Timur Novikov

Timur Novikov
Novikov in 2000
Born
Timur Petrovich Novikov

24 September 1958 (1958-09-24)
Died23 May 2002 (2002-05-24) (aged 43)
EducationArt Club, House of Pioneers, Leningrad; Young Art Historians Club, Leningrad; Institut des Arts Plastiques de Paris, France
Known forPainting, graphic art, design, film, art theory, philosophy, textiles
MovementSoviet Nonconformist Art
AwardsNika Award (design), 1987

Timur Petrovich Novikov (September 24, 1958, Leningrad – May 23, 2002, St. Petersburg) was a Russian visual artist, designer, art theorist, philosopher, and musician. He is considered one of the most influential proponents of Nonconformist Art before and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.