Dmitry Gutov studied at Repin St. Peterburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He is an artist and theorist who has initiated a number of research projects exploring the history, theory and practice of contemporary art. Gutov's artworks have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (1995, 2013) and Istanbul Biennial (1992), as well as, since early 1990s, in over a hundred solo and group exhibitions, including in some of the first contemporary art galleries in Russia—the squat gallery in Trekhprudny Lane, Regina Gallery and Marat Guelman Gallery among other spaces. Co-founder of Mikhail Lifshitz Institute (1994, Moscow), in recent years Gutov has been studying the legacy of this Soviet philosopher and cultural theorist.
