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
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
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", 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
Oculus Medium is a digital sculpting software that works with virtual reality headsets and 6DoF motion controllers. It is used to create and paint digital sculptures. Medium works only on Oculus Rift. It was released on December 5, 2016, followi ...
. Now he is an art director of Spheroid Universe 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
UGallery is a curated online art gallery headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 2006, UGallery is an e-commerce platform that connects artists directly with collectors on its website. The company positions itself as an approachable and co ...
, 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)
* 2014 ''Twisted Dagger'', an unreleased television series based on works by Lovecraft (concept artist)
* 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
A Separate Reality Artbook
Publications in the magazines Magic-CG, Advanced Creation Photoshop
Augmented reality
Andreev's artworks can be "brought to life" by the special app: point the camera of your smartphone on the picture to make the sound and the video appear.
Gallery
File:Alex Andreev Dome.jpg, Dome 2016
File:Teeter-Totter.jpg, Teeter-Totter 2016
File:Shapes06.jpg, Waiting 2016
File:Pilots.jpg, Pilots 2015
File:Andreev Vesper.jpg, Vesper 2015
File:Route 02.jpg, Route Two 2016
File:Andreev Morning.jpg, Homeland, 8:00 2017
File:Water Day.jpg, Water Day 2017
File:Andreev Cover.jpg, Book cover
File:Ку Кин-дза-дза.jpg, Концепт к Мультфильму «Ку! Кин-Дза-Дза» 2010
File:Зона Концепт.jpg, Концепт к сериалу«Зона» 2014
File:Пикник на обочине.jpg, Концепт к сериалу «Пикник на обочине» 2015
File:Дополненная реальность Андреева1.gif, Dome 2018
File:Дополненная реальность Андреева3.gif, Commuter 2018
File:Дополненная реальность Андреева2.gif, 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
* 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
Artmuza is a contemporary art gallery and a creative space in Saint Petersburg on Vasilievsky Island in Russia. Since 2013, it has been at the location of the former factory of musical instruments "Muzdetal".
History
The mechanical plant on t ...
" (with Igor Ivanov), St. Petersburg, Russia
* 2015 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Ausländerrat Dresden e.V., Drezden, Germany
* 2015 "Metronomicon", Erarta Contemporary Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
* 2015 Positive Hack Days
* 2015, Moscow, Russia
* 2015 "A Separate Reality', Personal Exhibition, Sevastopol, Russia
* 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
* 2017 Games of Mind, St. Petersburg, Russia
* 2017 London Moll, St. Petersburg, Russia
* 2017 HR- tech conference, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
* 2018 Erarta Contemporary Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
* 2018 AAD 2018, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
References
External links
* http://alexandreev.com - site
* Digital Painting with Augmented Reality
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1972 births
Russian contemporary artists
Russian painters
Living people