Alex Kuznetsov (b. 1978, lives and works in Paris) works with abstraction as a method of resistance — to speed, to spectacle, to surface legibility. His compositions emerge through slow, layered processes where gesture, duration, and structure become inseparable. Rather than images, they are conditions: constructed surfaces that unfold over time, inviting prolonged attention and physical presence.
Grounded in rhythm, accumulation, and material weight, Kuznetsov’s practice is deliberately open in form, spanning painting, object-based work, and language. In a culture driven by acceleration, his work stands still — not as retreat, but as proposition. A slower tempo. A deeper look.
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Gravity, HD Galerie, Paris, France – Opening April 02nd
Afterimage / Condition, Galerie Diego Escobar, Marseille, France
2025
Unplanned Decisions, HD Galerie, Paris, France
2023
Ground Line, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France
Horizons, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland
2021
Another Output, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020
Horizons / Ground Line, National Centre for Contemporary Art (State Museum), Minsk, Belarus
2018
Variations, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland
2016
Shift, MSK Eastside Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015
Visual Attractions, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland
2014
Metalism, MSK Eastside Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013
Abstractism, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Oscillations, Liminal Gallery, Paris, France
2022
Intersections, Mobilab Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Paper Works, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France
2021
Moscow – Seoul: Common Ideas, Museum of Moscow
2020
The 101, Adda Sarto Gallery, Paris, France
2019
Border, National Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus
2017
UPAW, Prince Albert II of Monaco foundation, Monaco
Mirus Gallery Anniversary, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco
2015
New Wave Uncut, MSK Eastside Gallery, Moscow
Urbanism, Museum Moscow, Moscow
2014
A Major Minority, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art Fairs
2025
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Florida, USA
2021
Vienacontemporary, Vienna, Austria
Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow, Russia
2020
Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow, Russia
Residency
2014
Distil Ennui Studio, London, UK
Collaborations
2025
Revolut, London, UK
2020
Vogue magazine, June 2020 / Editorial project
2017
TUMI / Artist Suitcase, Monaco
2014
Absolut Artist Collaboration
Selected press
GraffitiART Magazine (France), June 2025
Arquitectura y Diseno (Spain), March 2023
Park Magazine (NYC), 2023
LE MILE magazine (Germany), October 2021
AD Architectural Digest magazine (Russia), Dec-Jan 2018/2019, March 2020, March 2021
Elle Decoration magazine (Russia), Nov 2018
Private collections
France, Portugal, United States, UK, Belarus, Russia, China, Spain