Pavel Shappo lives and works in Minsk and Moscow. He has been actively exhibiting his art since the late 1990s. His creative career started in Vitebsk, where his father – a well-known graphic artist Vladimir Shappo – worked at that moment. There Pavel graduated from the faculty of graphic arts of Vitebsk State Pedagogical University and fell in love with the artistic atmosphere of the city created by the great masters – Lissitzky, Malevich, Pen, Falk and Chagall. Then he moved to Minsk, worked in St Petersburg, Baku, Moscow, participated in plein air events in Warsaw and Mexico. Pavel works as a painter, set designer, film and theatre production designer. Enjoys working in different arts: feature films visual imagery and stylistic solutions, scriptwriting and implementation of multimedia projects, installations, interior design. Nevertheless, painting remains Pavel’s main passion.
Since 2010 – a member of the Belarusian Union of Designers. Since 2013 – a member of the Belarusian Union of Cinematographers. Since 2015 – a member of Belarusian Union of Artists.
Exhibitions:
2019 – BALLET “A LEGEND OF THE LAKE” AT THE SOFIA OPERA AND BALLET. Sets and the costumes of Pavel Shappo, Sofia 2018 – “strusto • dauble • richi • savanar”. Art-gallery of Mikhail Savitsky, Minsk 2017 – STORIES. Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk 2017 – PAINTING & STORIES. Meridiana Art Gallery, Verona 2016 – AFTERPARTY. DK Gallery, Minsk 2016 – AFTERPARTY. EXPOSED Art Center, Moscow 2015 – VIVA! DK Gallery, Minsk 2015 – Scale 1:25. Exhibition of production designers. Palace of Arts, Minsk 2014 – COCKTAIL. K35 Art Gallery, Moscow 2014 – IV Belarusian Biennial of Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture. Palace of Arts, Minsk 2013 – Art-project “Door”. Center of Contemporary Arts, Minsk 2012 – With Love to Latin America. Under the auspices of the Honorary Consulate of Peru in Belarus, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Belarus, the Latin American Cultural Centre named after S. Bolivar. National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk 2012 – MÉXICOOBSESIÓN. Atlant-M Uruchie Auto Centre, Minsk 2010 – PASHAPPOPOPURRI–2. Atlant-M Mazda Auto Centre, Minsk 2009 – SHE IS MY BABY TU-144. City Hall, Regional History Museum, Vitebsk 2009 – OBSESSION. Bashimi House, Salzburg, Austria 2008 – TOTENKOPF UND APFELSTRYDEL VOL/2, Zoya Gallery, Warsaw 2008 – About Alcohol & Other Things. Underground Gallery, Minsk 2008 – SHE’S MY BABY. City Hall, Regional History Museum, Vitebsk 2008 – PASHAPPOPOPURRI. Music salon, Vitebsk 2006 – National Youth Exhibition “How I Spent the Summer”, Palace of Arts, Minsk 2006 – a prize winner of the contest “Eros & Thanatos” held by Ars Longa Gallery, Minsk 2005 – National Youth Exhibition “To See the Air”. Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk 2004 – National Youth Exhibition “Travelling”, Palace of Arts, Minsk 2003 – ALCOOLS. TERRE DES HOMMES Gallery, Minsk 2003 – Granite Sculpture Symposium dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Novopolotsk 2002 – VITEBSK ARTISTS. Polotsk State University Gallery, Novopolotsk 2002 – LIVE VITEBSK. City Hall, Regional History Museum, Vitebsk 2001 – CHRISTMAS PUNCH. Museum of Contemporary Belarusian Sculpture named after A. Bembel, Minsk. 2000 – National Youth Exhibition “New Names”, Palace of Arts, Minsk 2000 – COCKTAIL. Gold Gallery, Minsk. 2000 – SHAPPO & SONS. Palace of Arts, Minsk 1998–1999 – ART FORCAST. Rysa Gallery, Polotsk 1998 – SH–3. 6th Line Gallery, Minsk. 1995 – a prize winner of the International Contest “ART-SESSION”, Vitebsk 1995 – CHUCHUNDRA POVIDYSH. City exhibition hall, Orsha 1994 – a prize winner of the International Contest “ART-SESSION”, Vitebsk 1993 – SHAPA–1. City Hall, Regional History Museum, Vitebsk
Works were acquired by Vitebsk Art Museum, New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Russian Art and private collectors in Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Germany, France, Mexico, Lebanon, Austria and Switzerland.
Film production designer:
2015 – Nika Award nominee for best production design, film “Kletka”. 2014 – Nika Award nominee for best production design, film “Doorkeeper”.
2018 – TV series “Polyarnyy-17” TV channel TNT Director: Konstantin Statskiy Camera operator: Ulugbek Khamraev
2017 – feature film “Don’t say goodbye” (Russia) Film Company “RFG FILMS” Director: Pavel Drozdov Camera operator: Kirill Speranskiy
2015 – series “In the constellation of Sagittarius” (Russia) Film Company “Central Partnership” Director: Roman Gapaniuk Camera operator: Mikhail Onipenko
2015 – feature film “Kletka” (Russia) Film Companies: “Fortuna Film”, “Mosfilm”, “Lenfilm”. Script: Yuriy Arabov Director: Ella Arkhangelskaya Camera operator: Arsen Maklozian
2014 – feature film “Doorkeeper” (Russia) Film Company “Jupiter FM”. Director: Arkadiy Yakhnis Camera operator: Maria Diagileva
2014 – feature film “I won’t come back” (Finland, Russia, Estonia) Film Companies: “STV”, “Amrion”, “Helsinki-Filmi”, “Belarusfilm”, “Kazakhfilm”, “EURIMAGES” Director: Ilmar Raag Camera operator: Tuomo Hutri
2013 – short film “Russian” (Belarus) Film Company “Belarusfilm” Director: Victor Asliuk Camera operator: Yuriy Dokuchaev
2013 – series “Perfumer” (Russia) Film Company “Mars Media” Director: Igor Royzman Camera operator: Vitaliy Konevtsov
2013 – feature film “Ba-bu” (Azerbaijan, Belarus) Film Companies: “Belarusfilm”, “Azerbaijanfilm” Director: Ali Khamraev Camera operator: Victor Bondarovich.
2012–2013 – series “Oh dear!” (Belarus, Russia) Film Companies: “Belarusfilm”, LLC Studio “WE” Director: Ivan Pavlov Camera operator: Viacheslav Dunaev
2012–2013 – series “White wolves” (Russia) Film Company “Intra Communications Inc.” Director: Igor Zabara Camera operator: Andrey Yeryomin
2012 – series “Fatal dance” (Belarus) Film Company “Belarusfilm” Director: Igor Chetverikov Camera operator: Alexander Abadovskiy
2011 – series “Epistolary novel” (Russia) Film Company “Theseus”, Production Centre “Fabula” Director: Konstantin Statskiy Camera operator: Artyom Anisimov
2011 – series “Navigator” (Russia) Film Company CJSC “Artline” Director: Denis Skvortsov, Pavel Drozdov Camera operator: Victor Bondarovich
2010 – series “Nickname “Albanian” -3” (Russia) Film Companies: Production Centre “Fabula”, NTV Broadcasting Company, “Belarusfilm”, “Tanfilm” Director: Alexey Karelin Camera operator: Victor Zubarev
2010 – feature film “Bridge of time” (Russia) Film Company “Mallory Film” Director: Alexey Kolmogorov Camera operator: Arunas Baraznauskas
Production design for commercials:
Pavel has been working on commercials since 2012. Performed work for the following companies: Samsung, Huawei, Am.ru, Velcom, MTbank, Wargaming, etc.