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Artist Statement:
When I was a teenager, I
thought that the XXI century
— is an unachievable distant
future. And now this future
already came. Many things that
seemed as science fiction
before, now — the prosaic
reality.
But did it make people more
happy?
Modern man is so fed up of
visual information, that he
lost the ability to wonder.
Craft of visual simulation has
reached such a degree of
perfection that absolutely
everything become possible.
But did it make people began
to feel more acutely?
A XXI century resident is
racing through his life with
escape velocity. The visual
aspect of the world rushes in
front of him like a continuous
tape, and his eyes have time
to grab only the most glaring
and outstanding, most new and
unusual. But even this he does
not manage to feel in a full
range. Because new information
is no longer waiting — it's
climbing into his eyes and
pushed by the next, like the
passengers in the Tokyo
subway.
My painting — is a story
about the beauty of light and
color in the stopped moment of
time. No conceptual nonsense
or ultra-supernova "ideas".
Simply painting. Oil on
canvas. In the same way as ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008
* Christmas Exhibition
Galeria de Arte Gaudi,
Madrid;
* Lineart'08 presented by
Galeria de Arte Gaudi (Madrid)
Flanders Expo, Ghent;
[fotosintesi]
* One man show "Raum und
Decoration"
Colourblind Gallery,
Koln;
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* Art-Craft Studio
"Barcode"
Mayakovsky Library, St.
Petersburg;
* Art-Craft Studio
"Barcode"
Mitki museum, St.
Petersburg;
* "St. Petersburg 2007"
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Artist Galleries:
Selskaya Zhizn' Gallery (St.
Petersburg, Russia)
http://selart.spb.ru
Colourblind Gallery (Koln,
Germany)
http://colourblindgallery.ru
Gallery Gaudi (Madrid, Spain)
http://www.galeriagaudi.net...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Erarta St. Petersburg Museum
of Contemporary Art
A number of private
collections in Russia, UK,
Belgium, Finland, Germany,
etc....
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Commissions:
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Ruben Monakhov Biography:
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40
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Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
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| Education |
Professional Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Painting, graphics |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Your Personal Biography |
Born December 12, 1970 in Leningrad (USSR)
Graduate from Serov Art School (at present time Roerikh Art School) in 1991, graphics design.
St. Petersburg section of Russian Federation Artists Union since 1999.
Exhibitions:
2008
* Christmas Exhibition
Galeria de Arte Gaudi, Madrid;
* Lineart'08 presented by Galeria de Arte Gaudi (Madrid)
Flanders Expo, Ghent;
[fotosintesi]
* One man show 'Raum und Decoration'
Colourblind Gallery, Koln;
[fotosintesi]
* Art-Craft Studio 'Barcode'
Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg;
* Art-Craft Studio 'Barcode'
Mitki museum, St. Petersburg;
* 'St. Petersburg 2007'
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
2007
* The Second groupe exhibition 'Random Crosslinking'
«Selskaya Zhizn'» gallery, St. Petersburg;
[press-release (pdf)]
* one man show «Cities. Ofort.»,
Sholokhov Library, St. Petersburg;
* «170 Anniversary of Russian Railroad»,
Railroad museum, St. Petersburg;
* «About the Railroad»,
Books & Graphics Centre, St. Petersburg;
* «Red Circle of Constructivism»,
Jam Hall, St. Petersburg;
2006
* group exhibition «Random Cross-linking»,
«Selskaya Zhizn'» gallery, St. Petersburg;
* IV SPb. art galleries festival
(consisting of «Art-Craft» studio),
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
* one man show «No Names»,
«Griboyedov» club, St. Petersburg;
* «St. Petersburg Engravings» exhibition
(consisting of «Art-Craft» studio),
RCHSA, St. Petersburg;
2005
* one man show «Endless Journey»,
S.P.A.S. gallery, St. Petersburgг;
2004
* exhibition of young artists «Hope»,
SPbRFAU, St. Petersburg;
* Spring exhibition of young SPb artists,
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
2003
* «Art-Craft»,
Alice gallery, Bordeaux;
* «Art-Craft»,
municipality of Bordeaux;
* one man show ,
«Selskaya Zhizn'» gallery, St. Petersburg;
2002
* «Art-Craft»,
Public Library on Moskovsky pr., St. Petersburg;
2000
* «10 years on the way»,
Roerikh Art School, St. Petersburg;
1999
* SPbRFAU new members exhibition ,
SPbRFAU, St. Petersburg;
1997
* «4 Horisonts»,
Akhmatova museum, St. Petersburg;
1993
* «Young artists of SPb»,
DK «Izhorets»,. Kolpino;
* «Leavetaking with Communism»,
«Baltika» gallery, St. Petersburg;
* one man show,
DK «Izhorets»,. Kolpino;
* «Exhibition of young artists»,
«Baltika» gallery, St. Petersburg;
* one man show,
Dostoyevsky museum, St. Petersburg;
1991
* «Exhibition of young artists»,
LDM, St. Petersburg;
1987
* «A part for WHite Piano»,
State Chapel on Vassilievsky Island,St. Petersburg.
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