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Born May 1966 in Volgograd Region, Russia
Education
Ashgabat School of Fine Art, Turkmenistan, Degree in Fine art, June 1992
Volgograd Technical School, Volgograd Russia, Degree in Mechanical Drawing Design, June 1984
Exhibitions
Rodin international, Miami, FL USA 2007
InterArt Gallery- New York, New York September-October 2002
InterArt Gallery- Huntington, New York May-June 2002
Art Atlanta 2002- Atlanta, Georgia, USA May 2002
ArtExpo 2002- New York, USA February-March 2002
The Society for Art of Imagination Awards: Won a privilege to participate in an Annual Exhibition London, UK February, March 2002
InterArt Gallery- Huntington, New York June, November 2001, January 2002
102nd Annual Exhibiting Artist Members Exhibition of the National Arts Club, New York, New York . December 2000-January 2001
Opera Gallery- New York ,New York 2001
Summa Gallery- New York, New York 2000-2001
Artique Gallery- New York, New York 2000
101st Annual Exhibiting Artist Members Exhibition of the National Arts Club New York, New York
Awards
Exhibiting Committee Award for “Alter Ego”, January 2000
Art Exchange Gallery, Brooklyn, New York August 2000
Caelum Gallery New York , New York June 1999
The Spy Cafe - Charity Auction New York, New York May 1999
Zalman Gallery New York, New York Summer Exhibition, July,1998
Statement:
The choice of the topic and heroes in my art are conditioned by my feelings and thoughts, during the moment when I create my painting. It could be a book, music, or a live example. I do not relate with either impressionists or surrealists. In all my images I try to analyze and then convert to metaphor, everything that makes an impression on me.
The hero of my paintings usually is a simple man; this man can love, suffer, or even sometimes be merry or melancholy. When I know my hero precisely, it is at this time that the performance begins.
The choice of appearance of my hero, that is, his suit, the mask, the gesture, and the facial expressions. It all depends on the hero's character, his inner nature in the paintings, and on the subject line. That is why I often use people as in a puppet show, where they are egg headed, hollow in face, reminiscent of the mask of Greek theatre. Sometimes the faces of my heroes are very realistic. Such people have nude figures, or customs of different epochs. The different ways of depicting my heroes every time allows me to look at my topics in anew way. It helps me to open up my topic with anew language, which is related only to the individual painting, or to series of pictures.
The co-authorship and rivalry at the same time, between the artist and the spectator, and the need to understand each other, is my general aim. That is why my spectator has to be ready for this kind of game. He should have aspiration to understand the world I present, and thereby expend his horizons and his consciousness. I offer the spectator the chance to collide with the situation I present in my pictures. The hollow dolls play people, and their suits are only a show for the spectator.
I want to invite my spectator for reflection and argument, with the help of metaphoric images, a kind of co-authorship, which can be completely unexpected and lead to new openings. |
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