Art Kaleidoscope

Coffee improvisations by Maria Skorodumova
Born in 1981 in the city of Kurgan, Russian artist Maria Skorodumova (nee Zaitseva) always loved to draw. Age 14, she graduated from Kurgan art school. Meanwhile, in 1998 Maria participated in the competition “Talented Children of Russia” (Moscow), where she won 3rd place in the category “Painting and Graphics.” Meanwhile, she entered the Faculty of Psychology of Kurgan State University, from which she graduated in 2004. However, she returned to the art and participated in exhibitions of amateur artists of Kurgan region. Thus, began her exhibition activity. In particular, in 2014 she participated in the international competition “Art Salon 2014”. Then, in September and October 2014 Maria had solo exhibition “Improvisation on a theme of coffee” in Ivanovo.
Illustrations of the author decorate several books and lots of postcards. Maria Skorodumova actively participates in creative competitions, festivals and projects. In addition, she conducts online course on development of creative imagination on her author’s program. Inm fact, Maria works in several directions: pointillism, symbolism, and naive art. Techniques used by the author, are also different: tempera painting, mixed media, drawing, collage, and batik.
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Steampunk painting by Andrey Gusarenko
Talented painter, sculptor, and steampunk artist Andrey Gusarenko lives and works in Yalta – the southern city of Crimea, Russia. He works in different techniques, and with different materials. The art gallery of Andrey Gusarenko includes paintings, drawings, batik, mosaics, sculptures, airbrush, body art, engravings on glass, and steampunk. Gusarenko developed several new techniques, based on a combination of different materials, called combined painting. Particularly, a combination of painting with real inlays, complemented with volumetric elements. The other word for his art – Assemblage. Assemblage art works is a three-dimensional object, with the inclusion of non-fiction materials and found objects, until debris. Besides, this style has its roots in the technique of collage – graphic work, mounted as a single composition of parts of different nature and different backgrounds.
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Hyper realistic oil painting by Marco Grassi
Born in Reggio Emilia on May 6, 1987, Italian artist Marco Grassi still lives and works in his native city. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Marco chose to devote himself full time to painting, a passion that accompanies him since he was a child. Line quality and delicacy in the colors are fundamental aspects of his painting. Fascinated by the changes of body and personality, he tries to reinterpret the human forms through metamorphosis and other contamination. His first solo exhibition was held in his hometown, Reggio Emilia, in December 2013 at the old Palazzo Calcagni. Among the latest exhibitions in which he participated is Algo mas que realism VIII, a major exhibition on the pictorial realism that is held every year in Zaragoza. He will also be present at the next Context Art Miami 2015.
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Avant-garde painting by Yuri Kossagovsky

Rondizm – style of modern avant-garde painting, characterized by the fact that all the images in the author’s work have a rounded shape. Noteworthy, the invention belongs to Yuri Kossagovsky – Russian artist, poet, composer, pianist and film director. Born in 1941 in the city of Syzran on the Volga, iIn 1949-1954 Kossagovsky lived with his parents in China. Since 1960 he has lived in Moscow. Having graduated from Moscow Printing Institute in 1966, in 1977 became a member of the Union of Artists, and in 1991 – the International Federation of Artists. In the early 1970s, has developed a new approach to painting, called “rondizm”. In addition to the fine arts are engaged in music, literature and cinema. His works are in the collection of George Costakis museum, Thessaloniki, Greece, as well as in private collections in Russia, Germany, France, USA, South Korea, Sweden, Finland and Georgia.
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