Open Studio "Unconquered" was released in April 2007 on the prospectus Nepokorennykh in St. Petersburg, thanks to three graduates of Art and Industry Academy. Fly – Anastasia Shavlokhova, Gaponov Ilya and Ivan Ivy as a non-profit organization modeled on the European open studios, workshops.
Workshops are provided to young artists for a period of three months to a year if they participate in joint activities. After a few months, "Unconquered" became the center of attraction for the creative youth.
At 2,007 m, it was one of the first lofts, which appeared simultaneously with the "floor" (that's a "floor" later hosted the first group exhibition of young contemporary artists studio). Active movement in the environment has become a new art breath of air, which is very lacking, so people flocked to the event from all over the city. Included lectures, parties and major festivals, which drew 1,000 people – as "Capture" or "Art flea market."
The building is at the intersection of Avenue Road and Kushelev Nepokorennykh in Soviet times it was not just any factory, and missile factory, it is a strategic site with air-raid shelter. Under the studio took 800-meter technical floor, divided it into 12 workshops, one common silk-screen printing, showroom and office.
Divorced from the historical, industrial part of the city has its own special character. Panoramic view from the roof of the numerous pipes, railway, forest, and on the other hand – the Tower and St. Isaac's Cathedral inspiring to work.
In the studio, "Unconquered" artists engaged in various kinds of creative activities: sculpture, painting, graffiti, installation and design. In selecting candidates, we are opening up new names and are engaged in the promotion and integration of young artists in the art environment, organizing collective and personal exhibitions and festivals home.
By 2011, the "Unconquered" formed the main part of the creative, and we invite you to our new authors to work on projects for different lengths of time, from months to years. One of the main activities of the studio – the organization of exhibitions of young artists, including those from other regions of Russia and foreign countries, with the artist not necessary to remove our studio.
And our main task today – creating art residences. Exchange of experience and interaction with the world artistic context are important in the development of personal skills. We work hard to ensure that the artists who come to us from different cities and countries, will be able to live in the studio.
Hours:
Studios and Unconquered possible only on call. Specify the time and days of work by phone: +7 (906) 248 – 68 – 58.
