ISSUE Nazar

Works Biography

Works

ISSUE Nazar
Untitled, 2022.
canvas, acrylic, spray paint,
50 x 50
ISSUE Nazar
Offhand series 014, 2022.
canvas, acrylic, spray paint,
90 x 90
ISSUE Nazar
Offhand series 013, 2022.
canvas, acrylic, spray paint,
60 x 90
ISSUE Nazar
Synteraction #2, 2022.
plywood, plexiglas, acrylic, wooden frame, texture paste,
72 x 52
ISSUE Nazar
Synteraction #1, 2022.
plywood, plexiglas, acrylic, wooden frame, texture paste,
72 x 52
ISSUE Nazar
Synteraction #3, 2022.
plywood, plexiglas, acrylic, wooden frame, texture paste,
72 x 52

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

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.

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