Yuri Afonov

Yuri Afonov

Graduated from Yaroslavl Art School in 1980. Worked in Krasnoyarsk Artists' Fund of the USSR Union of Artists until 1993. Since 1993 in Norilisk. The Member of the Russia Union of Artists, member of International Assotiation of graphic arts - "AIAP YUNESKO", chairman of the rule "Regional public body artist Krasnoyarsk edges "Taymyr - a SOUTH".
Participated in regional, and all-russian and International exhibitions from 1981, participant in "International Biennale Graphic Arts" in ST PETERSBURG 2006

Solo exhibitions:
2002 - Norilisk, "Arts' Gallery",
2003 - Dudinka, "Taymyr district centre of the national cultures",
2004 - Norilisk, "Arts' Gallery",
2004 - Tallinn, Estonia, "Russian gallery" at embassy RF",
2004 - Tartu, Estonia, " Estonian Museum of Ethnography",
2005 - Dudinka, "Taymyr's district centre of the national cultures",
2005 - Uppsala, Sweden, "Svava" gallery,
2006 - Saint Petersburg, "Museum of the town sculpture",
2006 - Norilisk, "Museum of History and mastering NPR",
2007 - Norilisk, "Museum of History and mastering NPR",
2007 - Norilisk, "Bank "Cedar".
2016 - Norilisk, "Arts' Gallery"
His works are in the Norilsk Museum, Norilsk Arts Gallery, the Administration of Norilsk, the Administration of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Region, the Administration of the Governor of the Taymyr autonomous neighborhood, "Svava" gallery", "Russian Gallery", "Estonian Ethnographic Museum", the Taymyr regional centre of the national cultures"- Dudinka and in private collections worldwide.
Afonov's graphic works, unite the general subject: pagan roots of the aboriginal Taymyrs - their poetry and prose, their attitude to life, ability to survive, connection with the afterworld and that which is hidden from us.