Konstantin Benkovich

Biography:

Education: St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design.

An international activist artist whose work has been acquired by museums and major private collections around the world.

Included in the list of the best contemporary Russian artists (ARTEEX) Included in the list of the art rating 49ART – 2021/2022 in the category “Outstanding contemporary Russian artists under 50 years old.”

Made of steel rebar and worked in welding and forging techniques, his installations are manifestos of resistance to dictatorial power and control. The Art Newspaper in 2021 to champion him among the outstanding artists of his time and generation; his works have been exhibited in leading museums and art venues in the world, including the Saatchi Gallery in London, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow, etc. His street art and actions had a viral effect and influenced an audience of millions in Russia, giving him the opportunity to take a critical position in relation to the existing situation and express his opinion on social media. In the British scientific Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, in the article Transgression, resistance and independent art in contemporary Russia, his critical position towards the current political regime in Russia, and his method in art are described as a transgressive means of influencing leading to social change.