Misha Most
Artist from Moscow, Russia, who began his art firstly on the streets in 1997, at the dawn of the Russian graffiti movement.  He has later organized major festivals, curated exhibitions and projects dedicated to different forms of street art. 

Started his artist career with first shows in 2006. Most's works have been presented at various exhibitions of contemporary art in Russia, UK, Azerbajan, USA, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and other countries. In 2008 he was nominated for Kandinsky Prize. Participated in the Russian Biennial of contemporary art 2011, and the youth Biennale 2012. Misha's third personal exhibition was held in London's Lazarides gallery, in 2014. In 2016 in Bronx NYC he has created one of his biggest international works - 300 sq.m. mural.

Mishas works main concern is dedicated to the humans perception of the future, to correlation between the human and science, society and technology. In 2017 Misha has created a 10 000 sq.m. mural on a faсade of a metallurgic factory, which set the world record for the wall mural of one artist. In September 2017 on his personal show at Winzavod art center Misha has presented a unique project - “artists assistant”, worlds first fully programmed painting drone. Also since 2021 stars working in the sphere of digital art.

In 2023, led a successful project of developing a unique artist drone capable of creating large-scale street murals.

At the COSMOSCOW 2023 fair, he presented a performance in which original canvaces were created using a robotic arm and a unique handle for working with aerosol paint.

Artists artworks are in major russian and world collections, including the Moscow MOMA and the State Tretyakov Gallery.

Родился в Москве. Начал свой творческий путь в 1997 году на заре развития российского уличного искусства. С 2004 создает также живописные работы. В 2006 - начало выставочной деятельности. Произведения художника были представлены на выставках в России, Украине, Азербайджане, Великобритании, США, Италии, Швейцарии, Германии, Франции и других странах Европы. Участник Московской международной биеннале современного искусства и Московской международной биеннале молодого искусства (2011, 2012). Номинант на премию Кандинского (2008). Организатор фестивалей, куратор выставок и проектов, автор лекций, посвященных разным направлениям уличного искусства. Куратор проекта «Стена на Винзаводе» (2013).
 Работы Миши посвящены проблематике восприятия будущего, таким темам как, влияние науки и технологий на общество в целом, и человека в частности. В 2016 году в Бронксе (Нью-Йорк, США) Миша Most создал одну из своих крупнейших работ за границей (300 кв.м.).  В 2017 году на фасаде металлургического завода в городе Выкса (Нижегородская область) художником была создана монументальная работа размером 10 000 кв метров, что является мировым рекордом. Миша также создает работы на стыке искусства и технологий. В сентябре 2017 на персональной выставке на Винзаводе, Миша представил уникальную разработку, первого в мире запрограммированного рисующего-дрона. С 2021 году также создаёт произведения искусства в цифровом формате.
В 2023 году возглавил успешный проект по разработке уникального дрона-художника способного создавать уличные муралы большого формата. 
На ярмарке COSMOSCOW 2023 представил перформанс, в котором авторские произведения создавались с помощью робо-руки и уникальной насадки для работы аэрозольной краской.

 

Selected exhibitions & projects:

2002
- "Silver Camera" Moscow House of Photography
- "Exhibition of current art" Galery on Soljanka

2006
-"NoFutureForever"
-"Graffiti festival at art-center Winzavod" 3 days jam-exhibition
-"Street art at Tretjakov gallery" festival exhibition
-"Art-Shargorod" 10day festival. Ukraine.

2007
-MoscowMuseumOfModernArts "The future depends on you" collection of Piere Christiam Brochet
- opening of "Art4ru" museum .
-"Arch-Shargorod" 12 day Architectural festival. Ukraine
-"Graffiti at Praktika" Praktika theater, photography and canvases.
-"No Future For.." Solo exhibition. Globus Gallery. Saint petersburg.

2008
-«Pereuchet». Third "Session of young art” at "Manez", Saint-Petersburg
- «Death in Art», Rostov na Donu
- «Gop-Art». 1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art "Qui Vive?"
- Festival of contemporary art Art-Veretievo. Veretivo Mansion.
-«Young gallerist / Young collectors». pop/off/art gallery.Moscow
-“Russian Street Art is Dead”. Mars Gallery
- Kandinskiy Prize. Nominee in “young artist”. Exhibition at Central House of Artists
-“Invasion:Evasion” Young Russian artists.by BaibakovArtProjects. Red October Factory

2009
-«Rage» Globus gallery. St-Petresburg
-«the walls» LabGarage. Kiev
- «The conquered City» Regina gallery
- «The City of Conquerors» Gallery Victoria, Samara
- «ArtSputnik». Tsum, Moscow

2010
- «the News», Solo exhibition. KichikalArt. Baku (Azerbaijan) 
- «Gop-Art», at “Live Perm” festival. Perm
- «WC» non commercial project inside CosMoscow art fair
- «maximumshortly» Contemporary Art Museum. Perm

2011
-"Svobodi" Spacio Corbonesi, Bologna, Italy
-Zapovednik Art-space. St.Petersburg
-"Well Hung". Chelsea Chapters (Armory.Show) New York, USA.
-"Odyssey 2011" Art Arsenal, Kiev Ukraine.
-"Test Alarm" ViennArt Fair. Vienna, Austria
-"ONOFF project" 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
-"PLA.NET". collaboration with Mark Gmehling. Dortmund, Germany.
-"Plans de Metro" Galerie MathGoth. Paris, France.

2012
-"Angry Birds". Museum of Moder Art Warsaw. Poland
-"50x50" Galerie Mathgoth. Paris, France
- Strategic Project of 3d Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
- "16th line." Street Art festival. Rostov on Don. Russia
- "PLA.NET" Russian-German music+art project. Cultural center ZIL. Moscow.
- "Forma" Multimedia art festival, park of Bauman. Moscow
- 1 month residence with IAAB. Basel, Switzerland.
- Exhibition project in terms of "Culturescapes Moscow-Basel" cultural exchange festival at Oslo-10, Basel, Switzerland
- "Reload" young russian artists, Red October Gallery. Moscow

2013
-"Heavy Metal" curated by Regina gallery. Winzavod. 5th Moscow Biennale, special project. 
-"3 days in October(1993)" Historical Memorial Museum “Presnya”

2014
-"Transit Zone" Perm Museum of Contemporary Art
-"Urbanism , the city in my head" Museum of Moscow curated & organized by MSK Eastside Gallery
-"1 Format", Artplay
- Mural at "Mikser" festival. Belgrade, Serbia.
-"Not a museum" group show, Manifesta 10, parallel program, St.Petersburg.
-"A reason for peace. Cacus Pasis" Street Art Museum, Manifesta 10, St.P.
-"WARNING" Solo exhibition, Lazarides Art Gallery, London.
-"Visual library" ArtBat biennale, Alma-Ty, Kazakhstan.
-"Artmossphere" Street Art Biennale, Art play, Moscow.
-"Russian Performance: A Cartography of its History" Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.

2015
-"East Street / West Street" Lollipop Gallery. London
-"D.O.C.A" festival, Moscow
-"Remember tomorrow", Museum of Street-art, Saint-Petersburg.
-"Dom Revolucije Project", residence/exhibition. Montenegro.
-"ArtBat Fest", city mural in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 
-"Urban Dawn", Villa del Fiori, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
-"Result/Art", neon art project, Nizhnii Novgorod, Ekaterinburg.
-«Street art: Conservation» , gallery Victoria. Samara

2016
-"Metaforms", Mars Center. Moscow.
-"Hockey Football" Winzavod. Moscow
-"30 Edges of Truth" Museon Park.
-"FORMA" Festival
-"Overriped elephant fingers" Moscow City Galleries Network "Here:Taganka"
-"Invisible wall" 2nd street art Biennale ARTMOSPHERE at Moscow Manege
-"#project64 Independence" in «Оptics» pavilion at VDNKh
-"New Space" V.Smirnov and K.Sorokin Foundaion Studio.
-"Monstration"  Vladey Space. Winzavod

2017
-"New Space"  center Smena, Kazan
-"LOVE" Vladey Space. Winzavod.
- Evolution2 mural project
- "Evolution2.1" solo show Winzavod contemporary art center Moscow.
-"Decorating the city" Museum of Moscow.

-”Entering the History” Mmuseum of Mmoscow

2018

-The Hermitage Foundation Gala Dinner, Video+Music performance, V&A Museum, London

-”Other shores” -The Manege, St.Petersburg

-“Innovation as an Artistic Technique ” - The State hermitage museum, St.Petersburg

-”Parts of Walls” -The Manege, St.Petersburg

-”VolgaFest” public art festival, Samara

-”Histories of Heroes”, public art project , Samara

-”Offline” The Artmossphere Biennale, Winzavod art-center, Moscow

-”ArtTube” Editions, Cosmoscow art Fair, Moscow

-”FrameMotions” at Sagamore (during the Art Bazel), Miami .

2019

-”the Wall”- Moscow Museum of Modern Art

-”Gold” - Winzavod art-center, Moscow

-”Exhibition” -Smirnov & Sorokin Foundation Studio, Moscow

2020

-”Generation XXI” State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

-”2020-2070” State Architecture Museum, Moscow

2021

-”Открытый Микрофон”. Кластер Октава, Тула

-”Vacuum” RuArts Foundation. Moscow

-”True Ли“ RuArts Foundation. Moscow

2022

-”Сотворение Мира. Выбор Пьера-Кристиана Броше” Кластер Октава, Тула

2023

-”New Now” RuArts Foundation. Moscow

2024

-Проекция Будущего. Специальный выставочный проект «Шелковый путь» ММОМА.

 

Selected press:
Миша Most, участник известной московской граффити-команды
Kandinsky Prize x Misha Most
Misha Most’s street art comes to London
https://rg.ru/2023/10/05/misha-most-s-komandoj-razrabotchikov-ozhivil-drona-hudozhnika-novogo-pokoleniia.html
 

Selected Works


Gallery Exhibitions