Artist Anton Snt' official web site

Anton Snt (b.1974 Minsk, live and work Minsk / Antwerpen) graduated from two secondary art schools, Art College with a degree "graphic designer", historical department (Institute of Art History) of Warsaw University. He underwent training at the Museum of Contemporary Art “Ujazdowski Castle” (1998-1999, 2000-2001). Member of artistic residence of Künstlerhause in Boswil, Switzerland (1999).

In 2001 along with his fellow-student at the Art School Vitali Degtyarev he created an art group an angelico (on behalf of Italian painter Fra Angelico). Group an angelico was first who introduced in Belarus video and sound installation at international festival «Transit-01" (2001), which consisted of three projections: at night it was beamed on the face of building. After a number of large-scale video projects in 2001-2003 they came to the format of club events of electronic music. There were over 300 Live Video sets performances within 10 years in all nightclubs of Minsk. They were residents of all festivals of electronic music “Global Gathering Belarus”, “Our Space”.

Exhibitions / projects

2023/2024

“NOM-DU-PÈRE” Sarah Brannon & Anton Snt 13 paintings / postcards, Wildhaus Switzerland

2023

“After Mark*” personal exposition at Ateliers Höherweg a271, Düsseldorf

“The inevitability of the pixelation of the Sun in the Mind” personal exposition at a271, Düsseldorf

“Open Doors” personal one day exposition Zeughaus, Neuss Germany

2021

CULTPROTEST.ME – Künstler:innen für Demokratie in Belarus, Museum Folkwang, Essen Germany
«Кожны дзень / Every Day. Art, Solidarity, Resistance» group exhibition Arsenal, Kiev Ukraine

2020

«Belarus. Protest. Art» group exhibition at 59 Rivoli, Paris France
«Zyvie Belarus» group exhibition at Museum of contemporary Art, Srem Poland
«Belarus. Art of Resistance» group exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam Netherlands
«Belarus. Platzt Veranderung» group exhibition, Utrecht Netherlands
«B.A.R. Belarus. Art. Revolution» group exhibition at KULTURFABRIK Moabit, Berlin Germany
«FUTURE 2020» personal exhibition at NATIONAL 55 gallery, Antwerp Belgium

2019

«Turen auf» international group photo project, Historical museum, Minsk
«MYSTERIOUS RADIO SIGNAL» personal project Atelierhaus, Neuss Germany

2018

«HIGH LIGHT» personal exhibition at NATIONAL 55 gallery, Antwerpen Belgium
«Milan meets Kiev» action painting Acropolis art space, Milan Italy
«CONDIZIONE» environment/installation, project by Roberto Baciocchi, Paris France
Project "Signs of City" part of the Mediations Biennale Poznań, Poland
Presentation of project “Turen auf” part II, Zurich Switzerland

2017

«Frozen God» personal project painting & AR, Central Bank
«Day of Virtual Reality» exhibition/live performance/cinema 360, Art Belarus Gallery
«DEF EYE» group exhibition with AR & VR technology, Museum of Contemporary Art (curator part)
«ANONYMOUS ENTERTAINMENT II» group exposition with collaborative works, Minsk
«Monotone studio» live graffiti writing, installation, Minsk

2016

«ANONYMOUS ENTERTAINMENT» group exposition with collaborative works, Svobody 4 Minsk
«5=3» exhibition with Maxim Piatrul, ARTPORT gallery Minsk
First personal catalogue, ARTPORT gallery Minsk

2015

«З О Л О Т О» exposition with Andrew Abranchik collaborative works, CUT Barbershop Minsk
Video support for comedy-music-show "Pavarotti vs Sinatra", Palac of Worker Minsk
Video support for musical «Heaven», Palac of Worker Minsk
Video support for music theatre « Scent Of A Woman », Palac of Worker Minsk
«Deconstruction» exposition with Igor Tsarukov, Hooligan Bar Minsk
«Brushed With Reality» group exhibition, Porter Contemporary, New York, NY
Live video set on presentation «Disappearing beauty» as an angelico, Studio 67 Minsk

2014

Illustrations for «Timer» magazine #11, #12
Live action «Destroy&Create» on exposition «Danse Macabre» with Igor Tishin, Hooligan Bar
«Work over Character» installation part of group exhibition «Suma sumarum», MOMA Minsk
«Danse Macabre» exposition an angelico group, Hooligan Bar Minsk
Video support for musical «Heaven», Palac of Worker Minsk
Video support for music theatre «Tango in Paris», Palac of Worker Minsk
VJ' set on the international youth' festival of electronic music «Our Space 2014», Minsk

2013

56 live video performance at the night club (Junuary-August), Minsk
Video installation at the Auroom club, Minsk
VJ' set on the international youth' festival of electronic music «Our Space 2013», Minsk
VJ' set on the freedom festival «Global Gathering 2013», Minsk
VJ' set on the festival «May Day 2013», Minsk

2012

Personal exhibition «301 SECONDS», Bomond gallery Minsk
46 live video performance at the night club, Minsk
VJ' set on the festival «Trancemission 2012», Minsk
Video installation at the Auroom club, Minsk
VJ' set on the international youth' festival of electronic music «Our Space 2012», Minsk
VJ' set on the freedom festival «Global Gathering 2012», Minsk
VJ' set on the festival «May Day 2012», Minsk
Video for exposition «Beresina», Historisches museum Luzern, Switzerland

2011

Live Performers Meeting X, Minsk
VJ' set on the international youth' festival of electronic music «Our Space 2011», Minsk
VJ' set on the freedom festival «Global Gathering 2011», Minsk
VJ' set on the festival «Urban Wave 2011», Minsk
VJ' set on the freedom festival «Freedom Music 2011», Minsk

2010

“Ok!Thanks God!Thanks God!Ok!” series of the post cards, group project
Ten live video performances in nightclub as "an angelico group", Minsk
VJ' set on the freedom festival "Global Gathering 2010", Minsk
VJ' set on the international youth' festival of electronic music "Our Space 2010", Minsk
Solo exhibition «BOARDY ART», an angelico group, Minsk
VJ' set on the festival «Dance Syndrome 2010», Minsk
VJ' set on the festival «Urban Wave 2010», Minsk

2009

Solo exhibition/discussion "Peron.Sex.Art", an angelico group, Minsk
Solo exhibition "BODYPASSWORD", an angelico group, Minsk
Belarusian pavilon 53Vinec' biennale "Fun, fun, fun" an angelico group, Belexpo, Minsk
Video for theatre of contemporary dance "D.O.Z.S.K.I", TCD, Minsk
VJ' set on the freedom festival "Global Gathering 2009", Minsk
VJ' set on the international youth' festival of electronic music "Our Space 2009", Minsk
VJ' set on the festival "Crossfield 2009", Minsk

2008/2009

One hundred live Vj’ set in nightclubs as "an angelico group", Minsk

2008

Eleven live video performances in nightclub as "an angelico group", Minsk
Group exhibition "Good-by", an angelico group, Berlin
Group exhibition "Good-by II", also as the curator of exposition, an angelico group, Minsk
Vj' set on the freedom festival "Global gathering 2008", Minsk
Group exhibition "The Wheel", an angelico group, Minsk

2007

Eleven live video performances in nightclub as "an angelico group", Minsk
Photos and graphic design for "Annual report of MTB Bank 2007", Minsk

2006

Eight live video performances in nightclub as "an angelico group", Minsk
Design of the exhibition' catalogue "Turen auf"
Photos and graphic design for "Top 44", book of the future' professions, Minsk

2005

Five times live video performance in nightclub as “an angelico group”, Minsk
Photos and design for “Jubilee”, book of the republican college of music, Minsk
Photos for international project “Turen auf”, Zurich, Swiss

2005/2004

Working as photographer and cover designer for “CD magazine”

2004

Four times live video performance in nightclubs as “an angelico group”, including promotion campaign “Global Clubbing” (Berlin).
Advertising campaign “STAR Travel” in Belarus

2003

Four times live video performance in nightclubs, as “an angelico group”, Minsk
Environment Happy Together as a part of PTS 2003 (perspective technologies and systems) exhibition, exhibit centre “BELEXPO”, Minsk

2002

Two times live video performances in nightclub as “an angelico group”, Minsk
Environment ICON as a part of PTS 2002 (perspective technologies and systems) exhibition, exhibit centre “BELEXPO”, Minsk
Performance Life 4 (video installation and live body art show) as a part of Schwarzkopf & Henkel promotion campaign, Minsk

2001

Video-sound installation Twelve months as a part of the project Dialogue under the auspices of the Belarusian-Swiss Partnership, Minsk
Video installation Only happy life is true as a part of the International Media-Art Festival “Transit_01”, Minsk (first presentation as an angelico group)
Together with Vitally D., created the an angelico artistic group

2000

Video projection Faces of Swans II as a part of the New Belarusian Art, Centre for Contemporary Art – Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Video projection Faces of Swans as a part of the Belarusian Art Festival, Poznan, Poland

1999

Personal installation Pictures For Swans at the Kunstlerhaus, Boswil, Switzerland
Performance TV conversation as a part of the International project View Assistance, Basel, Switzerland

1997

Installation Art Memory as a part of Todesschaft, a joint exhibition at The Sixth Line Gallery, Minsk

1995

Installation Man. Habitat as a part of The House of Friendship, a group exhibition for the Art in Post-Communist Countries conference, Minsk

1994

Installation The Mysterious Murder Of Forester, Or The Story Of A Forester's Summer
Holidays as a part of Liebschaft, a group exhibition at the Palace of Art, Minsk

1993

Art Beyond Art or Religion, a group exhibition at the Minsk School of Art

1992

Installation My Land Is Germany as part of Lessons In Bad Art, a group exhibition at the Palace of Art, Minsk

Academic Background

1997-2001

University of Warsaw, Art History department

1996

Professional Diploma in Artistic Design, Minsk School of Art (part of the Belarusian Academy of Fine Arts)

Grants / Residencies

2023

Artist in residence Ateliers Höherwerg a271 Düsseldorf, Germany

2001

Financial support for project “Dialogue”, PRO HELVETIA Zurich, Switzerland

1998/1999

Soros Supplementary Grant for University of Warsaw, Open Society Institute - Budapest, Hungary

1999

Scholarship, Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland

Practice

1998-1999

Organization of exhibitions, Center of Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle; Warsaw, Poland.

2000-2001

Organization of exhibitions, Center of Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle; Warsaw, Poland.

Collection

Painting “White spider” collection of city Neuss, Germany.

Poster “DARK” collection Museum Folkwang, Essen Germany

Publication

https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/neuss/der-44-jahre-alte-kuenstler-anton-snt-stellt-im-atelierhaus-neuss-aus_aid-36725747

https://www.neuss.de/archiv/2019/02/der-multimedia-kuenstler-anton-snt-stellt-im-atelierhaus-aus

https://kulturaupodstaw.pl/zywie-belarus/

https://kyky.org/cult/fotorieportazh-khudozhnik-snial-kartiny-so-stien-v-barie-i-razrisoval-ikh-akrilom

https://tech.onliner.by/2017/10/05/def-eye

https://citydog.io/post/drinkart/

https://www.national55.com/antonsnt.html

Links

https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Snt