Umit Bek
Painting, drawing, object
Biography
Born in 1963 in Moscow.
1990 – Graduated from Moscow State Art-Industrial Academy named after S. G. Stroganov
1992 – Membership in the International Federation of artists IFA
1993 – Joined the International Art Fund IAF
1997 – Joined the Moscow Union of Artists
Umit Bek works are held in Museums and Public Art Galleries in Russia: Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Pereslavl, Tula, Kursk, Ulyanovsk, Kaluga. In private collections in Germany, China, Japan, England, France.
Solo exhibitions
1991 – Exhibition Hall of the Kalininsky district, Moscow
1991 – Exhibition hall of Moscow Union of Artists, Begovaya, Moscow
1997 – National Cultural Center, Kazan
1999 – Cultural Center of A. S. Pushkin, Luxembourg
2000 – Gallery «Museum of Human», Moscow
2001 – Exhibition Center of Moscow Union of Artists; Sweden, Gallery Odenslund
2004 – Podolsky Exhibition Hall, Podolsk
2009 – Exhibition hall of Moscow Union of Artists, Begovaya, Moscow
2012 – Ryazan State Regional Art Museum named after I. P. Pozhalostin, Ryazan
2014 – Exhibition Center of Protvino, Moscow oblast, Protvino
Group exhibitions
1986 – EXPO–86, Canada
1992 – till nowadays takes part in the Annual All-Russian Exhibitions organized by the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2010 – Art Manege, Moscow
2011 – Sotheby‘s Charity Auction «Operation Smile» during the Art Moscow Art Fair, Moscow; Art Expo New York in project gallery’s «League of artists», New York, USA
2012 – 4 th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Special project «Women’s nano», «Anthropology of the Future», Moscow; International Women’s exhibition «Light of a Woman», Gwangju, South Korea
2013 – Moscow International Art Salon, Central House of Artists, Moscow; 5 th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Special project «Migrants», Museum Center of The Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
2014 – Art project «Anglomania», Gallery «11.12», Vinzavod Art Centre, Moscow; Project «PSI- factor 2 (emotions)», Gallery «11.12», Vinzavod Art Centre, Moscow; «Crosspoint», Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 20, Moscow; «The World of Art», Kuznetsky Most, 20, Moscow; Sotheby‘s Charity Auction «Operation Smile» during the Art Moscow Art Fair, Moscow
2015 – Montreux Art Gallery (MAG), Switzerland, Montreux; «The World of Art», Exhibition Hall of Moscow Union of Artists, Zelenograd; 6 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art; «Field. Transition to the Abstract», Gallery «Open Club», Moscow; «Picturesque Mosaic », Museum of Fine Arts, Tula, Kaluga
2016 – «Russian Provinces», Exhibition Hall of Moscow Union of Artists, Lipetsk; «Landscapes of Abstraction», Central House of Artists, Moscow; «Red and Black», Exhibition Hall «Na Kashirke», Moscow; «Nude, Nudo, Nu, Desnudo». East Meets West Gallery. Design Centre ARTPLAY, Moscow
2017 — “A Woman of my Imagination” from the series “Nude, Nudo, Nu, Desnudo IV”. East Meets West Gallery. Design Center ARTPLAY, Moscow
