BIO
In 1985 he graduated from the Bryansk Technological Institute with a degree in forestry engineering. He worked as a forester. Then he almost became an actor in the local youth theater, but as a result he went into journalism. He worked in newspapers, on radio and TV. Member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR. He has been involved in photography since childhood. Shot with donated parents "Change" and "Amateur". The most active period began in the late 90s, when photographic websites appeared, where Videnin quickly gained popularity and entered the top five of the most mentioned Runet photographers. At the same time, his photographs become winners in various off-line contests and prizes. Lives and works in Bryansk. Since 2005, a member of PHOTOGRAPHER.RU agency.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2017, The First Festival of Contemporary Russian Photography Together. Novosibirsk, Russia. "Girls from the outskirts"
2017, Art Forum "Ufa-2017", Ufa, Russia. "10 photos
2014, Fotorgafia Photo Festival, Rome, Italy. "Children"
2014, Photoloft Gallery, Moscow, Russia. "Wheel"
2013, La Quatrieme image, Paris, France. "Portraits from the outskirts"
2013, Gallery New Ark, Lviv, Ukraine. Shoulder
2013, Dziga Gallery,, Lviv, Ukraine. "Portraits from the outskirts"
2012, FotoFest, Houston, USA. Contemporary Russian Photography, Perestroika
2012, Perm State Art Gallery, Museum of Photography.
Perm, Russia. "Portraits from the outskirts"
2011, FotoFest, Houston, USA. International Discoveries III
2011, FotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia. Meetings on the Road
2011, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia. Crossroads
2010, Photo Union Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia. "Portraits from pokrajine"
2010, Photoloft Gallery, Moscow, Russia. “Subjective Paris”
2009, Sputnik gallery, New York, USA. "The Journey Home"
2008, Photographer.ru Gallery, Moscow, Russia. "Portraits from the outskirts"
2005, Photonet-Studio, Moscow, Russia. "Portraits"
Photos are in the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the A. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow), the Bashkir State Museum of Art named after M.V. Nesterova (Ufa), private collections in Russia and abroad.
BOOKS:
2009, “Photos by Oleg Videnin. The return route. " Art Volkhonka, Moscow
2015, "Oleg Videnin", WERKDRUCK No. 35, Germany
FILMS:
2011, THE RUSSIANS A Film about Oleg Videnin, amadelio film (GB)
2010, Photo Union Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia. "Portraits from pokrajine"
2011, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia. Crossroads
2011, FotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia. Meetings on the Road
2011, FotoFest, Houston, USA. International Discoveries III
PUBLICATIONS (selective):
GENTE DI FOTOGRAFIA (Italy), 2014
ON (Russia), 2014
DUST magazin (Italy), 2012
SHOTS (USA), portfolio, interview, 2011
APERTURE (USA), 2011
PhotoGraphy (Korea), portfolio, 2010
Foto $ Video, Parallel Worlds, Portfolio, 2010
Kwartalnik FOTOGRAFIA (Poland), portfolio, 2010
ELLE (GB), 2009
New York Times online photo magazine / blog LENS, 2009
Foto $ Video, 2008
IMAGO, 2008