Dima Raspopov

Painter. Born 1981 in Sovetsk (the former Tilsit, East Prussia). In France since 2022; lives and works in Nancy since 2025.

Statement

Procedure 301. Painting, 2025 — ongoing. Acrylic on canvas (early works in oil). Main formats: 150×150, 150×120, 120×150 cm.

The composition is settled before the canvas: selected from an archive of small watercolours and gouaches, projected, drawn in charcoal. I come to the canvas when there is nothing left to decide.

One rule: a form can be covered by another form, but it cannot be reopened. There is no undo. A covered mark does not disappear — the movement of the brush stays in the surface.

A painting can be repulsive. It cannot be overworked.

No titles, only a number: the year and the position in the procedure. The count opens at three hundred, in the middle of a practice, and runs without gaps. No end is set.

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Education

Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry

Exhibitions

L'absurde en poche (two-person, with Piotr Kroshchinsky), L Galerie, Paris
C'est pas moi, Confront Mental, Paris
Vasy!, Carbone 17, Aubervilliers
Untitled (solo), Ulmgalerie, Moscow
Les Primevères, Noisy-le-Grand
Noli me legere (Kruzhok Foundation), Moscow
The Gallery in the Extended Field × Betweenwindows Gallery, Moscow
White Box, Moscow

Art fairs

Cosmoscow (Format One), Moscow

Residencies

Errring Office (Futuro Gallery), Moscow

Contacts

Email
raspopov.dmitry@gmail.com
Instagram
@dima___raspopov
Portfolio
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Dima Raspopov in his Moscow studio
Photo: Sasha Mademuaselle