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Ruben Monakhov
Born December 12, 1970 in Leningrad (USSR)
Graduate from Serov Art School (at present time Roerikh Art School) in 1991, graphics design.
St. Petersburg section of Russian Federation Artists Union since 1999.
Artist Statement:
When I was a teenager, I thought that the XXI century — is an unachievable distant future.
And now this future already came. Many things that seemed as science fiction before, now — the prosaic reality.
But did it make people more happy?
Modern man is so fed up of visual information, that he lost the ability to wonder. Craft of visual simulation has reached such a degree of perfection that absolutely everything become possible.
But did it make people began to feel more acutely?
A XXI century resident is racing through his life with escape velocity. The visual aspect of the world rushes in front of him like a continuous tape, and his eyes have time to grab only the most glaring and outstanding, most new and unusual. But even this he does not manage to feel in a full range. Because new information is no longer waiting — it's climbing into his eyes and pushed by the next, like the passengers in the Tokyo subway.
My painting — is a story about the beauty of light and color in the stopped moment of time. No conceptual nonsense or ultra-supernova "ideas".
Simply painting. Oil on canvas. In the same way as it was done by many generations of artists.
In the same way, but still a little differently. Subjectively.
Because painting — is a very personal experience.
Exhibitions:
2012
- "St. Petersburg 2011"
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
2011
- "Not ashamed!*"
«Gran-M»,St. Petersburg;
- "St. Petersburg 2010"
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
- one man show «Depictimpressions»,
«Griboyedov» club, St. Petersburg;
2010
- "The Friendship",
«100 Svoih», St. Petersburg;
- One man show «The Point of View»,
«Zero gallery», St. Petersburg;
- IV Graphic show "Prints lover"
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
- "I See it This Way!". One man show,
«100 Svoih», St. Petersburg;
- "Art-Craft" Studio "Spring Exacerbation"
Minor hall CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
- International exhibition-competition "Flights in Dreams and in Reality"
State art gallery "Na Kashirke", Moscow;
- "St. Petersburg 2009"
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
2009
2008
2007
- The Second groupe exhibition "Random Crosslinking"
«Selskaya Zhizn'» gallery, St. Petersburg;
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- one man show «Cities. Ofort.»,
Sholokhov Library, St. Petersburg;
- «170 Anniversary of Russian Railroad»,
Railroad museum, St. Petersburg;
- «About the Railroad»,
Books & Graphics Centre, St. Petersburg;
- «Red Circle of Constructivism»,
Jam Hall, St. Petersburg;
2006
- group exhibition «Random Cross-linking»,
«Selskaya Zhizn'» gallery, St. Petersburg;
- IV SPb. art galleries festival
(consisting of «Art-Craft» studio),
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
- one man show «No Names»,
«Griboyedov» club, St. Petersburg;
- «St. Petersburg Engravings» exhibition
(consisting of «Art-Craft» studio),
RCHSA, St. Petersburg;
2005
- one man show «Endless Journey»,
S.P.A.S. gallery, St. Petersburgă;
2004
- exhibition of young artists «Hope»,
SPbRFAU, St. Petersburg;
- Spring exhibition of young SPb artists,
CEH «Manezh»,St. Petersburg;
2003
- «Art-Craft»,
Alice gallery, Bordeaux;
- «Art-Craft»,
municipality of Bordeaux;
- one man show ,
«Selskaya Zhizn'» gallery, St. Petersburg;
2002
- «Art-Craft»,
Public Library on Moskovsky pr., St. Petersburg;
2000
- «10 years on the way»,
Roerikh Art School, St. Petersburg;
1999
- SPbRFAU new members exhibition ,
SPbRFAU, St. Petersburg;
1997
- «4 Horisonts»,
Akhmatova museum, St. Petersburg;
1993
- «Young artists of SPb»,
DK «Izhorets»,. Kolpino;
- «Leavetaking with Communism»,
«Baltika» gallery, St. Petersburg;
- one man show,
DK «Izhorets»,. Kolpino;
- «Exhibition of young artists»,
«Baltika» gallery, St. Petersburg;
- one man show,
Dostoyevsky museum, St. Petersburg;
1991
- «Exhibition of young artists»,
LDM, St. Petersburg;
1987
- «A part for WHite Piano»,
State Chapel on Vassilievsky Island,St. Petersburg.
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LATEST NEWS
05.02.2012
New painting added:
Frosty evening.
oil on canvas,
60x80 cm., 2012.
[have a look]
12.01.2012
New painting added:
High water.
oil on canvas,
50x60 cm., 2012.
[have a look]
20.12.2011
New painting added:
Graffito.
oil on canvas,
70x60 cm., 2011.
[have a look]
05.12.2011
New painting added:
The Ruined Plant.
oil on canvas,
90x60 cm., 2011.
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08.11.2011
New painting added:
Armenian landscape.
oil on canvas,
90x60 cm., 2011.
[have a look]
10.10.2011
New painting added:
Early autumn
in Petrodvorets.
oil on canvas,
50x50 cm., 2011.
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04.09.2011
New painting added:
Yellow building.
oil on canvas,
50x90 cm., 2011.
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24.08.2011
New painting added:
Still life with camomiles.
oil on canvas,
60x60 cm., 2011.
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14.08.2011
New painting added:
Vyborg.
Arts school building.
oil on canvas,
60x90 cm., 2011.
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25.07.2011
New painting added:
Still life with sandwich.
oil on canvas,
60x60 cm., 2011.
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18.07.2011
New painting added:
Obvodny canal.
oil on canvas,
70x80 cm., 2011.
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04.07.2011
New painting added:
Kehä III.
oil on canvas,
70x40 cm., 2011.
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05.06.2011
New painting added:
Ring Road construction
close to the Kirov factory.
oil on canvas,
60x60 cm., 2011.
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29.05.2011
New painting added:
Ring Road. Bridges.
oil on canvas,
70x50 cm., 2011.
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23.05.2011
New painting added:
Ring Road.
Western High Speed Diameter.
oil on canvas,
70x50 cm., 2011.
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08.05.2011
New painting added:
Ring Road.
Pulkovo interchange.
oil on canvas,
60x40 cm., 2011.
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03.05.2011
New painting added:
Ring Road.
To Kronshtadt.
oil on canvas,
60x40 cm., 2011.
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30.04.2011
New painting added:
Ring Road.
The Cable-stayed bridge.
oil on canvas,
60x40 cm., 2011.
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