Leonid Tishkov, a Moscow artist, works in different genres and media including painting, caricature, book arts, poetry, video and performance, developing traditions of absurdism and surrealism in Russian culture.

"[His work] is reminiscent of Kruchenykh’s fantastic philology and his concept of "zaumj" as the manifestation of a spontaneous non-codified language. In that sense, Tishkov can be compared with religious sectarians who in moments of ecstasy speak ‘in tongues’." (Grubisic. "L.Tishkov. Creatures", 1993). Solo exhibitions include "Dabloids and Other Creatures" (Museum of Nonconformist Art, St. Petersburg, 2000), "The Crystal Stomach of the Angel " (Gallery Dzyga, Lvov, Ukraine, 1999), "Creatures: Objects and Video installations" (Contemporary Art Center, Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl Art Museum, Russia, 1999), "Dabloid Theater" (Fargfabriken, Center for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, 1998), "Protodabloids" (Art Media Center "TV gallery", Moscow, 1997), "Creatures" (Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, USA, 1993). His recent videos were shown at the Hamburg FilmFest in 2001 ("The Air Creatures") and at the Bristol Short Film Festival in 2000 ("The Funeral"). Group shows include the Russian National (formerly Lenin) Library, Moscow (1993), the British Library, London (1994), Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington (1997), the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (1999), Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover (1999), the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2000), Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, USA (2001), Queen’s University, Belfast (2003).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1998   DABLOIDTEATER, Fargfabriken, Center for Contemporary Art, Stockholm

1997   PROTHODABLOIDS, Art Media Center TV Gallery, Moscow

1995   CREATURES, Museum of Art, Ekaterinburg
TVAR'(THE BEAST), TV Gallery, Moscow
DABLOIDS AND ELEPHANTS, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery Evanston Ill, USA

1994   CRIATURAS, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber
LA ROUTE DU COEUR, Epreuve d'Artiste gallery, Lille, France
STOMAKI, L gallery, Moscow
REPRODUCTION, Center House of Artists, Moscow

1993   CREATURES, Duke University Museum of Art Duram NC,USA

1992   HARD AND SOFT, Velta Gallery, Moscow
NOT ONLY DABLOIDS, Al'ans Gallery, Moscow

LINKS
caricatura.ru/master/tishkov/
artbook.km.ru/eng/tishkov.html
www.screen.ru/letov/rus/tishkov.htm