Alexey Parygin

Alexey Parygin studied at Herzen University. The recorded working language is Russian. Works named in the authority record are PostUrbanism project, Contemplation of Money, Art is a Business Business ist Kunst, City as an Artist’s Subjective and The Art of Serigraphy. Work by Alexey Parygin is recorded in the collections of Van Abbemuseum, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Hermitage Academic Library, Russian State Library and Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts.

• Name — Alexey Parygin • Birth Name — Alexey Borisovich Parygin • Born — December 2, 1964 • Birthplace — Leningrad • Movement — arts • Field — Contemporary art, Painting, Graphics, Artist's book • Training — Herzen University

Alexey was born in Leningrad 2 December 1964. His father Boris Parygin was a social psychologist. Alexey studied at the graphics faculty of the Herzen University from 1982 to 1989. He organized the art group “Union № 0” in Leningrad in 1986–1989 and created the art squatters’ workshop “Nevsky-25” in Leningrad in 1987–1990. Joined the Professional Artists’ Union of Russia in 1994. Member of the Bureau of the Graphics Section (since 2019), and member of the Board of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (since 2022). The Art Critics Association (ACA) member since 2003. PhD in Art History with the thesis Silk Screening as a phenomenon of the 20th Century art (2002). Since the mid—1980s, the artist perfected printed graphic technics of serigraphy, linocut, woodcut, lithography, cardboard engraving and collagraphy). The artist's works are in many museum collections in Russia (State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia) and the world. The artist lives and makes art in his workshop at the Benois House (St. Petersburg, Russia).

• Illustration — The Shine. 2018, paper, watercolor • Illustration — Mad House. 1987, paper, serigraphy In 1980-1990 Parygin concentrated on easel oil painting outside and using models at the studio, experimented with various paint foundations such as canvas, plywood, glass and other media and used texture and relief techniques. From Aleksandr Kamensky’s article (1988): From Mikhail German’s article (1991):...from my point of view, a very serious, worthy and professional exhibition. It's nice that there is a solid culture of color,...there is a persistent desire to express their feelings of life, their artistic vision. From the middle of the 90-ies the artist’s main studies subject matter and experiments became signs and sign systems as communicative link of the contemporary society. From 1997 the artist created a series of extended multimedia projects Contemplation of Money, Art is a Business, Art in the Forest. From Nikolay Blagodatov's article (2002): Since 2000, Parygin has been developing the utopian concept of the form of art after the death of art—Posturbanism Art Project / PostUrbanism.

Since 1986, the artist participated in more than 250 exhibitions held in Russia (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Rostov-on-Donn, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaluga, Arkhangelsk, Saratov, etc.). The artist exhibited in the Netherlands in Groningen, Eindhoven; Germany in Kiel, Hamburg, Aachen; Italy in Naples, Rome, Caltanissetta; Spain in Bilbao; Montenegro in Bar; Latvia in Riga; Poland in Warsaw; China in Beijing; Mexico in Mexico City; India; Brazil in Bagé; Guatemala in San Pedro Carchá; Ethiopia in Addis Ababa and others.

The artist participated in international art projects, festivals and open-air exhibits: “Kubachi Tower” (Kubachi, Amuzgi, Makhachkala / Dagestan, 2022); “Artisterium XII” (Kutaisi, Tbilisi/ Georgia, 2019); “Museum for Friends” (Lipetsk/ Russia, 2019); "Clouds" (Art-village Witland. Vistula Spit, 2018); “Printed Graphics” (Kazan, Sviyazhsk/ Tatarstan, 2016); “Crna Gora u o'ima ruskih slikara” (Bar/ Montenegro, 2012); “Warszawa w budowie — architektura XXI w malarstwie (Warsaw/ Poland, September 16–26, 2011) and others. Principal Artist, Printmaking Studio, Timofey Markov Publishing House, St. Petersburg (2012-2014). The artist worked on several joint publishing projects with Georgy Kovenchuk.

• Illustration — Posturbanism Back to the Future. Solo exhibition. SPb. 2023 • Alexey Parygin/ PostUrbanism-Northwest.—Alvar Aalto Library. Vyborg. July 1—31, 2025. • PostUrbanJazz.—JFC Jazz Club. Saint Petersburg. December 22, 2023—February 22, 2024. • Posturbanism: Back to the Future. Alexey Parygin. Engravings, art objects, collection.—Book Graphics Library. Saint Petersburg. March 16—April 16, 2023. • Aqua-Silk.—House of Scientists. Saint Petersburg. October 4—22, 1998. • Parygin & Korolchuk (painting, graphics).—Russian Museum, Lecture Hall. Saint Petersburg. November 30—December 31, 1991.

• Illustration — Opening of a group exhibition. SPbUA. 2026 • Illustration — Fragment of the exhibition. SPb. 2022 • 2 IBMB International Biennial Of Miniature Art-Graphics And Drawings. Officers' Hall. Bitola. North Macedonia. August 12—31, 2025. • Non Stop Jazz / Valery Mishin, Alexey Parygin, Yuri Shtapakov (graphics, art objects). Borey Art Center. Saint Petersburg. May 3—24, 2025. • BureauGraphics. Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. Saint Petersburg. March 11—23, 2025. • Chinese-Russian exhibition / The 3rd Jinan International Biennale 'The Age of Human Wisdom'. Shandong Art Museum. Jinan. China. December 20–26, 2024. • Kazan International Printmaking Triennale „Rider“ 2024. The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan. October 3, 2024–January 19, 2025. • Da(r)shak: A Decade of IPEP. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. Chandigarh. February 12–April 30, 2024. • Contemporary Artist's Book. National Library of Russia. Department of Prints and Photographs. Saint Petersburg. December 4, 2023–February 28, 2024. • Da(r)shak: A Decade of Printmaking & Viewership. Bihar Museum. Patna. 2023. • Nuovi corpi nuove forme, Libri d’Artisti. Libri Oggetto (Dalla collezione Archivio di Comunicazione Visiva e Libri d’Artista). Galleria Civica d'Arte di Palazzo Moncada. Caltanissetta. 2022. • 5ª Bienal Internacional de Gravura „Lívio Abramo“. Casa da Cultura Luiz Antonio Marinez Corrêa. Araraquara. 2018—2019. • OSTEN Biennial of Drawing. National Gallery of Macedonia—Chifte Hammam. Skopje. North Macedonia. 2018. • E’CARTA Mini carte contemporanee. MAiO Museo dell’Arte in Ostaggio e delle grafiche visionarie. Cassina de' Pecchi. 2018. • Il PIACERE NEI LIBRI rassegna di arte erotica dagli ex libris ai libri d’artista. Castel Nuovo. Naples. 2018. • Sculture da Viaggio — omaggio a Bruno Munari. Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Caltanissetta. Caltanissetta. 2017. • Die Verwandlung. 25 Jahre russische Künstlerbücher. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg. Hamburg. 2013—2014. • Latvijas Nacionālās bibliotēkas grafikas jaunieguvumi (gravīras, grāmatu plates, zīmējumi): 2010—2011. National Library of Latvia. Riga. 2012. • V Bienal Internacional de la Acurela. Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum. Mexico City. 2002, November—2003, February. • Равноденствие. Gallery Nevsky 20. Leningrad. 1991, June 22—July 22. • Молодежная выставка. Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta. Leningrad. 1990, June. • Без жури. Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta. Leningrad. 1989, April. • Ленинград, история, люди (молодежная республиканская выставка). Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Russia on Okhta. Leningrad. 1988, June 10—July 10.

• Parygin A.B. The Art of Silk Screening. The 20th century. History, Phenomenology, Techniques, Names.—St. Petersburg: ST. Petersburg GUTD, 2010.—304 pp. • Parygin A.B. Silk Screening As Art. Techniques, History, Phenomenology, Artists.—St. Petersburg: ST. Petersburg GUTD, 2009.—261 pp.

• Алексей Парыгин. Постурбанизм: знаки в пространстве идей.—Interview with Elena Grigoryants Авансцена. 2023 (11), December, No. 3, 4. P. 148-155. Circulation–2000 copies. • Возвращение к истокам. Lana Konokotina. NTV—St. Petersburg. "Today in St. Petersburg". March 16, 2023 19:30. • „Россия докатилась до новой этики“: художник Парыгин назвал жалобы на „обнажёнку“ в Эрмитаже декларацией варварства. Interview with artist Alexey Parygin. Rosbalt. 2021, April 8. 19:05. • Российские художники рассказали истории о любви и ненависти к городам. Lana Konokotina. NTV—St. Petersburg. "Today in St. Petersburg". October 23, 2020. 19:30.

• Alexeeva A. Aleksej Parygin. Parola. Colore. Emozione / Il libro d'artista. Problemi e tendenze nell'arte dei maestri pietroburghesi Trame di letteratura comparata.—Nuova Editrice Universitaria. Nuova sene anno VIII, numero 8, gennaio-dicembre 2024. 269 p. Р. 162—163. • Danilyants T. Communicative strategies of the "artist's book" (Based on the work of Alexey Parygin) Сборник материалов тринадцатой научно-практической конференции «Трауготовские чтения 2022» / ed. A. K. Kononov.—St. Petersburg: BKG, 2024. 424 pp. 334-343. • Pavlovsky A. S. Designing yourself: About the first books of Alexei Parygin Сборник материалов двенадцатой научно-практической конференции «Трауготовские чтения 2022» / ed. A. K. Kononova.—St. Petersburg: BKG, 2023. 360 pp. pp. 153–160. • Klimova Ek. A City as a Book / Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023. Edited by Sarah Bodman.—Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England. 2022. 292 pp. • Wilkins, Caroline A vocal journey through the language of zaum Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. Volume 4, Number 1, 1 April 2019, pp. 85–99 (15) • Grigoryants El. Absorbing the Futurist heritage: Vasily Vlasov and Alexey Parygin / The Futurist Tradition in Contemporary Russian Artists’ Books International Yearbook of Futurism Studies / Special Issue on Russian Futurism. Ed. by Günter Berghaus.—Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter. Vol. 9. 2019, 520 p. pp. 269–296. • Blagodatov N. Art is a search, search is an art.—Neva, No. 2, 2002. P. 253—255. • Grigoryants E. I. Images by Alexei Parygin St. Petersburg Panorama, 1993, No. 3. P. 11. • Zhavoronkova S. M. Two artists are two worlds.—The Evening Petersburg, 1991, December 20. (RUS). • Gorskaya M. In the hour of the equinox.—Leningradskaya Pravda, 1991, June 26. • Kamensky A. A. Что значит быть современным? Ответ на этот вопрос ищут молодые художники. (Review of two youth Leningrad's and Moscow's art exhibitions) Pravda, 1988, September 9.

• Illustration — The Romantic Landscape. 1997, oil on canvas • Illustration — Marina on Green. 1986, paper, pastel • Posturbanism: Back to the Future. Alexey Parygin. Engravings, art objects, collection. Authors of the articles: Konokotina L., Kononikhin N. St. Petersburg: BKG. 2023. 24 pp. (RUS) • Kolekcija. Iespiedgrafika Latvijas Nacionālās bibliotēkas Mākslas krājumā/ Mākslas krājumā. Dmitrijs Zinovjevs, Mārtiņš Mintaurs, Anda Boluža. Rīga: National Library of Latvia. 2022. 230 lpp. • Imago Mundi/ Beyond the Black square. Contemporary Artists from St. Petersburg. Texts: Luciano Benetton, Liliana Malta, Gleb Ershov. Treviso: Antiga Edizioni, 2021. 480 pp. P. 308-309. • III Международная триеннале современной графики в Новосибирске. Новосибирский государственный художественный музей. Novosibirsk: Изд-й дом «Вояж». 2021. 276 с. • Second International Print Biennale (07.09—07.11.2019). Yerevan. 2021. P. 357. • City as Artist's subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants El., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) SPb: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. 128 pp. • The Looking Glass and Through It. International art project. Catalog / Зеркала и зазеркалье. Международный выставочный проект. Каталог. МИСП. Авт. вст. статей: Толстая О., Шакирова Л., Пацюков В., Ипполитов А. Saint Petersburg: НП-Принт. 2020. 208 с. • Печатная графика Санкт-Петербургских художников / Каталог. Авт. вст. ст.: Н. Ю. Кононихин, А. Б. Парыгин. СПб.: СПбСХ. 2020. — 192 с. • 4-я Казанская международная биеннале печатной графики "Всадник". Каталог / Авт. вст. ст. О. Л. Улемнова. Kazan: Заман. 2019. 128 с. • IX Международная выставка Уральской триеннале печатной графики. Каталог / Авт. сост. И. Н. Оськина. Ufa. 2019. 216 с. • Artisterium XII. Artisterium On the Road Catalog (7 notebooks in the cover). Tbilisi: Artisterium. 2019. • Nuire № 5. Quatrième biennale internationale de poésie visuelle d’Ille sur Tet Catalogne nord Catalog. Ille-sur-Têt. 2019. 95 pp. P. 82. • 5ª Bienal Internacional de Gravura "Lívio Abramo" Catalog. Araraquara. 2019. 23 pp. • OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2018 Catalog. Skopje: Остен музеј на цртеж 2018. 224 рp. • V Фотобиеннале современной фотографии. Русский музей Каталог. Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, Russian Museum. 2018. 240 с. • MicroMacroCosm Catalog. Mumbai. IPEP. 2018. 24 pp. • Il PIACERE NEI LIBRI rassegna di arte erotica dagli ex libris ai libri d’artista Catalogo Biennale del libro d’artista IV Edizione. Napoli: Lineadarte, 2018. 180 pp. • Third International Printmaking Biennial in Cacak Catalog. Cacak. 2018. 105 рp. • “17. INTERBIFEP” Mezinárodní bienále festivalu portrétu Catalog. Tuzla: Mezinárodní portrétní galerie Tuzla. 2018. 186 pp. • Die Verwandlung. 25 Jahre russische Künstlerbücher 1989—2013. LS collection Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. Antje Theise, Klara Erdei, Diana Franssen. Eindhoven, 2013. 120 pp. • 黑龙江美术出版社(黑龍江美術出版社) Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House. Harbin (哈尔滨). (中国). Chief Editor Chen Fenyue. Executive Chief Editor Catherine Druzhinin. V. 1. Graphics St. Petersburg. 2013. 292 pp. • V Bienal Internacional de la Acurela. Articolo introduttivo: Dr. Gerardo Estrada, A. Guati Rojo. Mexico City, 2002. 88 pp. • Петербург 95; Петербург 96; Петербург 97; Петербург 98; Петербург 2000; Петербург 2011. Авт. вст. ст.: Л. Скобкина. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Manege, 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2012, ил. • II-й Международный фестиваль экспериментальных искусств и перформанса/ Каталог. Авт. вст. ст.: Л. Скобкина. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Manege, 1998. 63 с. • Равноденствие Буклет к выставке на Невском 20. Автор вступит. ст. Юдина Т. К. Галерея ТСХ. Saint Petersburg., 1991.

• Illustration — Title page spread / Al. Parygin Eclipse. St. Petersburg. 2015. The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Collection • Illustration — Title page spread / Al. Parygin Tsvetnye zvuki (The Colored Sounds). Leningrad. 1989. The Van Abbemuseum Collection Since 1989, Parygin has been contributing to artist's books. His first editions featured visual series of the author's poetic text: Pesok (The Sand). Leningrad. 1989; Circulation—5 numbered and signed copies; Tsvetnye zvuki (The Coloured Sounds). Leningrad. 1989. Circulation—5 numbered and signed copies; Zelenaia kniga (The Green Book). Leningrad. 1989. Circulation—6 numbered and signed copies; Moia mansarda (My Attic). Leningrad. 1990. Circulation—6 numbered and signed copies. And the artist’s book Krasnye karliki (The Red Dwarfs). Saint Petersburg. 1990. Circulation—8 numbered and signed copies. From Elena Grigoryant’s article (2019): Spanning for three decades of featured art works the legacy holds about forty unique book objects. In the past decade the artist has participated several major group art editions: Metamorphosis. LS Collection Van Abbemuseum. 2013; Mayakovsky-Manifesto. St. Petersburg. 2014. Strannik Gumilëv (Wanderer Gumilyov). 2016; Jubilaeus. LS Collection Van Abbemuseum. 2018; Russkiy bukvar (Russian Alphabet book). M. 2018; Poeziya neizvestnykh slov: Variatsii v kirillitse (Poetry of Unknown Words: Variations in the Cyrillic alphabet). M. 2019.

• Illustration — The Art of Silk Screening. The 20th century. / Cover. 2010 Among the priority scientific interests of A. B. Parygin is the history of the techniques of the author's printed graphics, first of all—silk screening. Issues of the primacy of using silkscreen as an art technique; Regional schools and an early history of the process; The chronology and geography of its spread in the world; the interconnection of the latest currents and technological innovations in art. Silkscreen in the art of the United States and Canada and Cuba (1920-60s), in European art: Germany, England, France, Finland (1930-60s) and the USSR. Parygin is the author of Russia's first fundamental art research on the history and phenomenology of creative silk screening. The results are published in two monographs (2009, 2010). Parygin is the author of Russia's first fundamental art research on the history and phenomenology of creative silk screening. The results are published in two monographs (2009, 2010). The author of more than 100 articles on the history of graphics and contemporary art, including the artists of St. Petersburg (N.F. Lapshin, O.A. Lyagachev, Yu.K. Lyukshin, A. I. Kuindzhi, V.M. Konashevich, A.A. Korolchuk, M.A. Kopylkove, N.I. Kofanove, B.N. Koshelokhov, G.V. Kovenchuk, A.V. Kaplun, L.K. Kazbekove, T.S. Kerner and others) for the German academic directory Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL).

• Parygin Alexey A City as an Artist's Subjectivity / Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023. Edited by Sarah Bodman.—Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England, 2022. 292 pp. • Parygin A. B. Постурбанизм как гипотеза.—St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. P. 255-259. • Parygin A. B. Созерцание денег (авторский комментарий к проекту).—St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. P. 260-265. • Parygin A. B. Искусство — это бизнес (авторский комментарий к проекту).—St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 68, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2022. P. 248-254. • Parygin Alexey "A City as the Artist's Subjectivity" is an Artist is a large Russian project in the livre d'artiste format Book Arts Newsletter. No. 140. Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England, 2021, July—August. P. 46-48. ISSN 1754-9086 • Parygin A. B. A City as an Artist’s Subjective Space / City as Artist's subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. —SPb: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. 128 pp. P. 5. • Parygin A.B. Printed graphics between "yesterday" and "tomorrow" / Vs. Art. catalogue of "Printed Graphics of St. Petersburg Artists." St. Petersburg: SPb SH. 2020. 192 pp. P. 3–8. • Parygin A. B. Posturbanism as a concept of the future St. Petersburg art notebooks, # 53, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2019. P. 236–238. • Paryguine А. Idée et Manifeste [Posturbanisme] Revue Trakt. Nu. 6; Juin 2018.—Paris. pp. 26–28. • Parygin A. B. Artist's Book as an art form / "The Art of Printed Graphics: History and Modernity." In Sat. Articles on the materials of the scientific conference Fourth Kazan Art Studies Readings November 19–20, 2015. Kazan: GMAI RT, 2015. P. 75–78, il. • Parygin A. B. Ljukšin, Jurij, Ljagačev, Oleg Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. —Walter de Gruyter. Band 85, 2015. 540 pp. • Parygin A. B. Lapšin, Nikolaj; Kuindži, Archip Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Band 82 — 2014, 539 pp. • Parygin A. B. Konasevic, Vladimir; Korolcuk, Andrej; Kopylkov, Mikhail; Kofanov, Nikolaj Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Volume 81, 2013. 540 pp. • Parygin A. The Bedbug—2013. P. 140-165 / In the book: Georgy Kovenchuk (Gaga) draws "The Bedbug" (book-album) Kovenchuk G., Borovsky A.—SPb: T. Markov Publishing House.—2013, 160 pp. • Parygin A. B. Koselochov, Boris; Kovencuk, Georgij; Kovalskij, Sergei Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Volume 80, 2013. 540 p. • Parygin A. B. The birth of Russian silk screening / Ural art and museum business: experience, problems, perspectives. Sat. Mat. Conf. All-Russian art readings of B. V. Pavlovsky's memory. EMIYA, 2011. Yekaterinburg. 2013. pp. 194–198 • Parygin A. B. Moscow silkscreen 1950-2010 Design. Materials. Technology. No 3 (28), St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2013. P. 77–82, Il. 1. • Parygin A. B. Kabacek, Leonid; Kacnelson, Grigory; Kaplun, Adrian; Kazbekov, Latif; Kerner, Tatjana Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker.—Walter de Gruyter. Volume 79, 2013. 535 pp. • Parygin A. B. Canadian Silk-Screen Project. (1942-1963) St. Petersburg Art Notebooks, # 26, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2013. P. 228–230. • Parygin A. B. Silk Screening in the Art of Post-War Germany Design. Materials. Technology. No 2 (22), St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2012. P. 66-72, Il. • Parygin A. B. The Picturesque Avant-garde of the XX century as a School St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2012. Series 3. No 1, St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2012. pp. 88–92, Il. • Parygin A. B. The First Steps of Creative Silk Screening in Russia Design. Materials. Technology. No 2 (17), St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2011. P. 74-78, il. • Parygin A. B. Course of painting and drawing at the Interior Department St. Petersburg Art Notebooks, # 21, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2011. P. 181-190. • Parygin A. B. The First Steps of Creative Silk Screening (serigraphy) in Europe Design. Materials. Technology. No 3 (14), St. Petersburg: SPb GUTD, 2010. P. 114-116, Il.