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A Moscow-based artist working in various techniques and disciplines. His creative starting point often involves exploration and search for form, inspired by personal, cultural, and social experiences. This can be a childhood memory or a personal story he wants to share.может быть детское воспоминание или личная история, которой хочется поделиться.

@gasanov_denis_ →*

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In his artistic practice, he explores current issues of contemporary social anthropology, focusing on identity, imitation, copying, mimicry, and the influence of internet culture on society.

egorgiwe.com →

A researcher of skateboarding subculture in Russia and worldwide.

@kirill_korobkov →*

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Photographer working in portrait, street, and documentary genres. His main themes are everyday life, youth, irony, and physicality.

@rififi.co →*

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Works with humor, absurdity, and ridiculous situations that are unlikely to happen in real life. The subjects of his paintings are often inanimate objects or animals. His works are based on simple everyday stories where usual elements are replaced by absurd characters, resulting in an ironic picture about relationships between living beings, mutual help and rejection, external and internal life circumstances, individuality, and chance.

@manchunsky →*

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Russian artist and skateboarder actively involved in street culture and the skate scene. His work includes graffiti, murals, and skateboard design, often using bright colors.

@sashasnoom →*

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Russian artist and skateboarder from Sestroretsk (Saint Petersburg). His works combine street culture elements and abstract art, characterized by bright colors, whimsical characters, and an atmosphere of absurd horror. He also practices anti-realism.

@semayoriginal →*

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Moscow graffiti artist and member of a creative collective. Collaborates with musicians and artists from various fields.

@captek1 →*

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Artist, snowboarder, skateboarder… the list goes on. A down-to-earth guy who is raising money for a motorcycle.

@dimishubin →*

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Photographer from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Former professional skateboarder who turned to photography after a sports injury. Now one of Kazakhstan’s leading action photographers and official photographer for Red Bull Kazakhstan. His work combines sports dynamics with an artistic approach to street and reportage photography.

@victormagdeyev →*

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Russian skate photographer documenting the life and culture of street skateboarding. Captures tricks, everyday moments, and the spirit of skateboarding. His works have been published in Thrasher, Free Skate Mag, and international platforms.

@kotoval →*

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Young artist working in figurative painting. His practice borrows elements of pop culture — memes, Disney characters, Japanese pop culture, children’s TV shows — humanizing them and placing them in real-life context. Through irony, he explores temporal aspects of growing up and perception, updates childhood memories, and records everyday observations.

@internet_zvezda →*

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Visual artist focused on street and documentary photography. Main themes include local identity, everyday life, social environment, and human interaction.

vanshepilov.com

Graphic artist, comic creator, DIY enthusiast. His work started with wall painting and sketching. Combining humor and style, he explores ways of self-expression aligned with the lifestyle.

@shantytimes →*

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Artist from Saint Petersburg working with digital collages, objects, and visual graphics at the intersection of design and contemporary art. His style is concise, attentive to form and symbol, with subtle irony towards mass culture.

@occultra →*

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Artist, skateboarder, and stand-up comedian. Uses everyday objects, accessible materials, and humor in his work.

@mightyworlock →*

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Street artist and sculptor. Works with installations of rock crystal, video, and photography. Initially used these tools for street practices, creating a new visual reality later brought into museums and galleries. Believes visual art should speak for itself without explanation. In search of a new style, he returns to the roots of graffiti.

@0331c →*

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American photographer, writer, and curator whose career began in 1980s skate culture. Worked for a long time as a photographer and editor at TransWorld SKATEboarding magazine, also collaborating with the Tony Hawk Foundation to develop public skateparks in the USA. His projects combine documentary and artistic observation, exploring urban environment, culture, and identity.

@mikivuckovich →*

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Photographer from Tyumen, Russia. Travels across Russian regions documenting skateboarding culture and life around it.

@gzchava →*

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Skateboarder and videographer. Rider of the Absurd team. Author of the creative skate project Giznnn.

@palich_run →*

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