Fedor Hiroshige (b. 1982, Tolbazy) is a visual and performance artist based in St Petersburg. Interested in post-digital practices, Hiroshige often uses wood in his installations, employing spiritual methods of inner concentration in his pyrographic works. Hiroshige’s alter ego that appears in his performances is a Mushroom-man—a post-human character through whom the artist explores alternative communication techniques and possibilities of transgression and utopia.
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Transgression St. KZ Gallery, 2020. Inspired by the architecture of Russian metro stations, this project reimagines them as a utopian post-digital space
Transgression St. KZ Gallery, 2020
From the series The Life and Opinions of Fedor Hiroshige, Gentleman. Cold Heat in a Pool exhibition, Volna pool, 2018. The title of the series is a reference to a classic 18th century novel by Laurence Sterne, famous for its humour and digressive style
From the Hat exhibition, 2019. Chaliapin Memorial Apartment
The World, 2019. Among a variety of materials such as wood, coffee, acrylic paint, and artificial hair, this work incorporates a wooden skull made by another artist, Nestor Engelke
From the Psi’s Apprenticeship exhibition, 2018. Freud’s Dream Museum, St Petersburg. The project revolves around a fantasy character of Psi, a mushroom-girl from the future
Fedor Hiroshige’s Datsan (eastern part), 2018. Lobsterrealism exhibition, New Museum, St Petersburg. Datsans are Buddhist monasteries in Siberia, Mongolia, and Tibet that follow the Gelukpa tradition
Fedor Hiroshige’s Datsan (western part), 2018. Lobsterrealism exhibition, New Museum, St Petersburg. This project integrates many interests of the artist into a surreal pantheon of eclectic images
From the exhibition Fedor Hiroshige’s Thinking Cube. FFTN, 2019
From the exhibition Fedor Hiroshige’s Thinking Cube. FFTN, 2019
The Opening of Fedor Hiroshige’s Datsan (performance). Lobsterrealism exhibition, New Museum, St Petersburg
Dedication from caterpillars. From the Psi’s Apprenticeship series, 2018
The Iridescent Nature of Labour. From the 100 Kinds of Mind series, 2017
