Vitaly Turlique (b. 1988, Moscow) is a historian-archivist, artist, head of archive of the Novaya Opera Theatre in Moscow. He works with hand embroidery, textile collage, and graphic art. Since 2023 he has been working exclusively with the Ruarts Gallery. In 2012 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Archives of the Russian State University for the Humanities. As a child, Vitaly was impressed by the works of the Soviet artist Geliy Korzhev, who created a grotesque cycle of creations dedicated to turliques, ridiculous anthropomorphic creatures. This inspired his pseudonym. The artist himself says: “It seems to me that there are a lot of Turliques among people. Perhaps I am one myself.”

A participant of Win-Win Winzavod markets, since February 2023 – a resident of the 9th season of Winzavod Open Studios. Participant of the group exhibition "Guiding Thread" (Tula, "Octava", April-July 2023). In the same year, he held a number of author workshops: at GES-2 (textile collage), Garage Museum (hand embroidery). “I have always had a penchant for creativity – drawing, film photography, music, but I found that thread and fabric best allow me to express my ideas. At first, I got into hand embroidery and devoted almost three years immersed in it. In the fall of 2022, I became interested in a textile collage. Compared to embroidery, it gives real freedom of creativity: without a preliminary sketch, you can quickly outline the desired plot, see how different ideas will look. You can refine, rework, and change everything in the process itself. The textural and color variety of materials with which you get to work with is also impressive.”

In 2024, the artist held his first ever solo exhibition titled "Sleep Paralysis" at the Ruarts Gallery. That same year, during the |Catalog| fair, Vitaly Turlique showcased a collaborative piece called "My Cozy Cage" with artist Alexey Luka at the Ruarts Gallery booth.