Dmitriy Aksyonov

Dmitriy Aksenov (3 October 1966, Novosibirsk, USSR) — A patron of the arts, chairman of the board at contemporary arts fair Viennacontemporary (Austria).

Dmitriy Aksenov
Born3 October 1966 (1966-10-03) (age 55)
Novosibirsk, USSR
CitizenshipRussian
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)
OccupationManaging Director of Viennacontemporary
WebsiteViennacontemporary website

Biography

Dmitriy Aksenov was born 3 October 1966 in Novosibirsk, USSR.

Employment

2015 - founder of RDI Creative, which, together with Ad Marginem publishers, produced a series of biographies of the lives of both well and lesser-known Russian artists, called Names. The books were published both in Russian and in English.

Support of art

Member of Tate – Russia and Eastern Europe Acquisitions committee.[1]
Dmitriy Aksenov owns 70% of the shares in Viennafair The New Contemporary, and is its only Russian shareholder (following acquisition of VIENNAFAIR ownership interest from the Russian entrepreneur, Mr. Sergey Skaterschikov),[2] as well as the managing director of the fair. 30% of the shares belong to the VF Beteiligungs KG partnership of Austrian art patrons. In 2015 Viennafair The New Contemporary moved to a new location. It changed its name to Viennacontemporary and took place in Marx Halle, Vienna).[3][4]

Charity

In 2016, with the support and personal participation of Dmitriy Aksenov and dedicated to the 50th anniversary of MIPT, the all-Russian physics and technology test "Go and Solve it!" was launched.

References
  1. "Tate Report 2015/16". The Tate Britain Commission.
  2. "Warum der Retter aus Russland absprang=". welt.de/. 20 July 2013.
  3. "Forbes.com: viennacontemporary Leads Austria's Cultural Resurgence". 2016-09-29.
  4. Magazine, Wallpaper* (2016-09-23). "Look east: viennacontemporary brings 112 galleries to Marx Halle | Art | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
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