulatov (b. 1933, Sverdlovsk) graduated from Surikov Moscow State Art Institute (1958) and started working for Detgiz children's publishing house in 1959. In 1957 Bulatov began exhibiting in Moscow and in 1973—internationally. In the early 1970s, he started making large-scale paintings, most of which addressed social subjects and implemented the Soviet era's mass media images, such as slogans, inscriptions, and posters. Participant of multiple international exhibitions, including shows at State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) and the Center Pompidou (Paris). In 2013 Bulatov won the Innovation All-Russian Competition in Contemporary Visual Art in the nomination "For the Creative Contribution to the Development of Contemporary Art." He lives and works in Paris. 

Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich (b. 1976, Moscow) is an artist, curator, and theater director. From 2009 to 2019, he was the head of State Gallery on Solyanka. In 2020, he was appointed artistic director of the Vyksa Urban Culture Festival (formerly known as Art-Ovrag Festival). The artist's solo shows have taken place across the globe, including at Paradise Row and Gazelli Art House (London), Deitch Projects (New York), and Luciana Brito (Sao Paulo). Pavlov-Andreevich's group exhibitions have been held at the Faena Art Center (Buenos Aires), the Künstlerhaus (Vienna), Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art (Moscow), Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo (São Paulo), SESC Consolação (São Paulo) and Palais de Tokyo (Paris). He lives between Sao Paulo, London, and Moscow.