Nazar ISSUE is an artist from Simferopol. He currently lives and works in Moscow. In 2004 he began his graffiti career, in 2014 ISSUE graduated from the Crimean Institute of Information and Printing Technologies with a master's degree, in the same year he moved to Moscow. In 2016 he started experimenting with the visual style moving away from classical graffiti techniques. In 2018 the artist began his exhibition activity. Participant of many projects, festivals and exhibitions focused on urban art in Russia and abroad.
Nazar ISSUE creates font compositions and geometric abstractions. He manipulates with different materials and techniques, works in both interventions – urban and studio. Constantly looking for a perfect color scheme, ISSUE explores an improvisational approach in his creative process. His style is determined by the interest to modern technologies, digital aesthetics, and new visual experiences. The artist reflects on the possible role that chance and impact of digital technologies might play in the society.
Works
Group exhibitions
2022
Prix D’art Urbain, urban art centre Fluctuart, Paris, France
Group exhibition of the monumental painting section, Gallery Belyayevo, Moscow
2021
TRUE LY. Ruarts Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Splendour And Misery, Center for Urban Culture Graphite, Moscow
Splendour And Misery, space 10.203, St. Petersburg
Open mic, curated by Sabina Chagina, OKTAVA cluster, Tula
House number 6, Moscow
Group exhibition of the monumental painting section, Central Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2020
The digital exhibition #StayHome, zhavner.com
"Art Workshops XXI", Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Stavropol, Orenburg
TIMEOUT!, Art-cluster "Gamma", Moscow
6th Pre-Auction Urban Art Exhibition, curated by ARTMOSSPHERE and the Ruarts Foundation, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow
2019
MUAF, cluster FLACON, Moscow
"Art Workshops XXI", Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod
OVERLOAD, exhibition space at Trekhgornaya manufactory, Moscow
5th Pre-Auction Urban Art Exhibition, curated by ARTMOSSPHERE and the Ruarts Foundation, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow
2018
OFFLINE, III ARTMOSSPHERE Street Art Biennale, curated by Brooklyn Street Art, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
“The Wall” project, curated by ARTMOSSPHERE, WINZAVOD, Moscow
4th Pre-Auction Urban Art Exhibition, curated by ARTMOSSPHERE and the Ruarts Foundation, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow
2017
"Conflict/Test", The Museum of St. Petersburg Art (20th–21st centuries)
Biography
Publications
2022 Graffiti-Azbuka, Moscow
2020 The great wave that comes from the East, Urvanity Art, Madrid
2019 Encyclopedia of the Russian street art, Moscow
