Born in Ostrov in the Pskov region in Russia, Valery Orlov now lives and works in Moscow. He graduated from both the Art Faculty of MGPI and the Graphic Art Faculty of Moscow State Teacher's Training Institute in 1969. From 1980 to 1985 he taught printmaking at the Faculty of Art Design of Printed Matter at Moscow Polygraphic Institute. Orlov has been a member of the Artists Union of Russia since 1983.
Late Works, National Center of Photography, St. Petersburg
2008
SMALL SIMPLE SIGNIFICANT, Krokin Gallery, Moscow
2006
Works on Paper, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2002
Beauty for All and Nature & Morte (with A. Mitlyanskaya), Krokin Gallery, Moscow
2000
Metro, Within the Project Borders of National Center for Contemporary Art, Levall Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
Obschepit-1, Within Photobiennial 2000, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow; St. Petersburg
Spanish Impressions, The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
1997
Central Artists' House, Moscow
Selected Works 1990-97, The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
1996
Central Artists' House, Moscow
1994
Within the Framework of the Third Biennale of Graphic Art Kaliningrad- Koenigsberg, Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Russia
Papers, Novosibirsk Picture Gallery, Russia
1992
Graphic Seasons, Hall of the Artists Union, Moscow; Russia Gallery Moscow Collection, Moscow
Drawings, Gallery Studio 20, Moscow
2007
Adventures of the Black Square by Kazimir Malevich, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Collages Russes, Galerie Blue Square, Paris
2006
Collage, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Paper Sculpture, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Metamorphoses of Paper, The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
2001
Abstract Art in Russia, XX Century, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2000
Russian Avant Garde, Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Art Communication Tour, Linz, Austria; Moscow
Artist's Book, The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Non-Figurative Tradition in Russian Art, National Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Ankara, Turkey
1993
Moscow Artists. New Acquisitions, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
Art Museum, Tyumen, Russia
Art Gallery, Tomsk, Russia
Art Gallery, Kaliningrad- Koenigsberg, Russia
Art Museum, Kurgan, Russia
Art Museum, Iaroslavl, Russia
Art Museum, Nijniy Tagil, Russia
Museum of Modern Art, Architecture and Photography, Berlin
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado