About

Viktor Kertanov (1989), Moscow / Mytishchi

Multidisciplinary artist and media researcher, whose main interests lie in the field of conceptual and post-conceptual art, as well as generative and aleatoric methods. Primary media include circuit design, video, sound, and code. As a media researcher, develops the theme of "post-archival" in art.

Education

  • 2024 - 2026
    Master's degree "Art and Technology" (ArtTech), NUST MISIS
  • 2022 - 2023
    Semester courses "Contemporary Art in Russia", prof. Stanislav A. Savitsky; "War and Decay of Language", "Writing Across Disciplines" prof. Natalia Fedorova, Bard College and Smolny Institute
  • 2022
    Python developer training program, Learn Python school and Yandex Practicum
  • 2015
    Documentary photography workshop by Igor Mukhin, Rodchenko School
  • 2006 - 2011
    Financial University

Group exhibitions

  • 2025 - "Synchronization", Tsifergauz Gallery, St. Petersburg
  • 2025 - "Spaces of the Lost", Ground Solyanka, Moscow
  • 2025 - "Glitch Art. Aesthetics of Error", Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow
  • 2025 - "Cascade of (Un)fulfilled Wishes", Third Place, St. Petersburg
  • 2025 - Experimental sound festival "Prepared Environments-2024"
  • 2025 - "ARTTECH 25[I]", Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow
  • 2024 - "On Depth and Smoothness: The Space of Screens", ITMO Gallery, St. Petersburg

Lectures

  • 2025 - "After the Algorithm", lecture as part of a round table for the exhibition "Forward to Zlotnikov", Ground Solyanka Gallery, Moscow
  • 2025 - "Computer and Algorithmic Art on the Example of Plotter Art", lecture at Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow

Sound

  • 2025 - "Nothing Is Broken", concert at Smena space, Moscow
  • 2025 - "Spaces of the Lost: 4.33 Hz", concert at Ground Solyanka Gallery, Moscow
  • 2025 - "IN/OUT", concert at Smena space, Moscow