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Artist Statement:
We constantly experience
input of information into our
minds. This does not
necessarily form conscious
knowledge. Rather it may be
unformatted environmental
impingements, all exposure to
the elements and resulting
psychical and physical changes
come from this.
Traveling in different
places and changing
environments enhances this
input. You just have to be
attentive to details, fleeting
occurrences. Tales, folklore,
other media events and old
myths can all be helpful.
Insight, as well as providing
an immeasurable source of
information, consolidates
everything.
My task as an artist is to
put these data on paper or
onto whatever material I am
working with at the moment.
Diverse mediums such as:
printmaking, digital graphics,
stage design for concert
dance, performance art,
installation, sculpture,
photography bond me as a
creator with art.
The human body has always
been a central interest to
artists. Movement adds a new
dimension to the human
personality. This is why both
in photography and performance
art my subjects often are
movement of the human body and
dance. Though sometimes
vestigial human presence in
surrounding ambiance is
enough.
I do not look purposefully
for materials for my works,
though often ponder on a
subject for a long time.
Materials are...
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Artist Galleries:
Backstage Salon, San
Francisco, Christensenheller
Gallery, Oakland, California.
Also, you can see my works on
these sites:
http://gallery.passion4art.com/
members/pestov/index.html,
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/N
ook/2633/ ,
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/yvpe
stov...
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Exhibitions for Yuriy Pestov:
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2008 Drawing in Art for the House exhibition at The Shooting gallery,San Francisco.
Drawing in The Love Show exhibition at Gallery 146,San Francisco.
2007 Drawings in 7th Annual Monster Drawing Rally at Southern Exposure,San Francisco.
2006 Improvised drawings and dance performance in Raw and Uncut Festival at Shotwell Studios, San Francisco. Choreographer Martin A. David
Digital print at CounterPulse Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Improvised drawings and dance performance in ...And Still Dancing at ODC Theater, San Francisco, USA. Choreographer Martin A. David.
2005 Digital prints and mixed media in Bayennale, Bay Area International Arts Festival at Cellspace, San Francisco, USA.
Digital prints and drawing in The Third Annual Art Nouveau at Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA.
Sculpture Convoluted in EcoArts, Lake County Sculpture Walk, Trailside Park, Middletown,
California.
Digital print in 20th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction at Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2004 Digital and collagraph prints and drawing in Nouveau Salon at Whitney Young Cultural Center. San Francisco, USA.
Sculpture True Faker in EcoArts, Lake County Sculpture Walk, Trailside Park, Middletown,
California.
2003 Sculpture, prints, photography in Nouveau Salon at Whitney Young Cultural Center. San Francisco, USA.
Drawing in 18th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2002 Digital images at Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, USA.
Photography and mixed media in Wigged Out, Exhibition Party at Arty Pants Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon.
TV installations, prints and performance "The Heroman" in "The TV Show", The Boon Project Juried Exhibition, The Warehouse, San Francisco, USA. Jurors: Mark Scandrette and David Starfas.
Digital graphics in The Flag Project at Culpepper Gallery, Abrons Arts Center, New York, USA
Collagraphs, photography and mixed media at Muddy's café, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon.
Collagraph at Art with a Heart, Ritter House Juried Exhibition and Auction, San Rafael, California, USA. Jurors: Chester Arnold, Joanne Chappell, Robin Critelli, Charles H. Curley, Tyson
Underwood.
Installation at Sucky Tapioka café, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSF.
Collagraphs at Build Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon.
Digital graphics at Exit Art Gallery, New York, USA.
Sculpture Fly Like an Eagle at Christensenheller Gallery, Oakland, California, USA.
Prints, two-person exhibition at Backstage Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2001 *Photography at The Youth Center of Northern Countries, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Performance Under the Straight Line in Exit, International Festival for Unusual Live-
Performances, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Roi Vaara.
2000 Prints in CSW Cyber Art & Poetry Spring/Summer Show 2000, based in USA. Organized by Sandy Curtis.
Performance From Holland to New Holland in Emplacements, International Art Project, St.
Petersburg, Russia. Curated by Gail Pearce, Great Britain.
1999 * Al-Ferdous, The Rose Garden, works on paper at The Jordanian Association of Plastic Artists,
Amman, Jordan.
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