Andrey Olenev (b. 1993, lives and works in Nizhny Novgorod) is an artist, a member of the informal art association Muddlehood, and a co-founder of TOLK Gallery, which since 2014 supports street artists of Nizhny Novgorod. He works in various techniques (painting, pyrography, object, installation, artist’s book). He is famous for monumental murals on facades of old houses in Nizhny Novgorod historical center and for multicomponent wooden objects that completely or partially disguise the painted images and provide tactile interaction.

Andrey Olenev took part in the research project of the 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art. He has also participated in group and solo exhibitions, festivals and street art projects in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Perm, and other cities of Russia.