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My Story
For as long as I can remember, I have loved both drawing and geometry. Therefore, I decided to become an architect and, at the age of 15, enrolled in the art school affiliated with the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg to prepare for admission to the Academy’s Faculty of Architecture. This institute boasts a rich history dating back to the 18th century and has produced many distinguished graduates.
In their first year, aspiring architects master classical architectural drawing techniques, with a particular focus on the ink wash technique. I can’t say I was good at it right away, but I really enjoyed it and was determined to reach the level of the Old Masters. So, according to the results of the 1st course, I was even awarded a special prize and sent on a trip to Italy as an incentive. It was wonderful to see in person everything we had drawn and studied throughout the year. At that time, I met the rector of the academy, Semyon Mikhailovsky, who would greatly influence my development in the future.
During my following studies, I learned about the revolutionary 18th-century French architects Ledoux, Boullée, and Lequeu. Their work, especially Lequeu’s, has left a lasting impression on me.
In the future something what can be called "creative disagreements" between me and the academy professors began. Overall, I enjoyed it, as it required me to work hard to defend my views. However, sometimes I did it, but not always. On the next short assignment, which we call a clause, I drew something that was considered unacceptable within the walls of the academy, and they even issued an order for my expulsion.
But the rector did not sign it. Instead, he gave me sabbatical and a workshop to draw and paint for next year's Venice Biennale. And I did it. 15 large works in the ink wash technicque dedicated to VDNKh.
By the way, this is the time when I finally decided that I want to be an artist, not an architect, so that the only thing that limited me was the plane of the sheet. Though, I look at the flatness of the sheet, rather not as a limiter, but as a source of inspiration.
The exhibition at the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was a great push for me to believe in myself. A very famous architect Rem Koolhaas even wrote me a letter during a tour of the pavilion, saying how much he liked what I did. I met interesting people, including Alfredo Brillembourg, the founder of a great architecture firm Urban-Think-Tank, with whom later I made "Laugier" series, an interpretation of Marc-Antoine Laugier work about a primitive hut and a project of the future city called "Parangole: new city built on top of the old".
After the Biennale, I returned from 2 years of sabbatical to complete my studies and in 2018 graduated from the academy with a diploma. Since 2015 I have taken part in various exhibitions. And at the end of 2021 launched a website in the form of a virtual exhibition of all my works. It was conceived as a kind of ideal exhibition space.
In 2022, I had the honor of being invited by renowned French architect Maxime d’Angeac to create a drawing commemorating the relaunch of the iconic Orient Express train.

Exhibitions
2015, Il Senso di Corpo, Albertina Academy of fine arts, Turin, Italy
2016, VDNH, Architecture biennale, Venice, Italy
2016, Russian Artists Venice Biennale Participants, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2017, Genius Loci, 200 years of Moscow Manege, Moscow, Russia
2017, Overcoming, Russian and Japanese student exhibition, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2018, Overcoming, Russian and Japanese student exhibition, Moscow, Russia
2018, Lingwe Universala, Sevkabel port, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2018-2019 Accademie a Roma San Pietroburgo, Rome, Italy
Publications
2015, Il Senso Di Corpo, Except Bitonti, ISBN 9788890984860
2015, Academic Drawing, Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, Semyon Mikhailovskiy
2016, Sobaka.ru, Interview with Semyon Mikhailovskiy, Vitaly Kotov
2016, Russian Pavilion at 2016 Venice Biennale to Examine the V.D.N.H – Moscow's Soviet "Amusement Park", Arch Daily, James Taylor-Foster
2016, VDNH, Anna Martovitskaya, ISBN 9785969113633
2016, Russia - Biennale Architettura, Google Arts And Culture
2016, Architese, Anna Valentiny
2018, Overcoming, Russian and Japanese student exhibition Catalogue
2018, KooZA/rch Architecture Magazine, Alexey Rezvy interview
2019, Viceversa Architecture Magazine, issue 8, Giacomo Pala
Mentionings
2016, “Researcher’s Office”: History of Creation, Archcouncil
2016, Blueprint Reviews Alejandro Aravena's 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, Herbert Wright
2016, The Art Newspaper Russia, Milena Orlova
2016, Sobaka.ru, Interview with Semyon Mikhailovskiy, Vitaly Kotov
2016, Architese, Anna Valentiny
Contact
Contact
To reach Alexey Rezvy:
Email: alexeyrezvy@yahoo.com
Phone: 89315333447
Instagram: @archi.drawing
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