Since 1989 Vladimir took part in over 80 group shows.

Here's the short list of major ones:

• 2008 May – ‘St. George in the Contemporary Art’, The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, Russia (Album)
• 2008 March – ‘Portraits in the Time’ exhibition from the private collections, ‘K-Gallery’, St. Petersburg., Russia (Album)
• 2006 November – ‘Autumn Salon’, Books and graphics centre, St. Petersburg (Booklet)
• 2005 September – ‘Attachment of the Moon’, ‘Art-avenue’ Gallery, St. Petersburg (Booklet)
• 2004 October – Media project ‘Touch Me’, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
• 2000-2003 – Project ‘Spiritual Mission’, 5  Group Exhibitions at the State Etnography Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (5 issues of ‘Du-Me’ Magazine)
• 1995 March - Folk Art Fair, the University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
• 1992 May - ‘Light of all the World’, paintings exhibition at the Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manege’, Moscow (Album)
• 1991 December - Art Hamburg - 91, the International Art Fair, Hamburg Messe, Germany (Album)
• 1990 February - The exhibition of ‘Unofficial Art’, Palace of Youth, Leningrad

Personal Exhibitions:

• 2007 May – Exhibition in SDM Bank, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2006 July – ‘Apocrypha’, Gallery ‘National Center’, St. Petersburg (Booklet)
• 2005 March – Abstract Painting Exhibition at ‘Par. Spb’ St. Petersburg
• 1999 September – ‘Retrospection’, Palitra Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia (Booklet)
• 1999 June – ‘Music of Colors’, Commercial Banks Association, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• 1998 November – ‘Petrography Phenomenon’, Mikhailovsky Manege Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 1997 September – ‘Another Reality’, Fyodor Dostoyevsky Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Exhibition program included the workshop with leading American transpersonal psychologists from Saybrook Institute, USA (Stanley Krippner and others) conducted by Vladimir Gruzdev.
• 1995 December – ‘Magic Abstractionism’, Palitra Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia (Booklet)
• 1995 January – ‘Abstract Surrealism’, ‘At 145’ Gallery, St. Petersberg, Florida, USA. Vladimir also gave lectures in the University of South Florida (USF) with Peter Tush, the curator of Salvador Dali Museum

Vladimir Gruzdev was born in 1951 in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). Upon graduation from Leningrad Aircraft Instrumentation College in 1974 he obtained a degree in electronic engineering. In following years scientific work has been his main occupation while painting was more of a hobby. Participation in underground art exhibitions held at people’s apartments was the only outlet for independent artists back in those days as socialist realism was dominant and the only permitted form of art in USSR. In 1989 along with Perestroyka Vladimir felt strength to quit the job to become a full-time artist.
Vladimir Gruzdev is a laureate of competition of projects for EXPO-2000 exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Vladimir contributed to popular TV series ‘Metaphysics of St. Petersburg’ in 2001. In 2003 he wrote a book on problems of visual perception presenting original theory of color. A part of this book dedicated to color transcription of I-Ching, Chinese ‘Book of changes’ was presented to scientific and artistic community at Sixth and Seventh International Congresses in Philosophy and Culture UNESCO (2003, 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia). At Seventh International Conference of Transpersonal Psychology (2008, St. Petersburg, Russia) Vladimir conducted a workshop entitled ‘The Art of Painting as Psychotecnology’. In 2007 Gruzdev founded newspaper gallery ‘Chance-Gallery’ (http://www.chance.ru/art).
Vladimir’s artworks can be found in The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, in galleries and private collections around the world. His paintings illustrate 22 books of ‘The Best Psychotecnologies of the World’ series published by ‘Prime Evroznak’ and ‘AST’ (2006 – 2008). A. S. Shaligin dedicated a chapter to Vladimir Gruzdev in his book ‘The Famous artists of St. Petersburg’ (2004).

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