Sergei Shutov

Sergei Alekseyevich Shutov (also spelled Sergey; Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Шутов, born 1955) is a Russian artist active in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and audio- and video installations.

He is a member of numerous arts organizations in Russia, including the Hermitage Association and the Mayakovsky Friends' club.

He has worked as a radio DJ (for Stantsiya 106.8) and was the first VJ in Russia, an artist for the magazine Ptyuch, and an actor and artist for the film Assa.

He is also a musician, and composed a soundtrack to the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (with Timur Novikov), and the album 1988.

In 2001 he represented Russia at the 49th Venice Biennale, with the project Abacus, which consists of forty automated figures, all dressed in black robes.