ВведениеExhibition "Code-812".

In childhood, almost everyone tries themselves in the role of an artist.  Many write poetry and compose music. But there are people who show different talents and cannot decide which one to give preference to. The German writer Lyon Feuchtwanger said that «a talented person is talented in everything». This statement is fully confirmed by the famous actor — Denis Starkov, who was able to prove himself not only on the stage of theater and cinema, but also as an artist and poet.

Denis Starkov was born on March 15, 1980 in Leningrad. After school, he entered the Institute of Performing Arts at the acting department. During his studies, he began to act in television series. In recent years, he managed to participate in several dozen projects, including prominent roles in series and feature films. Also, Denis continued to develop as an actor in theater. He can be seen on the stages of such theaters as «The Comedian's Shelter», Young Spectator Theater named after A. Bryantsev and Theater named after V. Komisarzhevskaya.

In 2009, the first art project by Denis Starkov appeared. It was called «Blue Boy» dedicated to the Moscow Metro. The author expressed the idea that each person traveling on the subway is not only a part of the huge passenger flow, but also a separate person with his own history, thoughts and deeds. The presentation of this project took place during the international event «Museum Nigh» in 2011.

In 2013, he created the photo project «Faces on the fence», which was presented at the Anna Akhmatova Museum in St. Petersburg.

Since 2012, he began to try himself as an artist and in his new works turned to Petersburg, its history and architecture.

One of these art projects was a series of works entitled "Code-812", which tells about the past and present Kolomna, one of the historical districts of St. Petersburg in which the author spent his childhood and youth. Each work is partly an autobiographical story of the ongoing changes in a small area of a big city.