Igor Vulokh was born in 1938 in Kazan. The artist graduated from the Kazan Art College in 1958, the same year he moved to Moscow and studied at the art faculty of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) (1958–1960). Vulokh became an artist during the formation of non-conformism and was aside from all groups. He worked as an artist of a book, designed more than ten publications, among which were collections of poetry by Gennadiy Aygi and Tomas Tranströmer (1970–1990). Vulokh worked as an assistant in the Department of Western Religions at the Theological Academy of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra (1968–1973). In the late 1960s, he created a series of white paintings that gave rise to the beginning of the White Period, to which he returned throughout his life. In 1971, Igor Vulokh was admitted to the Moscow Union of Artists. His retrospective solo exhibitions are Igor Vulokh (MMOMA, 2013), Repatriation (Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, 2015).

Solo exhibitions

2023

"Twin Fields", Ruarts Foundation, Moscow, Russia.

2015

"Repatriation. Igor Vulokh", The cultural Foundation "Ekaterina", Moscow

2013

Igor Vulokh. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia.

2012

"Reappearance", Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2008

Exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the artist, private museum ART4.RU, Moscow, Russia.

2006

Exhibition at Nadja Brykina Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.

Exhibition of early works at the State Museum of Conceptual Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2001

Exhibition at the Fine Art Gallery, Moscow. Awarded a grant from the Soros Foundation for the publication of a catalog of the exhibition at the Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Solo exhibition "Art-Manege", Russian galleries, Moscow, Russia.

1999

The first solo exhibition, National Cultural Center in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

1998

Five graphic series to the poetry of Gennady Aigi and Tomas Tranströmer (dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the artist), Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia.

1997

Exhibition at Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

1996

Igor Vulokh. Kamil Gallery, Monte Carlo.

1995

Solo Exhibition at the Silkeborg Art Museum (Kunstmuseum), Copenhagen, Denmark.

1994-1995

Solo exhibition, Popov Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

1994

Display of a graphic series for the poems of the greatest modern Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer at the Tranströmer poetry festival on the island of Gotland, Sweden.

1993

Exhibition at Weipersdorf Castle, Germany. Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture of the State of Brandenburg. Three months of residency followed by participation in a group exhibition.

Solo exhibition, German Cultural Center "Weikersdorf", Germany.

Solo exhibition, Sels Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany.

1992

Solo exhibition, Cristo Gallery, Vigevano, Italy.

1991

Solo exhibition, Brauner and Popov Gallery. West Berlin, Germany.

1990

Igor Vulokh. Gallery "Today", Moscow, Russia.

1979

Solo exhibition, Exhibition hall of the Moscow Branch of the USSR Union of Artists, Moscow, USSR.

1961

The first solo exhibition of Igor Vulokh in Exhibition hall of Moscow Union of artists, Moscow, USSR.

Group exhibitions

2014-2015

George Costakis: “Permitting departure from the USSR…”. In honour of the 100th anniversary of the collector, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2012

"Porcelain of the Sixties", Romanov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

"Grey", Brusov Art Communication Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Group exhibition, paintings from the collection of Mikhail Alshibay and Katya Falkovich, ART4.RU Private Museum, Moscow, Russia.

2011

"Informal Meeting", Nadja Brykina Gallery, works from the collection of Nadezhda Brykina, Moscow, Russia.

"Approved to export from the USSR". Works from the collection of Ekaterina and Vladimir Semenikhin, The Cultural Foundation EKATERINA, Moscow, Russia.

2009

"Color. Line. Sound", Tarusa Art Gallery, Tarusa.

"Traditions of Nonconformism", Moscow Museum of Modern Art, works from the collection of Yosef Badalov, Moscow, Russia.

2008

"Translation of Time", private collections of Marianna Sardarova and Egor Altman, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2007

"Fifty-Fifty". Paintings and graphic art from the collection of M. Alshibay and M. Kurtser, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.

Group exhibition of the collection of George Kostaki. The State Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki, Greece.

"Nonconformists on Red Square" under the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Historical Museum, Connoisseur Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2005

Art Manege - 2005. Kino Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2004

"Direction: North. Direction: South", New Manege, Kino Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2003

"Black and White Cinema". New Manege, Kino Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

"Direction: West. Time Machine", New Manege, Kino Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

2001-2002

"Abstraction in Russia. XX century", State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

1993

"Postmodern", State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

1992

"Diaspora", Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.

1991

Art Myth 91, Moscow International Art Fair, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia.

Alternative Art. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

International Art Exhibition "Tokyo Art Expo", Tokyo, Japan.

A tribute to Malevich from Modern Artists. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

1990

Art Myth 1, International Art Fair, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia.

1989

"Ars Sovetiko-89". Susma Suopelto, Finland.

1988

"Ars Sovetiko-88". Helsinki, Finland.

"Art-88", International Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA.

1987

International Art Fair "Inter-Art-87", Poznan, Poland.

International Art Fair "Inter-87", Chicago, USA.

1984

"New International Art 1959-1984", The Museum of Modern Art, Silkeborg, Denmark.

1982

Exhibition of Soviet artists, Bonn, Germany.

1981

Exhibition of Soviet Artists, New York, USA.

1957

Participated for the first time in group exhibition, Moscow, USSR.