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Dmitri Matkovsky

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Artist (Painting, Digital Arts)
Born 1961
Matkovsky Abstract. Meditation on paint. Painting my feelings. The Victory of Life. I'm so blessed to be alive.

Dmitri Matkovsky is Canadian abstractionist, an artist synesthetes*, Abstract Expressionist. He lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
After retiring early from a 25 years career in rock music with «Auktyon» and other bands he began as a acrylicist and was strongly influenced by Gerhard Richter, who was his first Teacher for the short period of time in 1991.
Style: Abstract Expressionism. Why?
Because of emotions. It’s all at this particular moment. All your life. It’s like a music improvisation. You need to say explain all life in one moment, in one phrase, in one white square…
I love paint and I love colors, and I love white canvas. I like even prepare canvas for painting, I just love to be an artist.
When I’m painting I feel like a marathon runner dying to reach the finish line. I feel like the mountain climber whose single driving goal is to reach the peak. I want to succeed. To win.
I feel liberated when create art. First, because I can escape this reality, and second, because I can produce something that is influence on somebody’s mood or state of mind. And I like it.
His paintings have been sold to offices, shops and private residences in USA, Canada, France, Germany etc. Up until now in 18 countries.

Дмитрий Матковский — художник-синестет. В психологии существует понятие «синестезии», особого способа восприятия действительности, когда информация, полученная определёнными органами чувств, приобретает дополнительное качественное значение. Дмитрий Матковский, в свою очередь, имеет «цветовой слух». Художник воспринимает звуки через цвет, а свои работы называет «музыкой на холсте».

Убедиться в особенности своих ощущений автору выпал шанс довольно рано: его школьная группа, «Мануфактура», стала победителем первого Ленинградского Рок-фестиваля, после чего он 10 лет играл в составе «АукцЫона»

Оказавшись в Канаде в 2001 г. ДМ полностью отдался миру живописи. 10 лет жизни в Сев. Америке оформили его как профессионала в области изобразительного искусства, заставили говорить о нем в мире галерейного бизнеса. За это время Более 240 работ ДМ были куплены частными коллекционерами и музеями Америки, Европы и Японии.

В настоящий момент Дмитрий Матковский продолжает заниматься живописью, 3D анимацией, дизайном, музыкой, йогой, а также публицистическим творчеством.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2021-2022 State Russian museum, St.Petersburg, Russia, "Space of the 21st Century"
2015
"Art Place",Kiev, Ukraine
"Synesthetes" - solo show
2011
Toronto Library Art Center, Toronto, Canada
"Art into Life" - solo show
2010
Mod Club, Toronto, Canada
"NequilaJazzz" - solo show
2000
Khvost Gallery, Paris, France - solo show
1999
OGI Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
- solo show
1997
Organ Vnutrennih Del, St. Petersburg, Russia - solo show
1995
"Post Soviet Art - Ptiza" C. Karsten Gallery, Hamburg, Germany - solo show
1994
Batusov Art Gallery, Paris, France - “Songs at an Exhibition” solo show

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Matkovsky 2009 • 14 artworks

Acrylic on canvas, 2009 PAINTINGS
Painting titled "butterfly's dream" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
butterfly's dream - Painting, 33x24 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"butterfly's dream"

Oil | 33x24 in

$679.49
Painting titled "blue calibre" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
blue calibre - Painting, 42x42 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"blue calibre"

Oil | 42x42 in

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Painting titled "Lynx" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork
Lynx - Painting, 37x26 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"Lynx"

Painting | 37x26 in

$990.36
Painting titled "Plexus" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Plexus - Painting, 19x14 in ©2008 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Russian Acrylic abstract expressionism, contemporary art
"Plexus"

Oil | 19x14 in

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Painting titled "Light & Darkness" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Light & Darkness - Painting, 24x24 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"Light & Darkness"

Oil | 24x24 in

$657.28
Painting titled "His path (for Dad)" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
His path (for Dad) - Painting, 48x48 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Russian Acrylic abstract expressionism, contemporary art
"His path (for Dad)"

Oil | 48x48 in

$1,778.65
Painting titled "rose" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
rose - Painting, 28x26 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"rose"

Oil | 28x26 in

$1,022.56
Painting titled "To be or not to be" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
To be or not to be - Painting, 28x14 in ©2008 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Russian Acrylic abstract expressionism, contemporary art
"To be or not to be"

Oil | 28x14 in

$546.25
Painting titled "Moonlight revolution" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Moonlight revolution - Painting, 50x50 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"Moonlight revolution"

Oil | 50x50 in

$1,545.5
Painting titled "Ice Bird" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Ice Bird - Painting, 49x49 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - contemporary primitivism acrylic painting
"Ice Bird"

Oil | 49x49 in

$1,578.8
Painting titled "Night" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Night - Painting, 39x49 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract expressionism acrylic painting
"Night"

Oil | 39x49 in

$1,545.5
Painting titled "Magnetic Waves" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Magnetic Waves - Painting, 47x35 in ©2010 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Russian Acrylic abstract expressionism, contemporary art
"Magnetic Waves"

Oil | 47x35 in

$823.82
Painting titled "Abstract 4" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Abstract 4 - Painting, 48x48 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Abstract, abstract-570, Acrylic on canvas yellow, white, abstract, fantasy, canvas, Original, acrylic
"Abstract 4"

Oil | 48x48 in

$1,367.85
Painting titled "Brake" by Dmitri Matkovsky, Original Artwork, Oil
Brake - Painting, 50x50 in ©2009 by Dmitri Matkovsky - Expressionism, expressionism-591, abstract acrylic painting
"Brake"

Oil | 50x50 in

$2,089.53
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