Ivan Titenok (b. 1996, Sosnovoborsk) studied software engineering and languages in Krasnoyarsk, but in 2019 decided to pursue an artistic career. He widely uses text in his practice, often reflecting on perception and presentation of artworks in them. Ivan is currently based in Moscow.
Recommended by Oksana Budulak
Mediocrity, 2019. “Mediocrity is sponging on// the Soviet heritage”
Strive and Seek, 2019. “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”—quote from the popular Soviet adventure novel The Two Captains, which in turn was borrowed from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem Ulysses
I'm Standing Here on My Own While You All Are Watching, 2019. From the Single Picket series, Irkutsk
I Came Here for My Symbolic Capital, 2019. From the Single Picket series, Krasnoyarsk
Subverting the picket sign format once again, Titenok tells a story of trying to quit smoking but sometimes giving in and retrieving the pack he had thrown into garbage, 2019. From Single Picket series, Krasnoyarsk
Manifests Constructor, 2020. This artwork allows the viewer to literally play with words and create new artistic manifests
Manifests Constructor, 2020. “We will be different and not like you”
Manifests Constructor, 2020. “And we won’t be as different as you”
Manifests Constructor, 2020. “We you won’t different as this but will be”
Curator I.V. Titenok, 2020. “Curator I.V. Titenok speaks only to those who have gone through curatorial selection”
The Origin of the World, 2019
“Return the cardboard! We’ve got nothing to slide on.” Installation view of the Protest as Method exhibition, 2020
Installation view of the Protest as Method exhibition, 2020
From Protest as Method exhibition, 2020
Rich Dad Poor Dad, 2019
