Born 1984 Kyiv, Ukraine
Lives and works in Baltimore, MD
EDUCATION
2012 Master of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Boston University
PROFESSIONAL
2020-2025 Founder/Director CPM Gallery
2012-2019 Director, Peter Blum Gallery, New York
EXHIBITIONS
2025 SQ Headquarters, The Zone of Totality, Baltimore, MD
2022 Faculty & Friends of the Center for Visual Arts, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2020 Flat Earthers, The Engine Room, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2019 Fabergé Neck, Coustof Waxman, Brooklyn, NY (Solo)
Late Winter, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Zuriel Waters and Steven Mykietyn
2018 Light Beams, CBSRZ (Sol Lewitt Synagogue), Chester, CT (Solo)
Black Strawberry, Step Sister, New York, NY (Solo)
King of Cold, Columbus Property Management, Chinatown, NY
SUPER MODEL NEIN, Unisex Salon, Curated by Melissa Hopson, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Sub ft, Greenberg Editions, New York, NY (Solo)
2015 Coal for Wine, Brennan & Griffin Gallery, Curated by Nicholas Irzyk, New York, NY
2013 Elastic de facto, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
Dinner, Fountain, Brooklyn, NY
The Show, White Box Gallery, NYC
2012 Atheist Icons, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA (Solo)
Ant-eye Subjective, Group show with Lisi Raskin, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 Everybody Everybody, Manchester Flats, Richmond, VA
High Quality Leisure, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010 Ripeness: New Work by Aaron Finnis and Vlad Smolkin, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Artifacts and Other Offerings: with David Waite Martinson, Fountain, Brooklyn, NY
Exit Light, Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA
We’re All in This Together-SCAC Conference Curated by Gregory Volk, Richmond, VA
2009 Function Construction, ADA Gallery, Richmond,VA
Marginalia, MTS Gallery, Anchorage, AK
What Reason?, Fountain, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Boston Does Boston II, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS/ CONVERSATIONS/ TEXTS/ REVIEWS
2025 Conversation with: Lowery Stokes Sims & Richard Ayodeji Ikhide, CPM Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2024 ARTNET, How CPM Gallery Founder Vlad Smolkin Is Engaging the Baltimore and Global Art Scenes
Hyperallergic, NY Art Book Fair: This year’s show is an imaginative & openly political space that flies in the face of the commercial book sphere
2022 BmoreArt Magazine Issue 13, Experiments of Association: Linda Campbell Franklin (Photo Essay)
BmoreArt Magazine, Groundless Sound, Conversation with Luba Drozd, Baltimore, MD
BmoreArt MagazineFeeling the Echoes from Ukraine, Conversation with Irina Rozovsky & Luba Drozd, Baltimore, MD
2021 FRIEZE Magazine, Critical Path Method Crystalizes the Creative Energies of Baltimore, text by Ian Bourland
Webinar conversation with: Pooneh Maghazehe & Laurence Ross: “Figure Study: Drypoint Prints by Louise Bourgeois & Pooneh Maghazehe
2020 Exhibition Catalogue, Flat Earthers, The Engine Room, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2018 Limited edition artist book published by RR Press, Adventures of Crabbi and Lobster Boy, Anchorage, AK
2016 Sub ft, Limited edition artist book, New York City, NY
2015 Art Pulse, Review of Coal For Wine, (Curated by Nick Irzyk), by Owen Duffy
2014 SQWORLD, Limited edition artist book, New York City, NY
TEACHING | LECTURES | PANELS
2025 Visiting Artist, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Adjunct professor of “Contemporary Art History”, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Graduate professor of “How Art Moves”, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Visiting critic, Advanced Art Projects, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2023 Artist/Gallerist Lecture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2022 Visiting Critic, Professional Practices, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2021 “The Politics of Death”, Co-teacher in the History Department, Wesleyan University, CT
Panel discussion w/ Clifford Owens: BmoreArt Magazine, Connect Collect Series
Zoom Panel Discussion w/ Laurence Ross & Pooneh Maghazehe, CPM, Baltimore
Presentation on Space Habitability, College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, CT
2020 Guest Artist: “In Memory of life on Earth” History Department, Wesleyan, University, CT
Panel : “Flat Earthers” w/ Nikolai Noel, Matt Shelton, Martin Patrick; Massey University, NZ
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, New England Institute of Art
Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Institute of Boston
Adjunct Professor in Advance Studio, Virginia Commonwealth University
2011 Adjunct Professor in Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University
Adjunct Professor in Lithography, Virginia Commonwealth University