Born 1987 in Moscow. Having studied the monumental arts at the Moscow Academy, which included rigorous training in Russian and Italian techniques of fresco, mosaic and large-scale sculpture, history lies at the foundation of Koshelev’s practice. These traditional foundations, however, converge with Nikolay’s later MFA training at the New York Academy of Art and erstwhile life as graffiti artist on the streets of Moscow, creating a singular approach to world-building within a contemporary lens. Solo exhibitions include The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Bahnhof Gallery, New York, NY (online); Lazy Mike Gallery, New York; and Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Koshelev’s work has been featured in group exhibitions including Marie Von Papen Gallery, London; Lazy Mike Gallery, Moscow; New York Academy of Art, New York; and Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York.

Education

2014
MFA, New York Academy of Art

2010
MA, The School of Monumental Decorative Painting
 Moscow Stroganov State Academy

2004
Moscow Academic Art Lyceum at Surikov Art Academy,
 specialization painting 


Solo exhibitions

2021
The Moon Pool. Archive, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2021
Artefacts, Bahnhof Gallery, New York, NY (online)

2019
Project 9, Aeste Cambi, Milan, Italy

2017
Cleaning, Lazy Mike Gallery, New York, NY

2015
26, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Group Exhibitions, Auctions and Art Fairs

2019
New Now, Phillips Auction House, London, UK

Vladivostok Book , ДINAMIKA ENTERPRISE, Moscow, Russia 

S1, Art Residency, Beirut, Lebanon

2018
Windsor Park Hall, Marie Von Papen Gallery, London, UK
Vladivostok, ДINAMIKA ENTERPRISE, Moscow, Russia

Off White, Charity Auction in Benefit of Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art, Phillips Auction House, Moscow, Russia

Open House, Leo Kuelbs Collection, Brooklyn, NY

New Now, Phillips Auction House, New York, NY

Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2019, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica CA


2017
Cosmoscow Art Fair, Lazy Mike Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Eis am Stiel, Marie von Papen Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Pop-up, Marie von Papen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016
Der gestiefelte Kater, Marie von Papen, Brooklyn, New York

2015
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY

2014
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt Sotheby’s, New York
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy 
of Art, New York, NY

MFA Thesis Exhibition (Master Fellowship Award), New York Academy of Art, 
New York, NY

2013
The Franklin Project, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY

Bibliography

2021
Fedorova, Katya, “At Home and At Work: Nikolay Koshelev”, The Blueprint, March 06, 2021
Bystrova, Elena, “The artist Nikolay Koshelev: I enjoy living surrounded by my works”, GQ Magazine, March 15, 2021
Milena, Orlova, “Symbolist Alexander Zilverhoff and the other imaginary artists”, The Art Newspaper Russia, March 19, 2021
Bystrova, Elena, “Lunar Set-Designer of the Imaginary Ballet”, Colta, March 23, 2021