Alex Kuznetsov (b. 1978, Minsk, Belarus)

Alex Kuznetsov is a Lisbon-based artist whose work engages 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.

Алекс Кузнецов — художник, живущий в Лиссабоне. Его практика исследует абстракцию как способ сопротивления — скорости, зрелищности, поверхностному прочтению. Его живопись строится на медленных, многослойных процессах, где жест, длительность и структура соединяются в единую ткань.

Эти работы не изображают, а формируют условия: поверхности, которые разворачиваются во времени и требуют от зрителя внимания и физического присутствия. В основе — ритм, накопление и материальная плотность.

Кузнецов сознательно оставляет свою практику открытой к разным медиумам — от живописи до объектов и текста. В культуре ускорения его искусство настаивает на обратном: не отступление, а предложение. Замедленный темп. Более глубокий взгляд.

Solo Exhibitions

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 Abstract Spray Painting, Montana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Oscillations, Liminal Gallery, Paris, France

2022

Paper Works, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France

2020

The 101, Adda Sarto Gallery, Paris, France

2019

Border, National Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus

2017

Anniversary Exhibition, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2014

A Major Minority, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2013

Summer Group Show, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland

Art Fairs

2025

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Florida, USA
Urban Art Fair, Paris, France
Lisbon by Design, Lisbon, Portugal

2021

Vienacontemporary, Vienna, Austria

Residency 2014

Distil Ennui Studio, London, UK

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

Graffiti Art Magazine (France), June–July 2025
Arquitectura y Diseno, March 2023
LE MILE Magazine, October 2021
AD Architectural Digest (International), 2018–2021
Elle Decoration (International), November 2018

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