Evgenij Kozlov is a Russian-born artist whose multifaceted practice emerged from the vibrant underground art scene of 1980s Leningrad and developed into a distinctive visual language combining expressive figuration, symbolism and elements of popular culture.

Kozlov’s artistic practice spans painting, drawing, photography, collage and printmaking. As a key member of the influential Leningrad group The New Artists, he became part of a generation that challenged the conventions of official Soviet art through experimentation, spontaneity and an openness towards Western popular culture. His works are characterized by bold compositions, vivid colors, recurring symbols and figures, often combining personal imagery with references to politics, history, music and contemporary culture. Moving between abstraction and figuration, Kozlov has developed an individual iconography that reflects both the cultural transformations of the late Soviet period and his continuing exploration of identity, desire and visual communication.

Evgenij Kozlov was born in 1955 in Leningrad, today St. Petersburg, and has lived and worked in Berlin since the early 1990s. In 2013, his work The Leningrad Album was presented in The Encyclopedic Palace, the main exhibition of the 55th Biennale di Venezia. His works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in major public and private collections.