Artist Viacheslav Vorontsov (b. 1987, USSR) invites viewers into his Paris-based studio for an intimate encounter with his practice. Born in the remote Arctic village of Tazovsky in the Tyumen region, Vorontsov descends from a lineage of artists and is the great-grandson of Russian realist painter Vasily Vereshchagin. His path has been anything but linear, moving from early training in academic art to the raw immediacy of graffiti, tattooing, and clothing design, alongside a prolific musical output spanning fifteen solo albums.

Working primarily in large-scale painting, Vorontsov fuses expressionism with abstract, naïve, and figurative modes. His canvases pulse with deep, sombre hues and emotional intensity, translating human experience into unfiltered gesture. His recent works reflect a period of exile and transformation, having left Russia in 2023, he settled in France, completing his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2025.

Vorontsov’s practice delves into themes of war and peace, displacement, and the body’s negotiation with faith and desire. Religious and anthropological motifs surface through the subconscious, layered in compositions that oscillate between the sacred and the profane. His visual language channels the spirit of punk and anarchism, a rejection of institutional refinement in favour of instinct, emotion, and sincerity.

Visitors to his studio are met with an atmosphere charged by defiance and contemplation, a space where theology meets rebellion, and where painting becomes an act of both confession and resistance. His works are held in private collections across France, Italy, the United States, Spain, Estonia, Russia, and Israel.

Join me for this intimate encounter inside the artists studio.

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER, 12:00 - 13:00, PARIS