Zh. K. P. (Zhizn’ Kak Performans, meaning “life as a performance”) is an interdisciplinary art group based in Nizhny Tagil. Its members are united by a flexible structure of friendly relations and work together indefinitely. Founded in 2012, the group set a goal to create a supportive environment for young artists in Nizhny Tagil. Since the goal was achieved, two founding members, Anna and Vitaly Cherepanovs, left Zh. K. P. to work on other projects, but the group remains active.
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Narodnaya Gallery (“People’s gallery”) in Nizhny Tagil, 2019. The gallery was opened in a garage in summer 2019
Kubiva, 2017. Ural Industrial Biennial. Kubiva is a gallery and studio space founded by Zh. K. P. in 2014
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Streetok, 2017. Zh. K. P. coined the word “streetok” (combination of the words “street [art]” and tok, “current”) to reflect on the transience of any street art
Streetok book, 2017. Published within the framework of the 4th Ural Industrial Biennial, the book includes an archive of photos from 2013 to 2017
Streetok, 2016
OkNo contemporary art gallery, Chelyabinsk, 2015
Presentation of the Bankomart project, 2015. Bankomart is an ATM for selling art
Bankomart at the Narodnaya gallery, 2019. By putting a note of any value into the machine, a user will get an authentic artwork
Bankomart, 2015
A sticker for the Bankomart project, 2015-ongoing
Artworks for the Bankomart project, 2015-ongoing
The Biggest Painting, 2017
“We Are More Alive than Anyone Alive”
Power of Zh. K. P., 2013
