Koltsov Alexey

Born in Moscow, USSR, in 1966, Alexey Koltsov is a musician, painter and photographer. A graduate of Moscow University’s Faculty of Humanities, he studied photography with Alexander Lapin and in 2005 became a member of the Union of Art Photographers of Russia. As a member of the musical and performance collective Phurpa, he performs in concerts and festivals in Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and England. He creates electronic music composition, collaborating with Andrey Zelensky on the Rotunda Concerto n° 2 project at the Archstoïanie festival (2015) in Nikola-Lenivet. In 2016, he returned to the visual arts. A self-taught painter, his plastic work revolves around the concepts of trace, temporality and memory. In 2022, he left Russia for France and became a member of the Agency of artists in exile.