ARTIST STATEMENT
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Artist Statement -



ARTIST STATEMENT

I think that absolute freedom in art is no more than a mirage. Like a vanishing point, not only it is not achievable, but also constant strive for being totally uninhibited fundamentally contradicts the very nature of art. I discovered that by trying to free myself I instead only created un-freedom within, but at the same time I recognized it as a blessing because this un-freedom, to my great surprise, flowered into my very own freedom. I built my personal space inside it, I fenced in all I was made of and then I gladly confined myself into this space and opened all the windows to share what’s inside with others. This is the moment of great joy for me because this space has never existed before I have created it.
Not unlike theater, my work attempts to counterpart outside reality with no ambition to compete with it. It is just a window into my parallel world, my very own, not so little Universe.

Artist Exhibitions



EDUCATION
School of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, Russia

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2017 ArtifactNYC, New York, NY
2014 Gallery 1905, Moscow, Russia
2010 Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI
2006 Lincolnwood Art Center, Lincolnwood, IL
2005 Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY
2003 Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2002 Lake County Convention Center, Hammond, IN
2001 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1998 Smithsonian Art Museum, New Albany, IN
1996-98 Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
1995 Gallery Swan, New York, NY
1997,98 MyungSook Lee Gallery, New York, NY
1996 South of North Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Riverfront Gallery, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2012 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY at Art Toronto
2003-2016 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Walter Wickiser Gallery, "Sculpture at Play", New York, NY
1998 The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2006 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY at Miami Art
2005 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY at Art Chicago
2003 Barrington Art Center, Barrington, IL
2003 Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2002,03,04 Sonia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1998-2000 Images Gallery, Louisville, KY
2001-05 Chapman Friedman Gallery, KY
2001 “From Trash to Treasure”, Hammond, IN
1999-2006 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
1996,97 Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999-2003 Earthworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Art Expo 1994, Javitz Center, New York, NY
1994 “Relatonships”, South of North Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997,98 MyungSook Lee Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Gallery Swan, New York, NY
1996,98 “Around the Coyote”, Chicago, IL
1996 Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
1994 “Sculptors Drawings”, 14th Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL

SELECTED JURIED SHOWS AND COMPETITIONS
2001-05 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
(Best of Show Award)
1998 Pleadis Gallery, New York, NY
(Juror: Ivan Karp, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York)
1995 ARC Gallery (juried show), Chicago, IL
(Juror: Richard Fransis, Curator MCA Chicago)
1993 14th Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY
(Juror: Donald Kuspit, New York)
1996 Art Communication international, New York, NY
(Juror: Ivan Karp, O.K. Harris Gallery, Katarina Rich Perlow, NewYork)
1993 Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
1998 The Art Place, Chicago, IL
1993 International Design Center (juried show), Long Island, NY
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Artist Publications



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Artist Collections



★ IMAGES FRIEDMAN, Louisville, KY
★ CHERYL CHAPMAN, Artist, Louisville, KY
★ SONNY KAM, Collector, Los Angeles, CA
★ Mr. & Mrs. SHELDON LANDY, Collectors, Chicago, IL
★ ANNA LISA CRONE, Ph.D. Tenure Professor, Chicago University, Chicago
★ GARY BERKOVITZ ARCHITECTS, Chicago, IL
★ ELENA FRISHMAN, Ph.D., Chicago, IL
★ MAX G. LAPKIND, Vice President Credit Suisse, NY, NY
★ GREGORY KHARAS, Tenure professor, De Paul University, Chicago, IL
★ ANATOLE MORGULIS ARCHITECTS, Vancouver, Canada
★ SOFYA MELIKYAN, International Concert Pianist, NY, NY
★ PASCAL NIGGENKEMPER, Composer, NY, NY
★ JAMES GILLESPIE, Morgan Stanley Financial Planning, Chicago, IL
★ BROWN FORMAN CORPORATION, Louisville, KY
★ ETHAN I. LIPKIND, CEO, Michigan Healthcare Preservation, Chicago, IL
★ ROMCON CORPORATION, Toronto, Canada
★ CHERNY FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, IL
★ ANNETTE EPSTEIN, CEO, Foreign Consultants, Chicago, IL
★ L&R MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, IL
★ DAVID BARACK D.M.D, Chicago, IL
★ Dr. & Mr. OSECKI, Chicago, IL
★ GREAT AMERICAN SIGNS, Wappinger’s Falls, NY
★ ALEXANDER MOTCHALOFF, Artist, NY, NY

★ ANDREY BOKOV, President of the of Architect’s League of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
★ ALEXEI FISENKO, Ph.D., Tenure Professor of Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, Russia
★ LMF MARLIS CORP., Moscow, Russia
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Artist Favorites