Dmitriy Provotorov

He was born on April 9, 1975, in Leningrad. He became interested in photography in 1998. In 1999, he studied at the film school «Kadr» at the Lenfilm film studio. In 1999, he met the St. Petersburg photographer Sergey Sveshnikov, who helped him learn manual black-and-white printing techniques. From 1999 to 2000, he studied at the Cinematography Department of the St. Petersburg Institute of Film Engineers. Since 2000, he has been actively working in the field of black-and-white photography, experimenting with manual printing and viring. Since 2006, he has collaborated with the «RuArts Gallery» in Moscow and the «AL Gallery» in St. Petersburg, and has been featured in their collections at international art exhibitions in Italy, the United States, Spain, and Russia. He has been a member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 2017.

2024 – «THE END». 3rd Contemporary Art Fair |catalog|. Moscow. Russia
2024 – «Memento vivere. Remember life». CVC Béton, Moscow. (group exhibition)
2017 – «Coast 2.0» Art of foto Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 – «THE END», MIA, Milan, Italy
2012 – «THE END», AL Gallery
2012 – MIA, Letters from the Celestial Empire, Milan, Italy
2012 – Letters from the Celestial Empire, PHOTOLOFT Gallery, VINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2011 – Letters from the Celestial Empire, AL Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2010 – Four Quarters Gallery Fotowall, Loft-project Floors, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 – Bird’s Market in collaboration with Dmitry Shorin, AL Gallery, St. Petersburg
2009 – Shore Gallery Borey, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2007 – «Wait» Anna Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House, Saint Petersburg, Russia;

2007 – «Games+» Gallery «RuArts», Moscow, Russia; 2005 – «Wings» Nabokov Museum, State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2005 – «One», 2005 MDT, Zahar Vovin Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – «Theatre of Women», «Chaplin – Club», St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «One Photo Exhibition» State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «Reverse&Obverse» Gallery «Rural Life», St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – «14.19» publishing house «Amfora», St. Petersburg, Russia.
2000 – «Brands», AYA Gallery, Rosfoto, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2022 – «Petersburg Photographers of the 2000s» together with S. Shcherbakov and A. Chernogrivov. Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2022 – «90 Years of the Union of Artists of St. Petersburg»
2020 – «Portrait», Zerno Gallery, St. Petersburg
2017 – «Autumn 2017» Exhibition Center of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists
2016 – «Autumn 2016» Exhibition Center of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists
2012 – Art Moscow 2012, AL Gallery, Russia
2011 – Art Moscow 2011, AL Gallery, Russia
2010 – Art Helsinki 2010, AL Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2007 – «Blitz-R» Photo Festival of the Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2007 – «Art New York», «RuArts Gallery», New York, Russia;
2006 – «Art Moscow 2006», «RuArts Gallery», Moscow, Russia;
2006 – «ARCO», «RuArts Gallery», Madrid, Spain;
2006 – «Baltic Sea» State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2006 – Blitz-R, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
2005 – «Model» Borey Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
2005 – «Catography» Borey Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – «Mimicry» Village of Artists, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – «Dedication» branch of the State Center of Contemporary Art Society «A-Ya», Saint Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – «Handmade» branch of the State Center of Contemporary Art, A-Ya Society, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «Imprints» II International Art Triennale, Petrozavodsk, Petrozavodsk, Russia;
2003 – «Realities of St. Petersburg Myths» St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «Wide-Eyed» Jam Hall Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «Streets of the Face, Years of the House» » State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «The Game of Associations» » State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – «Petersburg-2002» Central Exhibition Hall «Manege», St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – «Portrait and Photography» branch of the State Center of Contemporary Art Society «A-Ya», St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – Art action «Rafts», Shuvalovo, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – Cycle of exhibitions «Portrait of the Old House» State Center of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – «All of St. Petersburg» Central Exhibition Hall «Manege», St. Petersburg, Russia;
2001 – «Summer Art Symposium Shuvalovo 2001» St. Petersburg, Russia;
2001 – «The Style of St. Petersburg Photography» St. Petersburg, Russia.

The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia;
Museum of Modern Art «Erarta», St. Petersburg, Russia;
ROSPHOTO, St. Petersburg, Russia;
Center of Visual Culture Béton, Moscow, Russia;
Multimedia Art Museum (Moscow House of Photography). Moscow, Russia
RuArts Foundation, Moscow, Russia;
Museum of Russian Photography. Moscow Region. Kolomna. Russia.
as well as in private collections in Spain, France, Russia and other countries.