Andrei Viktorovich Volkov (; born 10 August 1948, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian painter. He is a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Arts (elected corresponding member in 2007 and academician in 2018) and has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1979. Volkov is known for urban landscapes, particularly of Moscow, and for a manner the critic Alexander Kamensky called "documentary romanticism". His work is held in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Ludwig Museum, Cologne, among other collections.

Biography Volkov was born in Moscow. As a child he visited the American National Exhibition held in Sokolniki in 1959 several times. He finished school in 1966 and entered the Stroganov School, where he studied from 1966 to 1971; during his studies he attended lectures by the architect Heinrich Ludwig, through whom he learned about VKhUTEMAS, the Bauhaus and the Russian avant-garde.

From 1971 Volkov began showing at youth exhibitions, and from 1973 took part in all-Union exhibitions. From 1976 to 1978 he held a fellowship of the Union of Artists of the USSR. In 1979 he was admitted to the Moscow organization of the Union of Artists of the USSR. From the late 1970s he took part in the principal exhibitions of the Union of Artists. From 1980 his work has been held in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.

Volkov taught abstract painting in the design department of the Stroganov Academy (2004–2008) and at the Moscow Architectural Institute (2011–2012). He was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts in 2007 and a full member (academician) in 2018.

Style Up until the 2010s, Volkov worked chiefly in oil. He later started experimenting with various "fleeting" materials, as light as tracing paper and similar media. His recurring subjects are the city, urban light and shade, and the window as a motif; the critic Alexander Kamensky described his manner as "documentary romanticism".

Awards Gold Medal of the French Academy of Fine Arts, following the "Traditions and Search" exhibition (Grand Palais, Paris), 1984. Prize of the Moscow City Government in the field of literature and the arts, for a series of paintings about Moscow, 1998. Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts, 2001. "Shuvalov" Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts, 2013.

Exhibitions 2021–2022 — The Cool and the Cold. Painting from the USA and the USSR 1960–1990, Gropius Bau, Berlin (September 2021 – January 2022).The Cool and the Cold — berlin.de 2020 — Not Forever. 1968–1985, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.Booklet of the exhibition “Not Forever. 1968–1985” — Tretyakov Gallery 2020 — Andrei Volkov. Events (Facts, Documents) (solo), Open Club, Moscow.Andrei Volkov. Events (Facts, Documents) — fulljazz.ru 2019 — Time to Sort Things Out, Institute of Russian Realist Art, Moscow.Time to Sort Things Out — snob.ru 2018 — Music Over the City (solo), exhibition halls of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow.Andrei Volkov. Music Over the City — Afisha 2018 — Windows into Russia. Masterpieces of Seven Generations, Institute of Russian Realist Art, Moscow.Windows into Russia — Museums of Russia 2017 — 10 Paintings with Their Own Lighting. Lights of the Big City (solo), Open Club, Moscow.Lights of the Big City — Open Club 2016–2017 — Russia on the Move. By Plane, Train, and Car, Rome (2016) and the Institute of Russian Realist Art, Moscow (2017).Russia on the Move — ARTinvestment 2015 — Hyperrealism. When Reality Becomes an Illusion, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.Hyperrealism — ARTinvestment 2013 — Andrei Volkov. Tracing Paper (solo), Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow.Andrei Volkov. Tracing Paper — Russian Academy of Arts 2012 — Green Velvet. Memories of the USSR Union of Artists (curator V. Ginzburg), Open Club, Moscow.Green Velvet — Open Club 2011 — Paper Still Life (solo), Open Club, Moscow.Paper Still Life — Open Club 2011 — The Little Brown Button, or Spy Mania (solo), Proun Gallery at Winzavod, Moscow.Nervous Pioneer-hood — Vedomosti 2009 — Moscow: Light of the Seventies (with S. Lanshakova; curator N. Rebrova), State Literary Museum (17 Trubnikovsky Lane), Moscow.Moscow: Light of the Seventies — Russian Academy of Arts 2009 — No News (solo; curator M. Loshak), Proun Gallery at Winzavod, Moscow.An artist of the old world — Kommersant 2008 — City from the Box (solo; curator K. Bogemskaya), Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of Private Collections), Moscow.City from the Box — NCCA 2007 — Russian Metaphor, GALILEI Exhibition Centre, Moscow. 2007 — Hyperrealism and Its Surroundings, GALILEI Exhibition Centre, Moscow. 2006 — A Time of Change. Art of 1960–1985 in the Soviet Union, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.A Time of Change — Russian Museum 2006 — Light in Hall 17, Central House of Artists, Moscow.Light in Hall 17 — I. Shevelev 2005 — Empty Rooms (Pictorial Emptiness) (solo; curator N. Kosolapova), M'ARS Gallery, Moscow.Where am I? What is happening to me? — Gazeta.Ru 2004 — ArtKlyazma 2004. New Russian Reality (curator O. Lopukhova), ARTklyazma festival, Sorokino.Catalogue — Garage Museum 2004 — The City Is My Home (curator N. Avgustinovich), Central House of Artists, Moscow. 2003 — A Gradual Transition from Grey to Pink (solo; curator M. Loshak), Moscow Centre of Arts on Neglinnaya, Moscow. 2003 — Fragments of the Big City (solo; curator A. Meshcheryakov), WAM Gallery, Moscow.Ekaterina Kornilova's art diary — Novy Mir 2001 — Light and Shadow (solo; curator S. Karakash), Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow. 2001 — Light through the “Sun” Lattice (curator N. Rebrova), State Literary Museum, Moscow. 1997 — Moscow Vertical (curator M. Cherepashenets), ROSIZO Exhibition Centre, Moscow. 1996 — Osaka Triennale 96, Osaka, Japan.Chronicle — Asian Art Gateway 1993 — Joint exhibition of paintings by A. V. Volkov and sculpture by A. N. Volkov, LLD Bank, Moscow. 1991 — A Gradual Transition from Light to Dark (solo), Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany. 1991 — Solo painting exhibition Andrei Volkov, Central House of Artists, Moscow. 1986 — Aspects of Contemporary Soviet Art from the Peter and Irene Ludwig Collection, Venice and Rome.Red Horizon — MutualArt 1986 — Space in the Service of Peace, All-Union art exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, Central House of Artists, Moscow.Catalogue — DIGAR 1985 — Biennial of Painting of the Socialist Countries in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland. 1984–1985 — Russische und Sowjetische Kunst — Tradition und Gegenwart. Werke aus sechs Jahrhunderten, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Hanover.Catalogue — Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen 1984 — Junge Künstler DDR/UdSSR — Für Frieden und Sozialismus, Moscow and Berlin.Young artists of the USSR exhibit — Neues Deutschland 1984 — Traditions and Search, Grand Palais, Paris.Catalogue — Russian State Art Library 1982–1983 — Vierzig Künstler aus der Sowjetunion, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. 1982 — All-Union Youth Art Exhibition Youth of the Country, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow.Youth of the Country — Russian Art Archive Network 1982 — Second Exhibition of Fine Art by Young Baltic Artists Youth 82, Vilnius, Lithuania. 1982 — Young Soviet Artists of the 1970s, Netherlands. 1982 — Russische Malerei heute, Henri Nannen Kunsthandel and Thomas Levy Galerie, Hamburg (touring exhibition: Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Brussels, Paris, Rome).Catalogue index — HathiTrust 1981 — Music and the Fine Arts, exhibition at the Union of Artists of the USSR, 10 Gogolevsky Boulevard, Moscow. 1981 — Exhibition of Works by 23 Moscow Artists, Central House of Artists, Moscow. 1981 — Młoda plastyka radziecka, BWA Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Olsztyn, Poland.Catalogue — KP-systém 1981 — Exhibition at the House of Creativity on Lake Senezh, Moscow Region. 1980 — The Interior in the Work of Russian and Soviet Artists of the 14th–20th Centuries, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.Museum life in the post-war decades — Tretyakov Gallery 1980 — Exhibition from the On the Stands of “Yunost” series: A. Volkov and A. Petrov, editorial office of Yunost magazine, Moscow. 1978 — All-Union Art Exhibition Young Guard of the Land of Soviets, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow.Catalogue — DIGAR 1978 — Guarding the Borders of Our Motherland, All-Union art exhibition, Moscow. 1976 — All-Union Youth Art Exhibition Youth of the Country, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow.Catalogue — DIGAR 1976 — Russian Tendencies (Russiske Tendenser), Galerie Pierre, Odense, Funen, Denmark. 1973 — Sport in the Art of the Young, All-Union art exhibition, Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, Moscow.

Volkov has also taken part in the Grey-Blue-Green project of the International Confederation of Unions of Artists.

Collections Volkov's work is held in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, a number of regional Russian museums, the Ludwig Museum (Cologne) and the National Museum in Szczecin (Poland), as well as in private collections in Germany, the United States and France.

Family Volkov's father, Viktor Aleksandrovich Volkov (1918–1981), was a petroleum engineer and an Honoured Builder of the USSR who managed the Shchyokingazstroy trust, directed the Giprotruboprovod institute, and served as vice-president of the Soyuzneftegazpererabotka industrial association. His wife, Natalia Seina, is a designer.

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Profile at the Russian Academy of Arts