Yury Otinov
Yury Otinov was born in Ukraine in 1987. He graduated from a vocational school in consumer photography in Nizhny Novgorod. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as art director at Fabrika H&G nnov, organizing group exhibitions for artists. From 2016 to 2018, he co-founded and participated in the independent contemporary art gallery Gallery 1.
Since 2017, Yury has been developing his own artistic technique, using which he creates signature masks that have been sold worldwide on the ETSY platform. Since 2018, he has expanded his use of this technique to include panels and art objects, and has actively participated in exhibitions and fairs. Since 2023, Yury has collaborated with Gallery 9B. He lives and works in Nizhny Novgorod.
Yury Otinov's works are in the collections of Gallery 9B, Elena Talyanskaya and Georgy Smirnov, Zoya Galeeva, and Denis and Mila Pak.
As the artist writes:
Since 2017, Yury has been developing his own artistic technique, using which he creates signature masks that have been sold worldwide on the ETSY platform. Since 2018, he has expanded his use of this technique to include panels and art objects, and has actively participated in exhibitions and fairs. Since 2023, Yury has collaborated with Gallery 9B. He lives and works in Nizhny Novgorod.
Yury Otinov's works are in the collections of Gallery 9B, Elena Talyanskaya and Georgy Smirnov, Zoya Galeeva, and Denis and Mila Pak.
As the artist writes:
"I work with horror aesthetics, or rather, with the reproduction of the horror aesthetics of computer games or films and the transfer of macroblast patterns into the field of art, creating physical artifacts. In other words, I flirt with abstract art, transferring biological horror textures, the surreal, half-formed forms of Max Ernst, and the entropy inherent in the work of Zdzisław Beksiński.
My practice is based on a papier-mâché technique I invented; this technique allows me to create realistic textured objects, sculptures, and explore decay. I explore the chthonic chambers of the underworld, where ancient gods disintegrate and rot to the state of oil.
My work describes the decay of the surrounding world due to changes in human perception through clip-like consciousness and scrolling, or simply the surrounding decrepitude of things. During my photography studies, I explored macrophotography with various still lifes. With clearly visible elements of decay. Or I made series documenting the daily changes in the decay of various fruits."
Solo Projects
Angel-Fairy-Star-Teenage Ballerina and the Magic Wand of the Handsome Rotten Sailor of the Moon, 2024. Duo show with Dasha Fedoseeva (Nizhny Novgorod)
Routine, 2023. K320 Gallery (Moscow)
Bad Weather, 2022. Terminal_A (Nizhny Novgorod)
Preparat, 2020 (Nizhny Novgorod)
Selected Group Projects
Open World. Contemporary Art of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 2025. Fabergé Museum (St. Petersburg)
Fragile Layer Special Project of the 1st Biennale of Environmental Art, 2025. Russian Museum of Photography (Nizhny Novgorod)
Break-up box, 2025. FUTURO Gallery (Moscow)
1x1, 2024. Aacademy19 Gallery (Moscow)
The moon shines wondrously! Meanwhile, the devil crept toward it and was about to grab it. 2023. Set Project Gallery (Moscow)
The Arche's house, 2023. Masla Gallery. lisse (Moscow)
At the Foot of the Crystal Mountain, 2022. Machine Tool Museum (Tula)
Terminat B, 2022. Smena Center for Contemporary Art (Kazan)
Follow the Rainbow, 2020. lssmag Gallery (Moscow)
Participated in the art fairs blazar (2023), 1703 (2024), and contur (2023, 2024, 2025)
My practice is based on a papier-mâché technique I invented; this technique allows me to create realistic textured objects, sculptures, and explore decay. I explore the chthonic chambers of the underworld, where ancient gods disintegrate and rot to the state of oil.
My work describes the decay of the surrounding world due to changes in human perception through clip-like consciousness and scrolling, or simply the surrounding decrepitude of things. During my photography studies, I explored macrophotography with various still lifes. With clearly visible elements of decay. Or I made series documenting the daily changes in the decay of various fruits."
Solo Projects
Angel-Fairy-Star-Teenage Ballerina and the Magic Wand of the Handsome Rotten Sailor of the Moon, 2024. Duo show with Dasha Fedoseeva (Nizhny Novgorod)
Routine, 2023. K320 Gallery (Moscow)
Bad Weather, 2022. Terminal_A (Nizhny Novgorod)
Preparat, 2020 (Nizhny Novgorod)
Selected Group Projects
Open World. Contemporary Art of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 2025. Fabergé Museum (St. Petersburg)
Fragile Layer Special Project of the 1st Biennale of Environmental Art, 2025. Russian Museum of Photography (Nizhny Novgorod)
Break-up box, 2025. FUTURO Gallery (Moscow)
1x1, 2024. Aacademy19 Gallery (Moscow)
The moon shines wondrously! Meanwhile, the devil crept toward it and was about to grab it. 2023. Set Project Gallery (Moscow)
The Arche's house, 2023. Masla Gallery. lisse (Moscow)
At the Foot of the Crystal Mountain, 2022. Machine Tool Museum (Tula)
Terminat B, 2022. Smena Center for Contemporary Art (Kazan)
Follow the Rainbow, 2020. lssmag Gallery (Moscow)
Participated in the art fairs blazar (2023), 1703 (2024), and contur (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Mask "Humbaba" from the "Poisonous flowers" seriespapier-mâché, acrylic, found objects
- Mask "Faceted Beetle" from the "Office Fun" seriespapier-mâché, acrylic, found objects
- Mask "Demon"papier-mâché, acrylic, found objects
- Mask "All Kinds of Stingray"papier-mâché, acrylic, found objects
