“NORMA” delves into the artist’s fascination with industrial and handcrafted processes, experimenting with materials like concrete, plastic and metal. Seleznev’s large-scale objects, including cracked concrete wall works that evoke half-erased frescoes, reflect the tumultuous history of the 20th century and its cycles of destruction. Meanwhile, his cement busts serve as personal reflections, capturing the artist’s journey through his dynamically changing world. The exhibition reflects both the pressures of contemporary life, marked by apocalyptic crises and existential uncertainty, and offers a solution through craftsmanship — a method rooted in human experience, not detached from it.” — curator Francesca Altamura about NORMA project.
Nikita Seleznev (b. 1990, Perm, Russia) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in New York, NY, USA. He has been included in internationally recognized group exhibitions including the VIl Moscow International Biennale of Young Art (2020) and 6th Ural Industrial Biennial, Ekaterinburg (2021). His work is included the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA; The Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, USA; and The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA. He was shortlisted for the Innovation-2021 State Prize and has participated in the CC ArtsLink Art Prospect Fellows Program (2019). He has a BFA in Sculpture from the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, St. Petersburg, Russia and the Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland.