IGNAT MATVEEV · ARTIST
Each work begins with a specific place — its scale, light, materials, movement and existing character — and is developed as an original work for that context.
My practice moves through painting, drawing, photography, digital image and spatial work. I am interested in the moment when a familiar thing no longer fully coincides with itself — when selection, framing, transformation or a change of scale alters the status of what is seen.
In spatial work, this inquiry becomes material and architectural. I begin not with a ready-made form, but with a specific place and the conditions already present within it.
scale · light · movement · character of the architecture
material is selected through its physical qualities and its relationship to the space
the form develops in dialogue with the architecture rather than being imposed upon it
observation becomes a physical system through drawing, modelling and making by hand
the work enters the viewer’s experience of the space
“In the Presence of Absence” is a series of works developed from moments when attention shifts away from the habitual sequence of everyday actions and returns to one’s own presence.
Each work records such a point of interruption through material, rhythm and physical structure.
These are completed physical works. They establish the material language of the series, but they are not templates for repetition.
For a specific architectural context, a new work is developed from the scale, light, proportions and movement of that particular space.
For the first conversation, I only need to see the place itself.
A unique work begins after the project has been qualified and moves into a paid pre-design stage.
I do not offer a catalogue of ready-made solutions. Each work is developed for specific architecture.
one render, plan or photograph of the proposed area
scale · project stage · architectural logic · context
one compositional direction is developed through artist sketches and spatial / 3D testing using the project materials provided
architectural team · implementation parameters · budget · timeline · technical constraints
production · artistic supervision · installation · documentation
Technical scope is defined for each project. Engineering, structural calculations and attachment solutions are coordinated separately when required by the specific architectural conditions.
Send one render, plan or photograph. I will review the space and tell you whether I see a basis for further work.
Discuss a spaceIgnat Matveev is an interdisciplinary artist working across spatial installation, drawing, photography, digital image and material environments.
His practice has developed from abstract painting and drawing toward photography, digital transformation of the image and spatial forms.
A central field of inquiry is the changing status of the visible: how an ordinary fragment of the environment, after selection, framing, transformation or a change of scale, begins to function as an autonomous artistic event.
In his current spatial work, these questions continue through materiality, the viewer’s body and the architectural environment.
Group exhibition, Finnish Association of International Artists, Helsinki
World Art Dubai, Dubai
“Lines of Education,” Moscow University for the Humanities
5th International Novorossiysk Biennale of Contemporary Art “Home,” ANGAR Art Center
“Abstractly About the Concrete,” Na Kashirke Gallery
Intensive “Routes Moving Meanings,” FotoDepartament
Lectures on contemporary art — D. G. Gutov, I. A. Kulik
Send one render, plan or photograph.
I will review the space and tell you whether I see a basis for further work.
A work for
a specific place.