Vlad Kulkov is one of the most vigorous representatives of Russian abstract expressionism. The artist does painting, graphics, sculpture, writes texts and documents his experiments on video, too.
Vlad Kulkov's works have been exhibited at many global art fairs: Armory Show (New York); Art Basel Miami Beach (Miami), Art 42 Basel (Basel); Frieze Art Fair (London), Vienna International Art Fair (Vienna); ART 13, ART 14 London; VLADEY auctions (Moscow).
Kulkov is the only artist from Russia whose works are in the Hort Family Collection in New York and Los Angeles. His works can also be found in collections of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the State Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pierre Brochet collection, the Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin collections, as well as other private collections in Russia and abroad.
In 2013, he was on the list of 115 up-and-coming contemporary artists from more than 40 countries according to the study by Phaidon Press, London, UK.
In 2016, he was on the Top-10 most notable and promising Russian artists list according to The Art Newspaper Russia.