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Alexei Biryukoff
 

self taught artist, currently living and working in Barnaul, Russia

2006 prize of the viewers' sympathy at the Barnaul Contemporary
     Art Competition "Fresh Wind"
2005 one of the nudes went to museumMAN in Liverpool UK
2004 first conceptual project (Naked Loneliness) 
2002 UK experience triggered a big change in approach 
2001 the Second prize at the annual Altai Region Young Artists
     Exhibition 
2000 graduated from the local Teacher Training Univ. 
1999 first solo show 
1990 moved to Altai, Russia 
1976 born in Frunze, Kirgizstan
 

member of the art groups VZGLYAD and FOUR 
member of the art union Siberian Masters 
member of the Young Artists Union of Altai 

works in the private collections in 
many cities of Russia, several states of the USA including Hawaii, Caribbean,UK, Germany, France, Finland, Australia.

Nude#12 is in the museumMAN collection Liverpool, UK: www.museumman.org 
 
 
 

statement :

must say, that I went  through several strong influences, like Van Gogh, Impressionism, Fauvism, Mark Rothko, Lucian Freud, Jenny Saville, Damien Hirst and others, that have left visible traces in my works I guess, but techniques are only means of expressing of what stands behind the materials. A technique comes out of what you have got to say, so it may vary from theme to theme. 

After the Naked Loneliness show I got interested in conceptual art and performance very much. The experience lets me see how expressive art can become when you combine paintings, sound and performance (all done by yourself) together and reach several channels of perception at a time. I strive to create a micro world, where the paintings are not just hanging on the walls, but where everything that is seen and heard interacts with the show space and involves the viewers, making them part of a bigger picture.

I respect very much those artists who choose to work on one motif or in the same technique over and over again, like Rothko or Cezanne, who painted the same mountain a hundred times. This approach is probably the most honest one and this is something I will definitely do when I grow older… Meanwhile I prefer not to bind myself by one technique but choose a certain theme and live with it for a year or more, reading and thinking about it, working on it day after day and see what it would dictate to me... It is very much like a journey – I am visiting a certain place that burns my mind, moves my thoughts and emotions, and makes me want to say something back. I keep doing that till I am exhausted, but every time this happens I realize that I cannot exhaust the theme I am working on, it is inevitably the other way round.

art is a game, with no restrictions or rules to play. Just play away and enjoy the freedom. Make your every step an act of art, make people see ordinary things from new angles, be serious, play, then mix it all up and see if anybody understands what you are doing... 
 
 
 

© alexei biryukoff