PS13: Post Soviet

Post Soviet 13

From the Russian Academy in Moscow until the present, the exhibition focuses on the work of four visual artists. This exhibition of masterful works explores the relationships between the four creatives, the influence of family, and their unique and magnificent intertwined and individual careers. PS13 features the work of Nicolas Ouporov, Suzanne Scherer, Pavel Ouporov, and Oleg Neishtadt.

Nicolas Ouporov-A multi-disciplinary artist and student living and working in New York. Currently, I study computer science, mathematics, creative robotics, and economics at Columbia University. Nicolas is from the Boca Raton area in Florida and has a 14-year background in pre-professional ballet.

Nicolas has a long history in the performing arts and visual arts, working under institutions such as the Boston Ballet and Young Arts Foundation. He believe that aspects of the arts are present in all fields and he hopes to discover these intersections and pushing towards a more authentic, accessible world.

American-born Suzanne Scherer and Russian-born Pavel Ouporov are a collaborative team who met while studying at the renowned Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute—one of Russia’s two institutions of higher arts education and part of the Russian Academy of Arts established in 1757 by Peter the Great. Scherer earned a BFA from Florida State University, an MFA from Brooklyn College, and received an International Research & Exchanges Board Award to be the first American visual artist accepted into the Russian Academy of Arts during the Soviet period. At the age of 11, Ouporov won admittance into the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum, graduated at 18, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute.

Scherer & Ouporov have received international recognition for their collaborative works. Museum exhibitions include the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Bass Museum, Miami, Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, ICA, Moscow, Passage de Retz, Paris, Boston Center for the Arts, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Evansville Museum of Art, Indiana, and the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University. Their works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, the Library of Congress, NY Public Library, and The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, among others. Their work has been featured in Art In America, ArtNews, The New York Times, The New Yorker, PBS, and Public Affairs Television. The artists are represented by ACA Galleries, NY and Armand Bowling Fine Art, Jupiter FL. Their original prints are represented by the Mezzanine Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

Pavel Ouporov study at the renowned Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute—one of Russia’s two institutions of higher arts education and part of the Russian Academy of Arts established in 1757 by Peter the Great.

At the age of 11, Ouporov won admittance into the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum, graduated at 18, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute.

Ouporov received national and international recognition, working with his partner until 2019. Museum exhibitions include the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Museum of Contemporary Art, Goldman Warehouse and Bass Museum, Miami; Historical Museum of the City of Vienna; World Financial Center, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Passage de Retz, Paris; Boston Center for the Arts; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City; and the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Their works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, NY, and The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, among others.

Oleg Neishtadt(Russian/American, b. 1962) Born in Moscow to artist-dissidents, grew up in NYC with whites, blacks & grays. Oleg has had his exhibited worldwide.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Box Gallery, 811 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, United States