Mikhail Gulin
Mikhail Gulin (b. 1977) (mikhailgulin.com) is a Belarusian conceptual artist, curator, and actionist whose interdisciplinary practice bridges painting, performance, and object-based work. Born in Gomel, Belarus, he graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and has been an influential voice in contemporary Eastern European art.
Gulin’s visual language fuses bold colors, ironic cultural references, and direct symbolism to interrogate identity, social norms, and collective memory. He often reinterprets imagery from Western pop culture and art history through the lens of Belarusian experience—subverting stereotypes, collapsing visual hierarchies, and generating deliberate tensions between familiarity and estrangement.
A committed curator and organizer, Gulin has initiated projects such as Palace Complex (Belarus, 2012) and Space of Diffusion (Russia 2015, Georgia 2017), and has participated in exhibitions across Eastern Europe including the Moscow Biennale and White – Red – White in Toruń.
In recent years, in exile, his work continues to engage with the displacement of experience and the reframing of cultural narratives. Gulin’s ambition is to make visible what is often marginalized—reclaiming voices, recomposing fragments, and offering new vantage points on art, memory, and belonging.