Yuri Tsvetaev (Юрий Цветаев)
Yuri Tsvetaev. His figurative works are created with a very fine brush, and can take many days if not weeks to complete.
Yuri Tsvetaev was born in Moscow in 1948. He graduated from the Search Results Web results Bauman Moscow State Technical University and from the Moscow Poligraphic Institute in 1972 and 1990 respectively.
Yuri Tsvetaev’s surrealist art style is unique and instantly recognizable. His figurative works are created with a very fine brush, and can take many days if not weeks to complete. They typically depict surrealist scenes of extraordinary gatherings. Each object, each animal and even the scenery is given a face. Looking at his figurative paintings becomes a game of hide and seek where the observer tries to spot all of the unique faces hidden with his oil paintings. The observer is left to imagine on their own. What the scene represents, why the characters gathered and what they are talking about is left for the observer to decide. This creates paintings that can be admired for hours on end. Each time you revisit the painting you see new faces, discover more angles, and slowly uncover its secrets. Yuri Tsvetaev also paints abstract oil paintings. Each painting has a thematic colour. Each brushstroke is easily visible and guides the eyes with grace.
Yuri Tsvetaev’s artworks have been exposed around the world since 1979. From Paris, to Moscow, Miami, Buenos Aires and many more cities, Yuri’s art has been given worldwide fame and exposure. Yuri Tsvetaev’s paintings can now be bought on artvie.com!
EXHIBITIONS
- 1979: exhibition with the Unity group in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- 1988: World Art Fair of the Books in Leipzig, Germany
- 1989: 17th exhibition of the Moscow Book Artists
- 1990: World Traveling exhibition in the Bhaktivedanta Institute in Mumbai, India
- 1992: exhibition in the Sytin museum-apartment in Moscow, Russia
- 1992: exhibition with the White Noise group in Moscow, Russia
- 1993: exhibition at the Soros Foundation in Moscow, Russia
- 1993: exhibition at the Canaletto Gallery in Warsaw, Poland
- 1993: exhibition at the State Art Gallery in Lodz, Poland
- 1994: exhibition Russian Collection. The end of the twentieth century. Mars Gallery in Moscow, Russia
- 1995: personal exhibition in the Guiter Gallery in Paris, France
- 1995: exhibition “Russian Post-Communist Painting” in Yerevan, Armenia
- 1996: exhibition in the “Noah’s Ark” gallery in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1996: 2nd exhibition of Russian Collection. The end of the twentieth century. Mars Gallery in Moscow, Russia
- 1996: 2nd personal exhibition in the Guiter Gallery in Paris, France
- 1997: personal exhibition in the Krosna Gallery in Moscow, Russia
- 1997: participated in the Art Festival of Miami, USA
- 1997: 3rd personal exhibition in the Guiter Gallery in Paris, France
- 1997: participation in the “Sensual Wrold in Pictures” project in the State Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia
- 1998: participated in the 18th exhibition of Moscow booker designers
- 1998: exhibition in the L.Borhes Arts Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1998: personal exhibition in the “Noah’s Ark” gallery in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1999: exhibition in the “De Twee Pauwen” gallery in the the Hague, Holland
- 1999: exhibition in the “Godot” Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic
- 1999: exhibition in the Palazzo “Tortus” in Frosinone, Italy
- 2000: participated in the “Nord” group exhibition in Moscow, Russia
- 2001: 2nd exhibition in the “De Twee Pauwen” gallery the Hague, Holland
- 2002: “Art-Wien” exhibition in Austria
- 2003: 3rd exhibition in the “De Twee Pauwen” gallery the Hague, Holland
- 2003: exhibition at the “Book Art” world Fair in Frankfurt, Germany
- 2004: exhibition at the “Book Art” world Fair in Warsaw, Poland
- 2004: 4th exhibition in the “De Twee Pauwen” gallery the Hague, Hollan
- 2004: exhibition in the “Ombre et Lumière” Gallery in Paris, France
- 2005: 3rd exhibition of the Moscow Graphic Artists
- 2006: 5th exhibition in the “De Twee Pauwen” gallery the Hague, Holland
- 2007: participation at the ART Fair Hertogenbosch in Den Bosch, Holland
- 2009: exhibition “Artist and book” in Moscow, Russia
- 2009: participated in the World Book Fair “LIBER” in Madrid, Spain
- 2010: 6th exhibition in the “De Twee Pauwen” gallery the Hague, Holland
- 2010: exhibition in the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Brussels, Belgium
- 2011: exhibition at the Centre for Culture in Athens, Greece
- 2011: participated in the 7th edition of the “Geysers of the Subconscious” project in Moscow, Russia
- 2012: “Heritage of the Surrealists” exhibition in the Dorothy Gallery in Paris, France
- 2012: exhibition hall “Bogorodskoye” in Moscow, Russia
- 2012: participated in the 8th edition of the “Geysers of the Subconscious” project in Moscow, Russia
- 2012: participated in the “International Surrealism Today” exhibition in Coimbra, Portugal
- 2012: participated in the “Surrealism Today” exhibition in Setiubal, Portugal
- 2012: participated in the “Artist and Book 2012” exhibition in Moscow, Russia
