Алексей Парыгин (родился 02/12/1964). Художник. Живет и работает в Санкт-Петербурге.

Краткая биография (англ.)

Alexey Parygin, born on December 2, 1964, in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. Is a representative of the last wave of Russian underground, which made itself known at the second half of 1980-s. Known as a painter (oil paint, mosaic, mural painting). Also works on easel and small graphic arts (collage, watercolor, gouache); printmaking; book art (artist’s books, illustration); graphic design. Works in such a frontier fields of visual arts as non-functional object, installation, performance. His main object of study and experiment is a Sign like a communicative component of modern society. Governmental grant in the field of fine arts (1998). A passionate collector of original prints. Works and lives in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. More than 500 works are in state and private collections.

Collections: State Russian Museum (Saint-Petersburg), collection of the modern art in Saint-Petersburg Manege, print section of Russian National Library, State Museum of history of Saint-Petersburg, State culture preserve of Peterhof (Benya family museum), Muzeo Nacional de la Acuarela (Mexico), private collection of N. Blagodatov (Saint-Petersburg), private collection of Tobias Freberg (Moscow), collection of Uri Argo (Moscow), collection of Yuko Hagiwara (Tokyo), collection of Adam P. Frankel (New York), Sächsische Landesbibliothek. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (Dresden), Albert Lemmens & Serge Stommels (Nijmegen, Netherland), Dieter Cullman (Germany) etc.

Unions Organizer and participant of “Union № 0” art-group (1986-1989, Leningrad) and creative squat-studio “Nevskii 25” (1987-1990, Leningrad); member of Artists Union of Russia (Saint-Petersburg), Member of society watercolor artists (Saint-Petersburg), member of Art Critics and Art Historians Association (AIS).