Nick Teplov
*1982 – born in Leningrad
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany
education
2000–2005 | St.Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, diploma in graphic design |
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2012–2014 | Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, postgraduate in graphic arts |
2014–2016 | Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Meisterschueler (prof. Thomas Rug) |
2013 | Werkleitz Gesellschaft Halle, Professional Media Masterclass, documentary filmmaking |
employment
since 2003 | works as a freelance designer for cultural institutions, museums, galleries, etc. (Goethe-Institut St.Petersburg, Ivan Limbakh Publishing, Suhrkamp Verlag and others) |
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2009–2012 | teaches drawing and printing techniques at the State Palace of Youth Creativity, St.Petersburg |
since 2014 | member of FILZ – Film Intiative Leipzig |
selected exhibitions & awards
2004 | Space of Substance, Dostoevsky Museum, St.Petersburg |
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2005 | St.Petersburg Design Biennial Modulor, prize «Grand-Debut» for the best student work |
2006 | Moscow International Book Fair, «Art of the Book» award |
2006 | Non-Fiction. Moscow Book Show, «Best Book Design 2006» |
2006 | Golden Bee 7, Moscow International Biennial of Graphic Design |
2007 | Red Ring of Constructivism. Jam-Hall, St.Petersburg |
2008 | Gateways, an international exhibition of contemporary book, Porto |
2008 | Two Highways (documentary) screenings in Russia (ArtDocFest, Message to Man, Time to Live, Open Cinema, Stalker), UK (Sheffield), Germany (Directors Lounge, KunstFilmBiennale), Finland (DocPoint), Italy (Asolo), Hungary (Cinefest), Portugal, Croatia (Pixelpoint), Albania (Tirana FF), Ukraine and other countries. Temps D‘images / RTP2 Audience Award For Films On Art (Portugal). Prize for «Design solution» at Open Cinema movie festival. |
2011 | The Drowned – Ebb‘s Secret Treasures. solo photo-exhibition, Stachka gallery, St.Petersburg |
2011 | organisator for Fragments of an unknown city, exhibition of Berlin artists, Krasnoe Znamja, St. Petersburg |
2012 | 100 beautiful dead — interdisciplinary German-Russian art project, Year of Germany in Russia 2012/13, Tkachi, St.Petersburg |
2014 | Eine Frage der Zeit. Statements zum Archiv des Untoten. open show, Franckeplatz, Halle |
2014 | Man Is a Mystery., Dostoevsky Museum, St.Petersburg |
2014 | Der Mensch ist ein Geheimnis. Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie, Quedlinburg |
2014 | Habitant. Volkspark, Halle |
2015 | Die (Un)Moeglichkeit der Erkenntnis. StuArt Galerie, Halle |
2015 | in der mitte aller dinge film screenings, MDR TV-channel Germany, Luru Kino, Leipzig etc. |
2016 | Words are my reality. Volkspark, Halle |
2016 | Leipziger Buchmesse / Leipzig Bookfair; Grafikpreis der Leipziger Buchmesse |
2016 | Wilhelm-und-Lotte-Neufeld Stipendium Commission for Klingspor Museum, Offenbach |
2016 | Black Ink / White House, Weisses Haus, Halle |
2016 | Detmolder Kunsttage, Stadthalle Detmold |
2017 | Schichten. Gallery D-21/ Luru Kino Leipzig |
2017 | a|c|g|t Premiere in Filmfest Dresden, Backup Festival Weimar, Orion Kino Helsinki |
2017 | goEast Festival Development Award, Wiesbaden |
2019 | Die Zukunft is das neue Ding, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt |
2019 | false vacuum decay, Spinnerei, Leipzig |
2020 | The artist-scholarship from Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Germany |
2023 | PARADOKS festival for videoart, HGB Galerie, Leipzig |
Filmography
2008 | Two Highways (with Alexander Markov). Documentary, 26 min. |
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2013 | in the middle of all things. Experimental film/video installation, 10 min. |
2016 | Spruch, um das Gemetzel abzuwehren. Experimental film, 6 min. |
2017 | a|c|g|t. Experimental film, 6 min. |
2023 | The Commune. 2-channel video installation, 40 min. |