About

Viktor Kertanov (1989), Moscow

Multidisciplinary artist and media researcher, whose main interests lie in the field of conceptual and post-conceptual art, as well as generative and aleatoric methods. Primary media include circuit design, video, sound, and code. As a media researcher, develops the theme of "post-archival" in art.

Education

2024 — 2026 — Master's degree "Art and Technology" (ArtTech), NUST MISIS

2022 — 2023 — Semester courses "Contemporary Art in Russia", prof. Stanislav A. Savitsky; "War and Decay of Language", "Writing Across Disciplines" prof. Natalia Fedorova, Bard College and Smolny Institute

2022 — Python developer training program, Learn Python school and Yandex Practicum

2015 — Documentary photography workshop by Igor Mukhin, Rodchenko School

2006 — 2011 — Financial University

Group exhibitions

2026 — "White Spots", A-B Gallery, Moscow

2026 — "Digital Senses. Multisensory Turn", Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow

2026 — "Transformation", Solyanka Gallery, Moscow

2025 — "Synchronization", Tsifergauz Gallery, St. Petersburg

2025 — "Spaces of the Lost", Ground Solyanka, Moscow

2025 — "Glitch Art. Aesthetics of Error", Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow

2025 — "Cascade of (Un)fulfilled Wishes", Third Place, St. Petersburg

2025 — Experimental sound festival "Prepared Environments-2024"

2025 — "ARTTECH 25[I]", Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow

2024 — "On Depth and Smoothness: The Space of Screens", ITMO Gallery, St. Petersburg

Lectures

2025 — "After the Algorithm", lecture as part of a round table for the exhibition "Forward to Zlotnikov", Ground Solyanka Gallery, Moscow

2025 — "Computer and Algorithmic Art on the Example of Plotter Art", lecture at Krasno Kholmskaya Gallery, Moscow

Sound

2026 — "(N)ever Someday", NPO Melodiya, Moscow

2025 — "Nothing Is Broken", concert at Smena space, Moscow

2025 — "Spaces of the Lost: 4.33 Hz", concert at Ground Solyanka Gallery, Moscow

2025 — "IN/OUT", concert at Smena space, Moscow