One of the ideologists and most prominent participants of the Russian urban contemporary art movement. Dmitri creates studio works in his own original technique – mosaic relief made of plywood, as well as large-scale paintings, panels and sculptures in public spaces. His monumental works can be found in Moscow, Vladivostok, Nizhny Novgorod, Tula, Mannheim in German and other cities. In 2019, Dmitri created a large mural at the terminal of the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow and took part in the group exhibition "The Russian Fairy Tale. From Vasnetsov to the Present" held in New Tretyakov Gallery. In 2020, Ruarts gallery hosted the Aske's solo exhibition "A moment before the dawn". In 2021 there was another Dmitri's solo exhibition hosted by 9B gallery called "Glimpse of the Future". In 2022, one work from the exhibition "Reality 2.0" (2016, Vladey Space, Moscow, Russia) was included in the collection of the Russian Museum. In 2023, he made a monumental panel "Return" (size 5 x 6.4 meters) dedicated to the theme of the revival of urban river transport in the renovated building of the Southern River Station in Moscow.
Moreover, Aske is an influential researcher of graffiti and street art. In 2015, Dmitri held a large-scale series of lectures on street art which was his project within a grant program of Ruarts Foundation and the Artmosphere creative association. In 2018, as part of the lll Artmossphere biennale, Aske presented a research exhibition project "Street art in Russia from 1980s to 2010s". In 2019, Aske took on the role of one of the editors of the Encyclopedia of street art in Russia. In 2022, the edition "A Graffiti Alphabet" was released, for which Aske created the design layout of the book, and also wrote texts. Especially for the book, 33 artists, closely connected to graffiti, design a Cyrillic letter and the complete alphabet.
Works
Solo exhibitions
2021
A Glimpse of the future. 9B Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2020
A moment before the dawn. Ruarts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017
Through the mist. Ruarts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2016
Reality 2.0. Vladey, Moscow, Russia
Group exhibitions
2023
Exhibition of the 4th Moscow Art Prize Nominees, Media Center of Zaryadye Park, Moscow, Russia
2022
Personal Space, a collective retrospective exhibition, The Ruarts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021
TRUE LY. Ruarts Foundation, Moscow, Russia
2021
The Red Garden, GUM-Red-Line Gallery festival, Red Square. Moscow, Russia
2020
The Russian Fairy Tale. From Vasnetsov to the Present, The New Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2019
Gravitational Collapse. Artservatory Center of Contemporary Art. Khabarovsk, Russia
Vladey pre-auction exhibition All for 100. Gostiny Dvor. Moscow, Russia
Cuadratura. Galeria Kreisler. Madrid, Spain
The Street Wave. Omsk Regional M.A. Vrubel Museum of Fine Arts. Omsk, Russia
2018
Street Art in Russia from the 1980s to 2010s. As part of the III Artmossphere Street Art Biennale, CCA Winzavod. Moscow, Russia
Vladey pre-auction exhibition Heroes of Our Time. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
Wall Elements 2. Ruarts Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Wall Elements. Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017
Unstable Equilibrium. International University. Moscow, Russia
2016
Street art: Conservation. Victoria Gallery. Samara, Russia
Vladey pre-auction exhibition. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
Football-Hockey. CCA Winzavod. Moscow, Russia
Invisible Wall. II Artmossphere Street Art Biennale. Central Manege. Moscow, Russia
Nalitso. Futuro Gallery. Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
2015
East Street / West Street. Lollipop Gallery. London, UK
A Major Minority.1AM Gallery. San Francisco, USA
Street Art. MMOMA. Moscow, Russia
Project 64. VDNKh. Moscow, Russia
The Other Summer Exhibition. Lollipop Gallery. London, UK
Unforeseen Circumstances. Ruarts Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2014
The New Wave Uncut. MSK Eastside Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Urbanism: City In My Head. Museum of Moscow. Moscow, Russia
The Long Tomorrow (with Alexey Luka). Pechersky Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Wall Elements. Ruarts Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2013
Synthesis & Integration. Art.ru Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2012
The End. Mexico. Cancun, Mexico
2011
Faces and Laces. Vetoshny complex. Moscow, Russia
2010
Faces and Laces. Vetoshny complex. Moscow, Russia
Kunstkraft. Studio Alte Feuerwache. Mannheim, Germany
Faces and Laces. VDNKh. Moscow, Russia
Seattle Moscow Poster Show, Bumbershoot. Seattle, USA
2009
Faces and Laces. Arsenal Complex. Moscow, Russia
2007
Faces and Laces. Moscow Center for Arts Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2006
Urban Animals. Mars Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2005
Accomplices. The State Tretyakov gallery. Moscow, Russia
Kontrast. Mode Museum. Antwerp, Belgium
Original Fake. Moscow Center for Arts Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Exhibitions
Biography
Press
- Дмитрий Аске: «Просто тиражировать красивые картинки мне неинтересно» (my decor, 15.09.2023)
- Дмитрий Аске в программе "Провенанс". Совместный проект с газетой The Art Newspaper Russia" (cultradio.ru, 27.01.2021)
- The City (m24.ru, 18.12.2020)
- Дмитрий Аске. За мгновение до рассвета (13.11.2020)
- The Art Newspaper Russia top-50 Russian artists (theartnewspaper.ru, 30.09.2020)
- Скромное обаяние пандемии (Комменрсантъ.ru, 14.09.2020)
- Русская смерть, одежда с унитазами, сделано на ********. Экскурсия по первой после пандемии ярмарке современного искусства Cosmoscow (Телеканал Дождь, 11.09.2020)
- Дмитрий Аске: «Уличное искусство и не должно быть полностью легальным» (Артгид.com, 8.04.2019)
- The Third urban art auction (in-art.ru, 24.11.2017)
- Aske & TANPR (theartnewspaper.ru, 19.10.2017)
- «Непредвиденные обстоятельства» в пространстве Ruarts. Телеканал МИР. (mir24.tv, 21.11.2015)
- «Афиша»: Выставка уличных художников. Телеканал М24. (m24.ru, 17.11.2015)
