Painting, video installation, video art
1978, Kataysk, Russia
Ivan Snigirev studied art formally and in 2001, by the final year of his Art Graphics degree Ivan and his classmates Vladimir Seleznev and Evgeni Koltsov formed an art group Zer Gut. In 2002, the graduation project presented by Zer Gut was the exhibition "The Experience of the Myth Creation". The centerpiece of the exhibition was an abandoned house in Nizhny Tagil turned into an artistic installation. The art group was active until 2005 and engaged in video art, performances and painting and participated in collective exhibitions in Russian cities, including a special project of the 1st Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art.