RUSENG

BIO

Born in 1963 in Bryansk.

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