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Alexandre Egorov (31.12.1954, St. Petersburg)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander Egorov, born in 1954 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), is an artist, engineer, and explorer of the human spirit. He received his education as a painter at the Art Studio of Lev Ovchinnikov and as a graphic artist at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. In his early career, he worked as an animation artist at the popular science film studio \u201cLennauchfilm\u201d and contributed to the founding of the \u201cAnna Akhmatova. Silver Age\u201d<\/em> museum.<\/p>\n

Egorov was the first to create a Russian Tarot deck \u2013 the \u201cEgorov Tarot\u201d<\/em> or \u201cEgorov Golden Russian Tarot Deck\u201d<\/em> \u2013 published by Piatnik in Vienna in 1992.<\/p>\n

The roots of his artistic vision lie in the Russian Silver Age and the tradition of the 19th- and 20th-century Russian Cosmists, such as Malevich, Kandinsky, and Roerich. Their art was grounded in the insight that the inner world of a human being is of cosmic origin, carries cosmic meaning, and bears cosmic responsibility. Inspired by this legacy, Egorov\u2019s work seeks to bear witness to the deep interconnectedness of all life and to create images that reconcile opposites and reflect the hidden harmony of the world.<\/p>\n

His artistic universe often takes the form of a timeless fairy tale \u2013 a realm beyond the binary of good and evil, expressing the longing for inner transformation and wholeness. To deepen this path, he became a Dzogchen practitioner in 1998 under the lineage of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.<\/p>\n

Since 2001, he has been living, working, and practicing in Switzerland, where he continues to integrate art, philosophy, and contemplative insight into a unified creative expression.<\/p>\n

Tarot Decks by Egorov:<\/strong>
\n*Egorov Tarot Cards (Ferd.Piatnik & S\u00f6hne, Vienna) \u2013 1992
\n*Virgin Tarot Cards (Collection of Stuart R. Kaplan, Stamford) – 1993
\n*Rambles into Arkanas Tarot (Collection of Stuart R. Kaplan, Stamford) – 1993
\n*Russian Historical Tarot Cards (Ferd. Piatnik & S\u00f6hne, Wien) – 1994
\n*Fairy Tale Tarot Cards (Ferd. Piatnik & S\u00f6hne, Wien) \u2013 1995
\n*Duo Zikr Playing Cards (Private collection, St.Petersburg) – 1999
\n*Alexander Egorov Tarot Cards (Collection of Stuart R. Kaplan, Stamford) \u2013 2001<\/p>\n

Personal exhibitions:<\/strong>
\n2014 – Alte Krone, Biel\/Bienne, Switzerland
\n2011 – Restaurant Schosshalde, Bern, Switzerland
\n2010 – Gallery Weyerhof, Nidau, Switzerland
\n2007 – Gallery Evguenia Pervoushina, Zurich, Switzerland
\n1999 – Museum “Anna Akhmatova. Silver Age”, St. Petersburg, Russia
\n1998 – Casino Conti, St. Petersburg, Russia
\n1998 – Planetarium, St. Petersburg, Russia
\n1996 – Gallery “Art Collegium”, St. Petersburg, Russia
\n1996 – Museum Narva Castle, Narva, Estonia
\n1996 – Gallery “G”, Tallinn, Estonia
\n1994 – Planetarium, St. Petersburg, Russia<\/p>\n

Group exhibitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020 – “Vanguard Today\u00bb, Art Exhibition Hall of the St. Petersburg, Russia<\/p>\n

2019 – “ART LOVE FORUM”, Art Exhibition Hall of the St. Petersburg, Russia<\/p>\n

2019 – Swiss Art Expo, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n

2019 – Art Week, Art Exhibition Hall of the St. Petersburg, Russia
\n2018 – Mandala Haus Galerie, Arcidosso, Italy
\n2017 – Grebencuk Art Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
\n2017 – 30×30, Gew\u00f6lbe Galerie, Biel\/Bienne, Switzerland
\n2016 – 30×30, Gew\u00f6lbe Galerie, Biel\/Bienne, Switzerland
\n2016 – Museum Anna Akhmatova, St. Petersburg
\n2016 – art mathieu Kunstraum, Olten, Switzerland
\n2015 – \u201eZooArt\u201c, The State Museum of Urban Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia
\n2015 – Kunst & Kulturraum, Rothenfluh, Switzerland
\n2014 – Festival ArtDialog, Biel\/Bienne, Switzerland
\n2014 – Russian ArtWeek, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
\n2012 – Reverie Art Festival, Ligerz, Switzerland
\n2011 – “Russisches Quadrat” in der Gew\u00f6lbe Galerie, Biel\/Bienne, Switzerland
\n2010 – Kunst-Supermarkt, Solothurn, Switzerland
\n2009 – Internationales Animations-Festival, Ottawa, Canada
\n2009 – One Minute Film & Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
\n2001 – Moscow Centre of Art, Moscow, Russia
\n1999 – Russian Museum, Stroganov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
\n1995 – “Biennale” – “Manege”, St. Petersburg, Russia<\/p>\n

Artworks in ownership of<\/strong>
\nRussian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
\nPlanetarium, St.Petersburg, Russia
\nMuseum “Anna Akhmatova. Silver Age”, St. Petersbutg, Russia
\nSaint Petersburg Court Capella, St. Petersburg, Russia
\nJSC \u201cZavod ATI\u201d, St. Petersburg, Russia
\nCollection of Stuart R. Kaplan, Stamford, USA
\nFerd. Piatnik & S\u00f6hne, Vienna, Austria
\nMuseum Narva Castle, Estonia
\nRussian Orthodox Church Non-intoxicating Chalice, St. Petersburg, Russia
\nRussian Orthodox Church, Valaam Monastery, Valaam, Russia
\nStiftung TRIX, Biel\/Bienne, Switzerland
\nPrivate Collections<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Egorov Tarot, No. 197512, Ferd.Piatnik & S\u00f6hne, Vienna, 1992<\/p>\n

*The best of cards catalog, No. 28, U.S.Games Systems, p.25, Stamford, 1992<\/p>\n

*Natalie Magazin, No. 22, (pp. 13, 13, 24), St. Petersburg – Paris, 1994<\/p>\n

*T. Shechter (\u0422\u0430\u0442\u044c\u044f\u043d\u0430 \u0415\u0444\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0428\u0435\u0445\u0442\u0435\u0440), Pictarial Art of Space, St. Petersburg, 1995<\/p>\n

*Dialogues, The second Biennale, Main Exhibition Hall “Manege”, St. Petersburg, 1995<\/p>\n

*Krengolm, No.46, p.4, Narva, 1996<\/p>\n

*Play and Passion, St. Petersburg-Moscow, (pp. 250, 358), 1999, ISBN 5-900872-96-3 (Ru), ISBN 3-930775-62-X (Germ)<\/p>\n

*The Encyclopedia of Tarot by Stuart R. Kaplan and Jean Huets, Stamford, Volume IV (pp. 57, 153, 203, 315, 316), 2005, ISBN 1-57281-506-X<\/p>\n

Alexandre Egorov at the SWISSARTEXPO Z\u00dcRICH 1.0, ARTBOX.PUBLISH Switzerland, 2019, ISBN Nr. 978-3-03899-7<\/p>\n

AWARDS:<\/p>\n