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Conceptual Spacial-(ism). My recent discovery of the term, which I can use now to describe my work is CONCEPTUAL SPACIAL-(ISM), the term I invented in order to “place” myself in the contemporary discourse; it has also helped me understand my own work better. I have searched and found a term that encompasses in its description the two-dimensional abstraction yet allows for the false perception of the three-dimensional space through the use of objects/shapes and their spatial relationship to each other. Avoiding any atmospheric drawing/painting technique that is traditionally used in a photorealistic painting to convey spatial relationship of background, middle ground, and foreground, allows me to use color flatly and consistently.
Flattening of the landscape. The imagined world invented by my work is my constructed reality, it is the relationship of the depicted and the world of the flattened landscape. People have been flattening the landscape with an accelerated pace, it is obvious and dramatic at the same time. I’ve been studying and working in the field of architecture for some time now immersing myself into the world of the built environment. I have acquired a unique perspective which allows me to be critical and analytical about
Color in my work. Any medium of expression somehow always uses color. I am a painter, I love color. Even my drawings, my currently preferred medium, of the dry pastel on watercolor paper, are referred to as paintings by many.
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DOUBLE SUN
observing the unseen
(YR-2012)
dry pastel on watercolor paper
51"x38" (~1.3M x 1M)
SHE IS BRIDGE
A woman of landscape
She acts as a bridge
A bridge to a steep, deep, deep canyon
A way to escape
A way to connect
To view the abstracted
And the city's landscape
She, who pulls it together
Her body & edges of earth;
She is larger than I,
She is taller than sky,
Deeper than emerald, blue grass.
(YR-2011)
A L L A R T W O R K I S A C O P Y R I G H T E D M A T E R I A L D O N O T A P P R O P R I A T E
MY BLUE TIRES or HUMAN DISPLACEMENT
My tires, your tires, their tires Whats annoying is that we keep on moving. Whats intimidating is that we keep on flattening the grand landscape by putting in more and more connectors such as roads, tunnels, bridges, airports and more and more connecting points. For hundreds of miles into the atmosphere the connecting points glow into the darkness, and so do some of the brightest connectors. They all glow with the golden mesmerizing light, but the tires that travel upon the extended and bruised landscape give off a hard to grasp blue feel. Tires are blue. They carry with them people by the hundreds, and hundreds of thousands; big crowds of people willingly displace themselves in the space of the world. We are our own displacement mechanism. We only have one last link of the chain dangling close to where it could be grabbed in order to remind us of a true and physical belonging to our rejected innate connections. We topple new structures, and we either recreate them or force ourselves to forget about them.
series of 3 drawings
HAPPINESS PORTAL
I made this series of drawings for my friends, for their wedding day, it was a surprise for them, it was intriguing for me to make work for a specific client in mind. It is awesome to see my work hang in their living room.
HAPPINESS PORTAL (1of3): TOGETHER FROM NOW ON is rather self-explanatory: it is about love and a new home together; it is about a new window into their joined life, it is about a shelter built together.
HAPPINESS PORTAL (2of3): SOLITUDE is a suggestion and a personal desire that one wants to be alone, yet together; a person wants to be connected, yet independent. I love staring out the window, in this case it is a space without bounds with a sky-lite a view of the boundless universe.
HAPPINESS PORTAL (3of3): MY HOME IS MY FORTRESS, I FEEL PROTECTED WHEN IT NURTURES . I want to believe they build a strong future for themselves. It is the earth that provides shelter, it is the sheltered who make hearth. We look into the warmth of whats beyond the windows, we see the nurturing breasts, we see the wall of protection. Everything is a background and only the ideas that take shape come forward and are present before us.
(YR-2009)
18"x24" (46 x 61 cm)
STAIRS UPSTAIRS (or Будте счастливы!)
This was a wedding gift for my brother. His favorite proverb is: дорогу осилит идущий, which in translation from Russian means the one who walks is the one who is able to overcome obstacle of the road. I often repeat this saying and it always has a different and extended meaning, and in my mind, when I do, I think of ever ascending/descending stair, endlessness of threads and risers that is the path to take. The staircase is always in the open with a bright blue sky over it, not a dungeon, not a dark deep well but a beautiful, almost perfect day. The two people are to awaken together to the brilliance & float, they are to find the stable ground and be sheltered. They are participants and observers of their universe.
TECHNOLOGIGAL/INFORMATIONAL SPRAWL
Drawing in its various forms: dry pastel on watercolor paper, 3d print, 3d renderings, reflective film blouse on a hanger. Drawings are about extreme suburbanization perpetuated by the widespread access to information through technological progress. The first drawing is a depiction of the building's shell being propped by a stick, if it wasn't for the flimsy prop the structure would have fallen apart. The second drawing is a cross section of the shell - an occupied space with attributes of a dwelling. The image brings to mind physiology of the muscle tissue, which is filled with activity and oxygen enriched blood supply. Third drawing is an attempt to understand the edge conditions. With such pervasive sprawl of some areas it has become increasingly difficult to delineate between various zones. Edges blur. Hard edges, soft edges, city edges, and building edges all intertwine and merge. This installation addresses issues of: environmental disconnect: sprawl and poor city planning; exploitation of resources albeit the existence of the virtual connection. These series of drawings suggest the collapse of the old establishment and creation of the new.
(YR-2010)
TECHNO/INFORMATIONAL SPRAWL
Builders II is a continued exploration of the Builders series. My hand got bolder and migrated onto a larger paper format. Three drawings comprise one work one idea, yet they are independent of each other.
Builders II, 1of3: SMALL MAN OF BIG STONE, BIG MAN WITH SMALL STONE - no matter where we are physically or mentally, I believe we have the power to create our constructs. They are refined or they are rough, they are overwhelming or too insignificant.
Builders II, 2of3: WHY DO YOU THINK THAT SIDE IS BETTER? is a drawing with the most literal interpretation of events that took place. There is a border in the form of a wall, it creates two sides, one side has two people sheltered, the other side has their past of attachments and previous life in the form of balls scattered. Its hard to say where these two people feel more at home.
Builders II, 3of3: FAMILY CON-STRUCTURE it is only when one has a family of ones own, she can understand what their parents and grandparents were telling them about love, life, values: it is the green tunnel promising a journey; it is an unbalanced brick structure that is held together by a thin rod; it is an overarching roof that serves as a shelter; it is the cobbled stone paving that we pave together.
(YR-2006)
BUILDERS II
BUILDERS I
"We are the makers of our own destiny" I'd hear growing up from my teachers and everyone involved and responsible for my social quality, moral purity and politically responsibile education. I believed it, indeed. Not until a bit later that I realized that we are the makers indeed, but of the high, heavy, impenetrable walls of our past, present and future. We are the makers of the confinement of our freedom. We make them, we construct them, we work and sweat to perfect them, yet they are invisible constructs. We convince our children that that is the norm, that is necessary. For better or for worse our reality is constructed, we live it abiding by its rules.
18"x24" (46 x 61cm)
Still life , drawn from looking at real objects and having great fun imagining them dancing and pouring substances into each other. Having the table cloth come alive and fill in the backdrop with its pattern.
(YR2004)
STILL LIFE - BLUE
18"x30" (46cm x 76 cm)
IZMAIL - specific arrangement of display for the series of these drawings
IZMAIL
A series of four drawings and my first experimentation with dry pastel. It was also my first time running out of paper before having a chance to reflect all the ideas in my head. These drawings compile memories distant and new, wishes ephemeral and defined. Like an feverish patient, my imagination was on fire, i was in a hurry to understand the traditional medium, which would make me want to draw, draw, draw for many years ahead.
These four drawings have many subjects in them: there are dead people in coffins, there is my family house where i grew up, there is a hoop and my past as a gymnast, there is my mother and my brother, there is my first love, there is a lot of baggage from over the seas.
series of 4 drawings
dry pastel on pastel paper
18"x24" (46cm x61 cm)
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• DIGITAL DRAWING
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Call for a temporary fence around the construction site of the UCSF Medical Center, new clinic
YR-2011
UCSF Medical Center, Competition for a temporary Fence
San Francisco - Mid Market Street Furniture Solutions
SF MID MARKET
STREET FURNITURE SOLUTIONS
digital drawings + prints
• 3d print or STEREO-LITHOGRAPHY
Conceptually stereolithography or otherwise known as 3d-print, is very similar in process to hand drawing....
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after-image-before-space
informational/technological sprawl
installation/drawings/3d prints/digital images/reflective cape
series of four 3d prints
powder based
5"x8"x8" (HxWxD)
• CERAMICS
a self portrait, some objects, and a tea pot
• LYTHOGRAPHY/ETCHING/DRY POINT
will to ART
My will to art is drawing, it is painting, it is spatial arts & design, it is ceramics, lithography, etc, it is where my mind and imagination can rein free. I would like to call my work - imaginative art . Imaginative art not in a sense of being about imagined three-legged creatures and monsters who wage war on humanity or somehow become humanized through human-like experiences and emotions. My art focuses on real human, social, political issues and conflicts, but communicates them through recognizable yet abstracted objects, shapes, their spatial relationship, and their relationship to the larger universe.
Conceptual & Abstract Spacial-(ism) . My recent discovery of the term, which I can use now to describe my work is ABSTRACT SPACIAL-(ISM), the term I invented in order to be able to place my art in the frame of the contemporary discourse; it has helped me understand my own work better. I have been searching for an idea that could encompass in its description the two-dimensional abstraction yet the false perception of the three-dimensional space through the use of objects/shapes and their special relationship to each other. Avoiding any atmospheric drawing/painting technique that is traditionally used in a photorealistic painting to convey spatial relationship of background, middle ground, and foreground, allows me to use color flatly and consistently.
Flattening of the landscape. The imagined world of my work is my constructed reality, it is the relationship of the depicted and the world of the flattened landscape. People have been flattening the landscape with an accelerated pace, it is obvious and dramatic at the same time. Ive been studying and working in the field of architecture for some time now immersing myself into the world of the built environment. I have acquired a unique perspective which allows me to be critical and analytical about my own work.
Art, definition . Nowadays everything is explained, interpreted, tied to some kind of cultural, or scientific roots, but I would like to insist on an old-fashioned idea that art cannot be fully explained. To my mind, art should possess among others qualities of being somewhat indescribable and intimate. An art work must be able to possess you, engulf you and carry you away, it is the means by which an artist conveys his passion; it is the current she puts forth which sweeps you along in her passion.
Education:
UC, Los Angeles
M.Arch I, 2004
UC, Irvine 2001
BA in Fine Arts
BS in Biological Sciences
Birth Place: Izmail, Ukraine
a little bit about myself
chapter I:
chapter II:
chapter III:
chapter IV:
I was born in the former Soviet Union, in the republic of Ukraine, in a small border town of Izmail, on the shore of the beautiful Danube River
I grew up in the time of perestroyka, and the ultimate fall of the Soviet Empire. I learned how to draw and paint then.
when I was 16, my whole family immigrated to the US
Immigration is like a bag filled with surprises and challenges; immigration is a tricky business. Time flew, and we are here to stay.
LIST OF SHOWS/EXHIBITIONS
2011.12.09 - 2012.01.14
Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor
Lincoln Center Art Gallery, City of Fort Collins, CO
\reviews:
http://leannegoebel.com/2011/12/28/specific-environments-the-landscape-as-metaphor/
http://open.salon.com/blog/artsjournalist/2011/12/28/specific_environments_the_landscape_as_metaphor
\video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ge0A6n5BBE&feature=endscreen&NR=1
CURRENT GALLERY SHOW
NEWS (i.e. my Journal)
2011.12.09 - 12.11
:: gallery show was fun, we met with Leanne Geoble, Lelah Mehla, Chris Goodman
:: flying to CO, for the gallery show opening
2011.11.22
:: Leon is in Colorado (drove 1k miles), delivered art work today
2011.10.31
:: acceptance letter for two of my works; juried, group exhibition; exhibition dates: December 2, 2011 through January 14, 2012.; opening reception: December 9, 5-8 p.m
2011.10.11
- working on my website;
- getting ready to submit work for the SF MOMA Gallery call for artists
useful links
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS ETC. photos
2011.12.09 - 2012.01.14 - Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor _ Lincoln Art Center Gallery, Fort Collins Colorado
2010.06.06 - 2010.07.12 - Informational & Technological Sprawl _ UCLA, Preloff Hall Decafe gallery
NEWS IN THE ART/ARCH WORLD
www.latimes.com - Arts
www.artnet.com
http://www.artiscontemporary.org
selfportrait.net
USEFUL LINKS
Call For Entries [www.callforentry.org]
Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) [www.westaf.org]
Art Business [www.artbusiness.com]
SF/ Bay Area Gallery Guide [www.sfbayareagalleryguide.com]
ArtSpace - selling art online [www.artspace.com]
SF Art Commission [www.sfartscommission.org]
art-collecting.com
RELEVANT GALLERIES
www.gallerypauleanglim.com
hosfeltgallery.com
www.artzone461.com
http://limnartgallery.com
www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com
www.berggruen.com
www.kochgallery.com
http://e6gallery.com/
www.bryantstreet.com
www.gregorylindgallery.com
www.eesgallery.com/
http://www.marxzav.com
http://www.anthonymeierfinearts.com
www.cainschulte.com
http://www.meridiangallery.org
http://www.modernisminc.com
www.caldwellsnyder.com
www.dolbychadwickgallery.com
http://www.sfwomenartists.org/
www.freynorris.com
http://www.srcart.com
www.briangrossfineart.com
patriciasweetowgallery.com
www.hackettmill.com
http://www.paulthiebaudgallery.com/
www.hainesgallery.com
http://www.toomey-tourell.com/
• ARCHITECTURE & ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING never ceases to amaze me, it contains so much information that is then translated into a built object. Architectural construction drawing creates a sense of awe and respect and a little mistery.
• FURNITURE & MILLWORK DESIGN
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![My Blue Tires [working 2]](http://static.wix.com/media/c0445d_08a407cc58616e7ad55e08771c7ae0f1.jpg_128)
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![SFMidMarket st. [str furnture]](http://static.wix.com/media/c0445d_d2533c5ecccc73feebdd116a4397edf6.jpg_128)
![SFMidMarket st. [str furnture]](http://static.wix.com/media/c0445d_21741e38b7f3d78cea1cd54fd57889c4.jpg_128)
