He was born in 1949 in Leningrad, in 1974 he graduated from the Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Monumental department. In 1980 he finished workshop of Arts Academy. Ivan Govorkov is a professor of the Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, a member of Artists’ Union of St. Petersburg (since 1974). He lives and works in St. Petersburg. Since 1990 he often works and have exhibitions together with Elena Gubanova. He practices in painting, sculpture, graphics, makes objects and installations.
There are his works in state and private collections.
 
«Space and time is Moebius Strip;
Human body is Moebius Strip;
Problem of «figure-and-field» is Moebius Strip;
Change of styles in fine arts is movement to realization of Moebius Strip;
All our life is waiting of Moebius Strip internals;
All are present in non-presence;
All exist in non-existence»
Govorkov, 1992

State Collections
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
State Hermitage (Porcelain museum), St. Petersburg, Russia
The Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, Russia
City Museum, Ekaterinburg, Russia
State Arts Museum, Astrakhan, Russia
State Art and History Museum Open-air museum, Pskov, Russia
«Modern Art Museum» collection, Central Exhibition Hall «Manege», St. Petersburg, Russia
City Art and History Museum, Arkhangelsk, Russia
State Art and History Museum Open-air museum, Gatchina, Russia

Private Collections
Private collection of Russian and Europen Art, Colodzey, New York, the USA
Private collection of Chudnovskie, St. Petersburg, Russia
Private collection of mr. Hoznes, Washington, the USA
Private collection of Natalia and Sergey Litviny, Moscow, Russia
Private collections in France, Germany, the USA, Sweden, Holland, Denmark

Personal Exhibitions
1992 «Birth of Alphabet», «70-а» gallery, Russia
1994 «New Icons», Pskov City Museum, Pskov, Russia
1995 «Vocabulary», «Borey» gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
1997 «Variation. Book of Changes», «S.P.А.S.» gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 «Pictures in the margin», Museum of City Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia
1999 «Alphabet», Kotka, Finland
2000 Spring Sale», «S.P.А.S.» gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2000 «A book», «De-Veik», Holland
2001 «Filtration of White Light», Anna Akhmatova Museum in Fontanny House, St. Petersburg, Russia
2004 «Volume», «Palkin» Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 «Delicate Vibration», «Kvadrat» gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 «Apollo and Daphne», «Kvadrat» gallery – «Masnata» Gallery, Genoa, Italy
2007 «Hopscotch», Marina Gisich Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 «Filtration of White Light», Frants Gallery Space, New-York, USA

Group Exhibitions (selectively):
Since 1974 he is participant of regional and republic exhibitions.
2001
• «Before and After Canvas», Artists’ Union (IFA), St. Petersburg, Russia
• «From avant-garde till present days», Exhibition Halls of Artists’ Union, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Russian Wooden Sculpture. ХХ century», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Abstraction in Russia. ХХ century», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2002
• «Sculpture or not sculpture…», «NoMI» exhibition centre, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Paper Sculpture», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Filtration of White Light», Anna Akhmatova Museum in Fontanny House, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «White», Museum of City Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia
2003
• «Avant-garde upon Neva», State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• «Vivat, St. Petersburg!», Baltimore, USA
2004
• «ART COLONE», Koelnmesse, Koeln, Gemany
2005
• «Collage», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Art + Design», «Bulthaup» gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Christmas presentation, Porcelain Academy», State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Note books», «Kvadrat» gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Mailartissimo», A. S. Popov Central Museum of Communication, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006
• «Wooden Sculpture», Artists’ Union, St. Petersburg, Russia
2007
• «Observatory», Pro-arte Institute, Pulkovo observatory, within the framework of the «Modern Art in a Traditional Museum» project St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Black Square Travelling», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2008
• «Art-Moscow 2008», New Person Institute, Central house of artists, Moscow, Russia
• «Just White», Russian Avant-garde Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Sonic Self», Chelsea Art Museum, New-York, USA
• «Water Power», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009
• «Art about art», State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• «Russian Beauty», Pro-arte Institute, State Modern Art Centre, Moscow, Russia