Ilya Volykhine

About

Ilya Volykhine was born in Russia 1967, emigrated to NYC in 1990 and showed there for 10 years before moving to Australia in 2000 and becoming a citizen. Volykhine has held several solo and group exhibitions in the USA & Australia, namely the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Blake Prize for Religious Art, the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, the Mosman Prize, and most recently the Walker & Hall Art Award. His artwork falls into the contemporary neo-expressionist genre. A strife-filled background in the USSR during the 60's, 70's and 80's has had a strong impact on both the artist and his work. His paintings are figurative, allowing both memory and imagination to work together as the major influences in his narratives. His works have an intuitive and raw sensibility, with a dreamlike intermingling of colour, imagination and personal cultural history. They also possess a somewhat haunting quality, stemming in part from his unique technique and idiosyncratic use of imagery. He is widely collected internationally and is a full time artist. His next solo exhibition will take place in November of 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. … Read More

Location: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Website: http://www.artofilya.com

Work

BORN RUSSIA 1967, Citizen of Australia
Lives/works New Zealand

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Members Show , WCAG, Auckland NZ
2012 Art Map, WCAG, Auckland NZ
2011 All Black, WCAG, Auckland, NZ
2010 Art & Text, WCAG, Auckland, NZ
2009 Walker & Hall Art Award, Finalist, Akl, NZ
2008 Lahaina Arts Society Show, Hawaii, USA
2007 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, AUS
2006 Art Sydney, Royal Exhibition Building, AUS
2006 Art Melbourne, Carlton Gardens, AUS
2006 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, AUS
2006 Mosman Art Prize - Finalist, AUS
2005 Art Sydney, Royal Exhibition Building, AUS
2005 Art Melbourne, Carlton Gardens, AUS
2005 Teasers, GroundFloor Gallery, AUS
2004 53rd Blake Prize for Religious Art, AUS
2004 Art Melbourne, Carlton Gardens, AUS
2003 Archibald Prize - Finalist, AGNSW, AUS
2003 Art Melbourne, Carlton Gardens, AUS
2003 Art Sydney, Royal Exhibition Building, AUS
2002 Sexdecim, GroundFloor Gallery, AUS
2002 Hill on Hargrave, Sydney, AUS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Land Sea Sky, TOI Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2011 More Stories, TOI Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2009 Ilya Volykhine, Higgins Harte Gallery, USA
2007 It’s A Helluva Town, GroundFloorGallery, AUS
2006 Blue & Other Colours, GroundFloorGallery, Sydney, AUS
2005 Stories, GroundFloor Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2004 Back in the USSR, GroundFloorGallery, AUS
2003 Domestic, GroundFloorGallery, AUS
2002 People Places, GroundFloorGallery, AUS
2001 Warm & Fuzzy, 1 + 2 Artist Studios, AUS
2001 Bondi WADi, Bondi, AUS
2000 Lahaina Arts Society, USA
1999 Maui Arts & Cultural Center, USA
1997 NY Arts Society, New York, USA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Upcoming, Art News, NZ, March 2012
Matthew Muir, Gulf News, NZ, November 2011
Lyndal Jeffries, Gulf News, NZ, September 2011
InDepth Arts Reviews, Absolutearts.com, 2008
Jane Hutchinson, Sunday Telegraph, AUS, 2007
Andrew Frost, The Art Life, AUS, 2006
Shelley McSpedden, Sydney Morning Herald Critic’s Picks, AUS, 2004
Robert Nelson, The Age, AUS, 2003
Fred Fair, Contemporary Arts Society News, AUS, 2003
Nadine Imperati, CraftArts Issue No. 52, AUS, 2001

REPRESENTATION

Saatchi Online, USA
TOI Gallery, NZ
Higgins Harte International L.L.C., USA
Schubert Contemporary, AUS … Read More