CrocodilePOWER is a group founded in 2011 by two Russian artists: PeterGoloshchapov (born in 1982) and OksanaSimatova (born in 1979). Working in a group has become a new creative experience for both. They turned to the theme of studying today’s world and the place of man in it. CrocodilePOWER create mythologies somewhere between fantasy and reality, between technology and nature. They realize them in projects that unite different art objects: painting, sculpture, and installations. CrocodilePOWER painting depict landscapes of dystopia, and in sculpture, their characters are created from fiberglass, porcelain, wood, moss, bark, iron, and other materials. In their projects, the artists try to achieve the sense of “augmented reality”, where fictional is so organically built into a reality we know, that its existence seems possible (either in the past, present and future). Participants of the International Biennale of Vallauris (2014) and the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2014, 2016). In 2015, a solo exhibition of the group was held at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Their works are part of numerous private collections in Russia and abroad.
“Since our first project to the present day, ceramics have played an important role in our creative activity. Working with porcelain is a process of constant experimentation. We very often combine porcelain with fiberglass and natural materials, which serves to further highlight the properties of porcelain and show them from a new angle. Many of our ideas have their first incarnation in porcelain — it assists us in our further work with big forms and other materials”
Selected exhibitions:
Solo shows
2017 - TGHNN CrocodilePOWER/Sandor Szasz Triumph gallery, Moscow
- Life in the lonely wood. Mobius gallery, Bucharest, Romania
- Insomnia. VLADEY Space. Moscow, Russia
2016 - The borders of memory. Budapest Art Factory. Budapest, Hungary
2015 - Out of range. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
2014 - Russian space. Triumph gallery. Moscow, Russia
2013 - Inner taiga. Triumph gallery. Moscow, Russia
Group shows:
2019
- Plastic. The State Russian Museum / The Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Quid est veritas?, Annka Kultys gallery, London, UK
2018
- Through the Looking Glass, Ural Vision gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
-Paradoxical hybrids, Hlebozavod Center for Contemporary Culture, Vladivostok, Russia
- Homo Deus, Vacation gallery, New York, USA
- CAPITAL@ART.INTERNATIONAL, O S T > S T E R N, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-The 6th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Parallel program. Paradoxical hybrids, Electromuseum, Moscow, Russia
-ATTRACTION: Manege — Triumph gallery. Other shores, ManegeCentral Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017
-Finite resource. 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Parallel program. Special project. Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts, Tonnel gallery, Moscow
-WANT / The Cost of Desire. Mobius Art Week, The Hub, Bucharest
-Hooray! Sculpture! Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
2016
-The 5th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Parallel program. Only unofficial language. Winzavod contemporary art centre. Moscow, Russia
-The 5th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Parallel program. Special project. Nominibus trivialibus, synonimis selectis. The Apothecaries Garden, the Botanic Gardens of Moscow State University. Moscow, Russia
-The 5th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Special project. 19/92 At first. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
-The 5th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Parallel program. Symbol. Moscow metallurgical plant A sickle and a hammer. Moscow, Russia
-Always contemporary. The art of XX–XXI. Rosizo gallery. Moscow, Russia
2015
-Hooray! Sculpture! Winzavod contemporary art centre, Moscow
2014
-The 4th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Parallel program. Moscow. Barocco.Triumph gallery. Moscow, Russia
-The 4th Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Special project. Before & After. Tunnel gallery. Moscow, Russia
- XXIIIÈME BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE VALLAURIS. Vallauris, France
2013
-The other side of things. Elektrozavod gallery. Moscow, Russia
-The Study of Researches. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
2011
-Luck is an attitude. Martini Art Club. Pobeda gallery. Moscow, Russia
Martini Art Weekend. Red October. Moscow, Russia
2010-2011
-Operation Smile. Charity Auction of Russian Art by Christie’s. Moscow, Russia
2008
-Moscow International Biennale for Young Art Qui vive? Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
Award:
-2012 Henkel Art Award , winner of a national round
Art fairs:
2019
-SCOPE Art Show, New York,USA
-Da!Moscow Art Show, Moscow, Russia
-Budapest Art Market, Budapest, Hungary
2018
-Russian Art & Antique Fair Moscow, Russia
2017
-CONTEXT Art Miami Miami,USA
-Cosmoscow art fair Moscow, Russia
2014
-Vienna art fair Vienna, Austria
2013
- Art Moscow Moscow, Russia
web: www.crocodilepower.com
e-mail: crocodilepower@gmail.com