Igor Samolet (1984) is a contemporary artist working with photography and sculpture. He graduated from Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia in 2013. His graduate photobook project be happy was awarded the silver medal of German Photobook Prize in 2014, and was included in the 3rd volume of Martin Parr's The Photobook: A History, that was purchased by Tate Modern for its public library in 2017.
Samolet has an impressive list of solo and group exhibitions in Europe and Russia. His personal projects were exhibited during Manifesta 10, IX and X Moscow International Biennale, and his photobook Herbarium was recently presented during Paris Photo 2017. His artworks are held in the permanent collection of Moscow Multimedia Art Museum, and in many private collections in Germany, Latvia, and Russia. Nowadays Igor Samolet lives and works in Moscow, Russia.
Samolet has an impressive list of solo and group exhibitions in Europe and Russia. His personal projects were exhibited during Manifesta 10, IX and X Moscow International Biennale, and his photobook Herbarium was recently presented during Paris Photo 2017. His artworks are held in the permanent collection of Moscow Multimedia Art Museum, and in many private collections in Germany, Latvia, and Russia. Nowadays Igor Samolet lives and works in Moscow, Russia.
projects
works available
selected exhibitions
2018 — HERBARIUM / TEXT MUSEUM SESSION 2018 / FESTIVAL CIRCULATIONS, PARIS, FRANCE
2017 — SOPHISTICATED HUGS, SYKTYVKAR, RUSSIA
2017 — DRUNK CONFESSIONS / FOUNDATION OF VLADIMIR SMIRNOV AND KONSTANTIN SOROKIN, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
2017 — SEE ME MORE, ATELIER AM ECK GALLERY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
2017 — BREAKFAST FOR ARTEM / X MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
2016 — NIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHY / TBILISI, GEORGIA
2016 — ONLY NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE / WINZAVOD ART CENTER, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
2016 — F/STOP 2016 FESTIVAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY / BAUMWOLLSPINNEREI, LEIPZIG, GERMANY
2015 — HERBARIUM / FOTODEPARTAMENT, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
2015 — HERBARIUM / IX MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
2015 — THE SMELL OF DUST / BRAZIL, FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS
2014 — TROUBLEMAKERS / FLACON, MOSCOW
2014 — SNOECKS SHOW / SCHIPPERSKAPPEL, BRUGGE
2014, 2013, 2012 — MOOSEBERRY. INTERNATIONAL PLEIN AIR / SYKTYVKAR
2014 — YOUNG RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHY / NORILSK, SYKTYVKAR
2014 — GENERATION START / MANIFESTA 10, ST. PETERSBURG
2014 — INVENTING EVERYDAY LIFE / MANIFESTA10, ST. PETERSBURG
2014 — TWELVE THINKING PHOTOGRAPHERS / MANIFESTA10, ST. PETERSBURG
2014 — I LIVE IN A ROSETTE / ROSIZO, MOSCOW
2013 — MOST / SLUBICE, POLAND
2013 — FIVE / GALLERY HILGERNEXT, VIENNA
2013 — TO SEE / FOTODEPARTAMENT, ST. PETERSBURG
2013 — FOTOBASE / RUSSIAN DECORATIVE ART MUSEUM, MOSCOW
2013 — DISTANCE / FABRIKA, MOSCOW
2013 — THE HAPPY END / МАММ, MOSCOW
2012 — STEAM / WINZAVOD, MOSCOW
2012 — CLOSED DURING RESTORATIONS. INTERNAL WORKS / ARTPLAY, MOSCOW
2008 — BALCONY / GALLERY SHUPERSKI, POZNAN
2007 — NO7 / SYKTYVKAR
2017 — SOPHISTICATED HUGS, SYKTYVKAR, RUSSIA
2017 — DRUNK CONFESSIONS / FOUNDATION OF VLADIMIR SMIRNOV AND KONSTANTIN SOROKIN, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
2017 — SEE ME MORE, ATELIER AM ECK GALLERY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
2017 — BREAKFAST FOR ARTEM / X MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
2016 — NIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHY / TBILISI, GEORGIA
2016 — ONLY NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE / WINZAVOD ART CENTER, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
2016 — F/STOP 2016 FESTIVAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY / BAUMWOLLSPINNEREI, LEIPZIG, GERMANY
2015 — HERBARIUM / FOTODEPARTAMENT, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
2015 — HERBARIUM / IX MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
2015 — THE SMELL OF DUST / BRAZIL, FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS
2014 — TROUBLEMAKERS / FLACON, MOSCOW
2014 — SNOECKS SHOW / SCHIPPERSKAPPEL, BRUGGE
2014, 2013, 2012 — MOOSEBERRY. INTERNATIONAL PLEIN AIR / SYKTYVKAR
2014 — YOUNG RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHY / NORILSK, SYKTYVKAR
2014 — GENERATION START / MANIFESTA 10, ST. PETERSBURG
2014 — INVENTING EVERYDAY LIFE / MANIFESTA10, ST. PETERSBURG
2014 — TWELVE THINKING PHOTOGRAPHERS / MANIFESTA10, ST. PETERSBURG
2014 — I LIVE IN A ROSETTE / ROSIZO, MOSCOW
2013 — MOST / SLUBICE, POLAND
2013 — FIVE / GALLERY HILGERNEXT, VIENNA
2013 — TO SEE / FOTODEPARTAMENT, ST. PETERSBURG
2013 — FOTOBASE / RUSSIAN DECORATIVE ART MUSEUM, MOSCOW
2013 — DISTANCE / FABRIKA, MOSCOW
2013 — THE HAPPY END / МАММ, MOSCOW
2012 — STEAM / WINZAVOD, MOSCOW
2012 — CLOSED DURING RESTORATIONS. INTERNAL WORKS / ARTPLAY, MOSCOW
2008 — BALCONY / GALLERY SHUPERSKI, POZNAN
2007 — NO7 / SYKTYVKAR
TEXT MUSEUM
2016 — forever
2016 — forever