Il Gurn is a writer, independent curator, and producer based in London. His expansive interest is rooted in contemporary (modern) culture, touching upon themes such as aesthetics, mythology, layering of meanings, techno-utopianism, lexicology, modes of expression, belief systems, etc… 

His latest endeavour, Orange Novel, is a vertiginous plunge into the complexities of language, veiled beneath a simple love triangle narrative. What lies beneath this surface are the metaphorical constructs that serve as mechanisms for reaching into strata of thought-provoking discoveries and hidden subsenses. With its amassed visual references, Orange Novel emerges as a poetic cartography of quotidian objects and actions, elevating the mundane to the subject of cult through a hedonistic lens of obsessive observation. The publication is forthcoming. 

Il Gurn studied Philosophy at Baltic State University in St. Petersburg and Screenwriting at the Academy of Arts (FAMU) in Prague. Since then, his multidisciplinary practices have been informed by visual- and digital art, literature, speculative theories, human behaviour, spiritual practices, and the territories that lie around these domains.

He is one half of a curatorial and artistic partnership with Anastasia Garnova. Both have curated and co-curated exhibitions across the world, including Bursting into Flame (2024, London), Psychotherapist for AI (2023, St. Petersburg), In The Name of Liberated Art (2023, Metaverse), Digital Extravaganza (2022, Dubai), Ethereal Aether (2021, St. Petersburg), Creativity and Daydream. Korean Eye 2020: Contemporary Korean Art (2020, St. Petersburg) and others. 

In 2021-2023, he worked as a curatorial director for the blockchain start-up ovre.io and launched the first curated digital art sales platform on Fantom network, featuring 100+ artists. He was also appointed as an art consultant for Fantom Foundation and editor-in-chief for the in-house zine, focused on digital art.

Between 2019 and 2021, he worked as a digital producer for Saint-Petersburg Fashion Week, leading the cross-media production for the international biyearly fashion event that engaged over 3 million viewers online and offline.

Between 2016 and 2019, he worked as an art-director for the video production company Lava Gedeon Studio, developing creative strategies for a diverse portfolio of commercials, short films, and live events.