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To look upon a painting by Yuri is to transcend the time, distance, and faith that separate us.When face to face with one of his works, the possible oneness of the world is painted clearly for you across his canvas in vibrant reds, yellows, blues and greens.And, for one brief moment, all the chaos that is our modern way of life slips away and you are smiling.
Yuri Kuznetsov was born in Almet'evsk, Russia and as a child would visit his mother where she worked as a college professor of the arts.The cans of multicolored paints available to his mother's students fueled Yuri's imagination. Like may Russian artists, Yuri's natural talents were apparent from an early age and those talents were nurtured. Being drawn to clean lines and precision, Yuri dreamed of becoming an architect.However, in his last year of high school, the artist within him took control of his destiny and he took the path of a painter.At the highly acclaimed and renowned Mukhina Art Academy in St. Petersburg, Yuri and fellow students were encouraged to develop an individual style to make their mark in contemporary art and in 1986 Yuri graduated.
During 1990 through 1998 Yuri exhibited with a group of young professional artists and poets from Sochi.They called themselves the "Guild of the Beautiful" and traveled to cities throughout Russia and Germany.Setting up in museums, galleries, theaters, even on the street if they had to, they coordinated more than 40 shows over the course of their nine years together.Their hope was to open the eyes of those who love the arts end even more so, those who do not and create a greater appreciation and insight of contemporary Russian art.
In 1998 Yuri came to United States for the first time under the auspices of the " People to People International Art Ambassador Program".It was People to People's aspiration to bring individuals together form across thousands of miles in the name of a common passion. As a winner of the competitions Yuri was invited to USAto Northridge College in California to participate in the event.
Yuri participated in more then thirty exhibitions in Sochi, Krasnodar, Moscow, Ludwigshaffen, Vancouver, New York, LosAngeles, Chicago, Aspen, Telluride, Santa Fe. His works are in private collections throughout the world, including Sweden, Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Finland and more.
With colors and patterns appealing to our inner child, his work feeds our basic human desire for happiness. Quoting the artist, " Of all the evils of the world, I choose none, I prefer not to show dark sides".Instead, the world Yuri depicts on his canvases evokes a sense of paradise on earth, referencing the world of Henry Rousseau.Yuri's world is beautiful, positive and kind.While Rousseau's archaic style and grave icons were meant to model the tradition of classical painting, Yuri's idyllic fantasy exists in a more graphic, simplified reality.Natural enemies of the food chain lie side by side or hold...
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Philosophy of Yuri Kuznetsov
With colors and patterns appealing to our inner child, his work feeds our basic human desire for happiness. Quoting the artist, " Of all the evils of the world, I choose none, I prefer not to show dark sides".Instead, the world Yuri depicts on his canvases evokes a sense of paradise on earth, referencing the world of Henry Rousseau.Yuri's world is beautiful, positive and kind.While Rousseau's archaic style and grave icons were meant to model the tradition of classical painting, Yuri's idyllic fantasy exists in a more graphic, simplified reality.Natural enemies of the food chain lie side by side or hold hands.For Yuri, these figures, these characters are touching and sympathetic, and most importantly they are amusing.The edges of their forms are painted in clean lines and their bodies fit together simply like a child's puzzle.
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Technique of Yuri Kuznetsov
His Technique: He loves to mix different styles, techniques and textures.He desires his work to look decorative with a touch of humor.Yuri continuously makes small ink sketches and then selects which will be his next subject. He then primes a canvas and redraws the image in pencil on canvas. He makes a layer of modeling paste in some spots, next he paints the figures with acrylic, and later continues the process with oil paints.Applying acrylic under the oil paints gives the surface additional texture and enhances that enigmatic look he likes to achieve.
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YURI KUZNETSOV
To look upon a painting by Yuri is to transcend the time, distance, and faith that separate us.When face to face with one of his works, the possible oneness of the world is painted clearly for you across his canvas in vibrant reds, yellows, blues and greens.And, for one brief moment, all the chaos that is our modern way of life slips away and you are smiling.
Yuri Kuznetsov was born in Almet'evsk, Russia and as a child would visit his mother where she worked as a college professor of the arts.The cans of multicolored paints available to his mother's students fueled Yuri's imagination. Like may Russian artists, Yuri's natural talents were apparent from an early age and those talents were nurtured. Being drawn to clean lines and precision, Yuri dreamed of becoming an architect.However, in his last year of high school, the artist within him took control of his destiny and he took the path of a painter.At the highly acclaimed and renowned Mukhina Art Academy in St. Petersburg, Yuri and fellow students were encouraged to develop an individual style to make their mark in contemporary art and in 1986 Yuri graduated.
During 1990 through 1998 Yuri exhibited with a group of young professional artists and poets from Sochi.They called themselves the "Guild of the Beautiful" and traveled to cities throughout Russia and Germany.Setting up in museums, galleries, theaters, even on the street if they had to, they coordinated more than 40 shows over the course of their nine years together.Their hope was to open the eyes of those who love the arts end even more so, those who do not and create a greater appreciation and insight of contemporary Russian art.
In 1998 Yuri came to United States for the first time under the auspices of the " People to People International Art Ambassador Program".It was People to People's aspiration to bring individuals together form across thousands of miles in the name of a common passion. As a winner of the competitions Yuri was invited to USAto Northridge College in California to participate in the event.
Yuri participated in more then thirty exhibitions in Sochi, Krasnodar, Moscow, Ludwigshaffen, Vancouver, New York, LosAngeles, Chicago, Aspen, Telluride, Santa Fe. His works are in private collections throughout the world, including Sweden, Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Finland and more.
With colors and patterns appealing to our inner child, his work feeds our basic human desire for happiness. Quoting the artist, " Of all the evils of the world, I choose none, I prefer not to show dark sides".Instead, the world Yuri depicts on his canvases evokes a sense of paradise on earth, referencing the world of Henry Rousseau.Yuri's world is beautiful, positive and kind.While Rousseau's archaic style and grave icons were meant to model the tradition of classical painting, Yuri's idyllic fantasy exists in a more graphic, simplified reality.Natural enemies of the food chain lie side by side or hold hands.For Yuri, these figures, these characters are touching and sympathetic, and most importantly they are amusing.The edges of their forms are painted in clean lines and their bodies fit together simply like a child's puzzle.
Also influenced by the surrealists, especially by Rene Magritte, Yuri explores the meaning and relationship between painted and real objects, finding ways to bridge the gap between his reality and that of the real world.Like ancient artisans telling a story on cave walls, Yuri's characters take all different sizes and shapes.Sometimes these dimensions and profiles suggest dominance amongst the figures; sometimes it suggests reality balanced precariously against caprice.
His Technique: He loves to mix different styles, techniques and textures.He desires his work to look decorative with a touch of humor.Yuri continuously makes small ink sketches and then selects which will be his next subject. He then primes a canvas and redraws the image in pencil on canvas. He makes a layer of modeling paste in some spots, next he paints the figures with acrylic, and later continues the process with oil paints.Applying acrylic under the oil paints gives the surface additional texture and enhances that enigmatic look he likes to achieve.
When asked what mark he hoped to leave in this world Yuri answered plainly, "I haven't given it any thought." Yuri wishes to touch individual lives with his work and does not need to leave a message to the masses.Whether it be a long time collector who leaves his work for future generations, or it be passerby who is caught off guard by his light-hearted characters; Yuri wants to bring laughter and happiness to all those that look upon his work.That being the mission of the artist Yuri Kuznetsov, he can safely say he has achieved all that he wishes, for he is scattering joy across the miles and time that is this world, one painting at a time.
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The Notable Works of Yuri Kuznetsov
2006
A Celebration of Life,Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
One Man Show, Telluride, Colorado. Poster artist - 30th Anniversary/Jazz Festival
"Free to Fly", Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005
Diane Debilzan Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Art Show, Rodgers Erdmann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
ARTEXPO, New York, NY
2003
ARTEXPO, New York, NY
2002
Billy Hork Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mural, Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Show, Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
ARTEXPO, New York, NY
CAP, Group Show, Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach, CA
Valentine, One Man Show, Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2001
"In Vino Veritas", Group Show, Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Show, Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"In Seed of a Sunflower", Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"Three Artist's Whimsy", Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2000
"Translating Angels", Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"Sings of the Zodiac", Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Magidson Fine Art Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Gallery La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
"Familiar Faces" Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"Under the Same Sky", Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1999
"Reflections", Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1998
One Man Show, North Gallery, Northridge, CA
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
Traveling Exhibition, Artist Gild in Tuapse, Sochi, Tuapse, Russia
90*60*90, Sochi, Russia
" Fish on the Stone" Art Performance, Sochi, Russia
"Anti-Titanic", Art Performance, Sochi, Russia
1997
"Christmas Palere", Sochi, Russia
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
"Kvadrolog", Ludwigshafen, Germany
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
"High Art". Art Performance, on board of IL-86, Sochi-Moscow, Russia
1996
"Christmas Palette", Sochi, Russia
ARTEXPO, New York, NY
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
"Kvadrolog", Ludwigshafen, Germany
"Details of Growing", Sochi, Russia
"White Magnolia", Marching the Streets of Sochi ( Art Performance)
"Beer Fair", Art Performance, Sochi, Russia
1995
"Plywood Painting", Sochi, Russia
"Kvadrolog" Sochi, Russia
1995
"Freedom and Volition", Sochi, Russia
"Exhibition of Generations", NB Gallery, Moscow, Russia
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
Group Exhibition, Dacha Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
"Music Images", Sochi, Russia
1994
"Still-Life in the Interior", Sochi, Russia
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
"Border Zones in Art", Sochi Festival, Russia
Two Men Show, NB Gallery, Moscow, Russia
"Velvet Season", Sochi, Russia
"Circles in the Sky", Sochi, Russia
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
"White Ship", Krasnodar, Russia
The Gild of Beautiful-4 Years, Barsova Museum, Sochi, Russia
1993
One Man Show, German Embassy, Moscow, Russia
"They Got Hold of the Sky", Sochi, Russia
'Happy Hearts Necklace", Sochi, Russia
"Painting on the Water", Black Sea, Sochi, Russia
1992
Performance, Kinoshock Festival, Anapa, Russia
OVO-ART - Pure Art, Sochi, Russia
Celebration on Anadyr Mountain Accompanied by the Singing of Nikitinsk
Fish, M'ARS, Moscow, Russia
1991
Art-El' Presenting…, Krasnodar, Russia
Third Color Festival, Sochi, Russia
Theater M-31, Sochi, Russia
"Golden Fleece-91", Sochi, Russia
"Accidental Gain of the Sick Mummy", M'ARS Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Solo Exhibition, Winter Theater, Sochi, Russia
"White Cross", Sochi, Russia
1988
One Man Show, Desert, Ashabad, Turkmenistan
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