Girl (2001) Sculpture by Alexander Efimov

• Alexandre Efimov is Russian sculptor. He has graduated from Leningrad's (St.- Petersburg) Institute Of Art (the sculpture faculty), and is a member of Union of Russian Artist, a member of international association of ART-IAAAIAP UNESCO and also a member of New Zealand Academy of Fine Art and Waitakere Central Community Arts. Alexander lives in New Zealand since 2001 and has won some Awards in sculpture in New Zealand. He was selected by the International Jury to be a participant for the Biennale in Florence in 2001, 2005 and 2007....... 2011- Participated at 12th China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium. Where he presented New Zealand and made monumental sculpture 3 m. high. It he created during 2 months (see photos).
Now Alexander has more then ten years of experience with bronze casting and more than 30 years experience as a professional sculptor. Psychological portrait, composition, monument art, animalistic, medal art, fancy plots - these are the types and genre of his artworks.


About Alexander Efimov.

Alexander Efimov was born on Sakhalin Island in a small town. All his childhood he drew and made sculptures. After school and the army he decided to study art seriously and went to Leningrad City (now St. Petersburg) and became a student of the Art Institute. It was not easy, because after the bester applicants ware selected there were examinations only one out of five of the best applicants became a student of the Art Institute. Аlexander Efimov showed capability as a portrait sculptor while he was still a student at the Art Institute. His teacher of sculpture said to students about Alexander’s degree portrait (portrait of the girl "Marina") «To make such a portrait it is necessary to love nature ". Having completed his studies in аrt at the institute, Аlexander decided to abandon the major cultural centre of the USSR, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and to return to his home on the island of Sakhalin in the Far East. As a young person, he wanted to create freely without the advice (councel) of the authoritative artists. But also on Sakhalin, in the Artists’ Union there were Honored, experienced artists (members of the Union of Artists of the USSR). They began to take an interest in the young sculptor, to give him advice and they attempted to give him direction.
The Artists’ Union on the island of Sakhalin was making very serious preparation for the major exhibition in the USSR which was to be opened in Moscow. The experienced artists advised Alexander, not to send his artworks to Moscow, because Alexander was too young an artist for such an important major exhibition in Moscow. But after some debate they agreed that he could send just one artwork. But young people are very sure of themselves. Alexander put 4 sculptures in a box, closed the lid and nailed it down. “Why is the box so heavy? Is there only one little sculpture?” the Honoured artist asked Alexander. He replied, «I put in lots of newspapers for padding "....

• Nationality: NEW ZEALAND
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary New Zealand Artists