Dmitry Provotorov

Born on 9 April 1975 in Leningrad. He became interested in photography in 1998. In 1999 he studied at the ‘Kadr’ film school at the Lenfilm studio. In 1999 he met Sergei Sveshnikov, a St. Petersburg photographer, with whose support he learnt the techniques of manual black-and-white printing. From 1999 to 2000 he studied at the cameraman’s department of the St. Petersburg Institute of Film Engineers. Since 2000 he started to work actively in the field of black-and-white photography, experimenting with the possibilities of manual printing and virginisation. Since 2006 co-operated with Moscow gallery ‘RuArts’ and St. Petersburg ‘AL Gallery’, was represented as a part of their collections at international art exhibitions in Italy, USA, Spain, Russia. 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.’ Central Exhibition Centre Béton, Moscow. (group exhibition)
2017 – ‘Coast 2.0’ Art of foto gallery, St. 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, WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
2011 – Letters from the Celestial Empire, AL Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia.
2010 – ‘Four Quarters’ Fotowall Gallery, Loft-project Etazhi, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 – ‘Bird Bazaar’ together with Dmitry Shorin, AL Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2009 – ‘Bereg’ Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2007 – ‘Wait’ Anna Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2007 – ‘Games+’ RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia;
2005 – ‘Wings’ Nabokov Museum, State Centre of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2005 – ‘Alone’, 2005 MDT, Zakhar Vovin Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – ‘Theatre of Women’, ‘Chaplin Club’, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – ‘One Photo Exhibition’, State Centre of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – ‘Reverse&Averse’ gallery ‘Rural Life’, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – ‘14.19’ Amfora Publishing House, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2000 – ‘Brands’, AYA Gallery, Rosphoto, St. Petersburg, Russia

2022 – ‘Petersburg Photographers of the Two Thousand Years’ 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, Russia
2017 – ‘Autumn 2017’ Exhibition Centre of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists
2016 – ‘Autumn 2016’ Exhibition Centre 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 Centre of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2006 – ‘Blitz-R’, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2005 – ‘Model’ gallery ‘Borey’, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2005 – ‘Cotography’ Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – ‘Mimicry’ Artists’ Village, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – ‘Dedication’ branch of the State Centre for Contemporary Art ‘A-Ya’ society, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2004 – ‘Hand Work’ branch of the State Centre for Contemporary Art, A-Ya Society, St. Petersburg, Russia;

2003 – ‘Fingerprints’ II International Triennale of Arts, Petrozavodsk, Petrozavodsk, Russia;
2003 – ‘Realities of Myths of St. Petersburg’ St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Jam Hall Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – ‘Streets of the Face, Years at Home’ State Centre of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – ‘Association Game’ ‘ The State Centre of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2003 – ‘Petersburg-2002’ Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manezh’, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – ‘Portrait and Photography’ branch of the State Centre of Modern Art ‘A-Ya’ Society, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – Art action ‘Rafts’, Shuvalovo, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – Cycle of exhibitions ‘Portrait of an old house’ State Centre of Photography of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2002 – ‘All Petersburg’ Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manezh’, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2001 – ‘Summer Art Symposium Shuvalovo 2001’ St. Petersburg, Russia;
2001 – ‘Style of Petersburg Photography’ St. Petersburg, Russia.

State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia;
Erarta Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg, Russia;
ROSPHOTO, St. Petersburg, Russia;
Centre 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.