Sergey Balovin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sergey Balovin

Russian artist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1984

Place of Birth: Voronezh, Azov Governorate, Russia

Profession: artist, curator, painter

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sergey Balovin (born 5 July 1984, Voronezh, Russia) is a visual artist and curator.
In 2011, to escape the conventional application of monetary value to art, he started the popular "In Kind Exchange" project in which he is exchanging artworks for useful presents.
The project has attracted a lot of attention around the world.
In 2013 he started his money-free world tour with "In Kind Exchange", travelling the world and swapping portraits for flight tickets, food, accommodation, without spending any money.
Since 2015 Sergey Balovin is been working with Claudia Beccato, Italian gastronome and artist.
In 2016 Sergey Balovin is on the list of the Database and Analytics of Russian Contemporary Art as 20th of the Top 100 young artists and as 16th according to the list of People's rating.