Alex Andreev

Alex Andreev
Born1972
Chudovo
Websitehttp://alexandreev.com/

Alex Andreev (born 1972 in Chudovo) is a Russian artist working in digital painting, using virtual and augmented reality in his artworks.

Biography

Alex Andreev was born in Chudovo, Novgorod region in 1972. In 1994 he graduated from the Novgorod State University, Faculty of Architecture and Design. Since 1989 he has been creating artworks in traditional graphic technics, using pen ink and a pencil In 2008 he turned to digital painting. Using Adobe Photoshop, he has been creating personal artworks as well as movie concept arts. In 2016 he provided concept arts for "The Roadside Picnic",[1] at the same time creating artworks including augmented and virtual reality. Since 2018 he has been creating 3D digital artworks in the space of virtual reality by virtual sculpturing through the Oculus Medium. Now he is an art director of Spheroid Universe[2] project, who is supervising the augmented reality installations made by the artists. His artworks are shown in the State Museum of Urban Sculpture as well as in the UGallery, USA.

Creation

Painting

Alex Andreev is considered as a surrealist. He works in the technique of digital painting and creates artworks in virtual and augmented reality. His illustrations represent the image of the near future intertwined with modern reality. He devoted a series of pictures to the St Petersburg where he is living at the moment.

Cinema

  • Full-length animated film, directed by George Danelia: backgrounds art director and senior concept artist
  • "Zone" TV series based on the story of A. and B. Strugatsky " The Roadside Picnic" (production designer)[3]
  • 2014 Twisted Dagger, an unreleased television series based on works by Lovecraft (concept artist)[4]
  • 2016 "The Roadside Picnic", a television series-screen version of the Strugatsky brothers' " The Roadside Picnic", Sony Pictures, directed by Alan Taylor (concept artist)

publications

The author of the book covers of the complete works of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky[5]

A Separate Reality Artbook[6]

Publications in the magazines Magic-CG,[7] Advanced Creation Photoshop [8]

Augmented reality

Andreev's artworks can be "brought to life"[9] by the special app: point the camera of your smartphone on the picture to make the sound and the video appear.[10]

  • Dome 2016
    Dome 2016
  • Teeter-Totter 2016
    Teeter-Totter 2016
  • Waiting 2016
    Waiting 2016
  • Pilots 2015
    Pilots 2015
  • Vesper 2015
    Vesper 2015
  • Route Two 2016
    Route Two 2016
  • Homeland, 8:00 2017
    Homeland, 8:00 2017
  • Water Day 2017
    Water Day 2017
  • Book cover
    Book cover
  • Концепт к Мультфильму «Ку! Кин-Дза-Дза» 2010
    Концепт к Мультфильму «Ку! Кин-Дза-Дза» 2010
  • Концепт к сериалу«Зона» 2014
    Концепт к сериалу«Зона» 2014
  • Концепт к сериалу «Пикник на обочине» 2015
    Концепт к сериалу «Пикник на обочине» 2015
  • Dome 2018
    Dome 2018
  • Commuter 2018
    Commuter 2018
  • Something Here 2018
    Something Here 2018

Exhibitions

  • 1993, Personal Exhibition, Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod
  • 1993, ‘Black And White Dreams’ personal exhibition, Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod
  • 2002, ‘Artist’s Head: Sectional View’ personal exhibition, Valencia Gallery, St. Petersburg[11]
  • 2014 Personal Exhibition, Center of Contemporary Arts, Veliky Novgorod, Russia
  • 2014 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Art gallery, Chudovo, Russia
  • 2014 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Kino Iluzion, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2015 "Generator Of The Universes", Creative claster "Artmuza" (with Igor Ivanov), St. Petersburg, Russia[12]
  • 2015 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Ausländerrat Dresden e.V., Drezden, Germany [13]
  • 2015 "Metronomicon", Erarta Contemporary Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia [14]
  • 2015 Positive Hack Days[15]
  • 2015, Moscow, Russia
  • 2015 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Sevastopol, Russia [16]
  • 2016 Positive Hack Days
  • 2016, Moscow, Russia
  • 2017 Positive Hack Days
  • 2017, Moscow, Russia
  • 2017 AAD 2017, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • 2017 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Niebo Kopernika, Warsaw, Poland[17]
  • 2017 Games of Mind, St. Petersburg, Russia[18]
  • 2017 London Moll, St. Petersburg, Russia[19]
  • 2017 HR- tech conference, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • 2018 Erarta Contemporary Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia [20]
  • 2018 AAD 2018, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

References

  1. ^ "Зарисовки "Пикника на обочине": Концепт-арты к сериалу по повести братьев Стругацких, который передумали снимать". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. ^ "Spheroid Universe EN". www.spheroiduniverse.io. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. ^ "Zona". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. ^ "Behance". www.behance.net. June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  5. ^ Vladimir Borisov. "Стругацкие. Текущая библиография. Апрель 2018". www.rusf.ru. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  6. ^ "Behance". www.behance.net. July 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  7. ^ Алексей Андреев (June 2016). "Картины с дополненной реальностью" (in Russian) (57) (Magic-CG ed.): 18–24. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-06-06. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Image de Coverture" (in French) (Advanced Creation Photoshop ed.). 2011: 1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: Date and year (link)
  9. ^ topspb.tv. "Алексей Андреев — художник, который оживляет картины. "Digital art" дополненной реальности". topspb.tv (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  10. ^ Alex Andreev (2017-04-25). "Digital Painting with Augmented Reality". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  11. ^ "Алексей Андреев "Осторожно: внутренний мир! или голова Художника в разрезе" / Новости / Виктор Пелевин :: сайт творчества". pelevin.nov.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  12. ^ ""Генератор Вселенных"". www.vashdosug.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  13. ^ "Ausländerrat Dresden e.V. - A separate reality: Bilder einer anderer Welt des St. Petersburger Künstlers Alexei Andreev". www.auslaenderrat-dresden.de. Retrieved 2018-06-05.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Выставка Алексея Андреева «Метрономикон» — Санкт-Петербург 2015 - Музей современного искусства Эрарта". www.erarta.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  15. ^ "Рок-группы, художники и кибергибриды едут на PHDays V". www.phdays.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  16. ^ "Интерактивная выставка "Отдельная реальность" | Культурный Севастополь". sevline.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  17. ^ waw4free by m!k. "Wernisaż wystawy "Odrębna rzeczywistość" Alexa Andreeva - waw4free". waw4free. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Показ: Выставка цифровой живописи A Separate Reality, Интеллектуальный кластер "Игры разума", Санкт-Петербург — T&P". theoryandpractice.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  19. ^ "Выставка цифровой живописи в ТРК "Лондон Молл"". trk-londonmall.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  20. ^ Spheroid Universe (2018-01-08). "Выставка в Эрарте: Алексей Андреев, один из самых популярных digital-художников России". Medium. Retrieved 2018-06-05.