Victor Umnov

Meaning laid bare, 140x140 cm., mixed media, 2002
Yang-Yin / Opposites sheet #47, 140x140 cm., oil, canvas, 1983-1989
Yang-Yin / Opposites sheet #8, 140x140 cm., oil, canvas, 1983-1989
The more dramatic historical moment, 280x280 cm., mixed media, 1989
The most reliable way of lie, 50х70cm. paper, ink, 2020
Monoloque, 200x100 cm., mixed media, 2001
Yang-Yin / Opposites sheet #11, 100x100 cm., oil, canvas, 1983-1989
Yang-Yin / Opposites sheet #12, 140x140 cm., oil, canvas, 1983-1989

Victor Umnov (1931-2022) - Russian artist. In 1955 he graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. He studied at an art studio under the guidance of the famous book graphic artist M.P. Klyachko (1954-1957). He participated in art exhibitions since 1962.
Victor Umnov is the author of works in which there is a dialogue between visual and verbal. He wrote a book of aphorisms that served as the impetus for the creation of an art series based on the WORD.

Solo exhibitions:

 

1980 - One-day show of graphic works and soireeat the House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, Moscow

1993 - Moskovskaya Kollektsiya Gallery, Moscow

1995 - A3 Gallery, Moscow

2000 - M'ARS exhibition cente, Moscow

2001 - "Triedr" exhibition Art-Gavan Gallery, St. Petersburg

2005 - "Monoloque" exhibition, Dom Gallery, Moscow

2005 - M'ARS exhibition cente, Moscow

2011 - "New questions with Old Answers in the Background" A3 Gallery, Moscow

2015 - "Treatise on line", Exhibition hall Promgrafika, Moscow

2020 - "Treatise", Agency. Art Ru, Moscow

 

Collections:
-State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
-State Russian Museum, Saint-Pteresburg, Russia
-Zimmerli Art Museum, USA
-Duke University, North Carolina, USA
-Europeen commission in Strasbourg, France
-E. Petschler, Zurich, Switzerland