Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
Vladimir Volosov was born in 1937 in St. Petersburg. Doctor of Science, Professor, winner of the State Prize, author of more than 100 scientific articles, in 1990 he left scientific career and completely devoted himself to painting.”One can find, though rarely, people for whom to live one life is not enough. And they manage to live several lives within the same God-given amount of time…”- so wrote about him in press.
At the threshold of his fifties, he decided to live one more life, a new, alluring life of the free artist. He walked away from his established scientific career and completely devoted himself to painting.
The main directions of his paintings are lyrical realism, impressionism and abstract compositions. His paintings are about light, color, atmosphere and space. For him the most important elements are light and color and their juxtaposition/nexus/meeting of shadows and other colors. He is not afraid to look at the commonplace: “We take everything from Nature after all, both the striving for life and motifs and plots for creative works. I look for motifs in Nature that resonate in my soul, and I try to reconstruct these motifs on canvas. When I manage to do it, I am happy”.
His works are currently held in galleries and private collections in Russia, USA, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Israel, and Japan.
Education:
Professor of physics
Awards & Distinctions:
Award & Distinations
2004 - Membership in Russian Derzhavin's Academy of Art
2009 - Special prize at the Moscow International Festival «Art preview»
2010 - Two gold medals at an exhibition at Asa Art Gallery ( New York)
2012 - Four paintings was included in album «International Contemporary Artists» Vol IV, New York
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
1989 – House of Scientists. Leningrad
1991 – «Spring Salon» (Lenexpo), Leningrad
1992 – «Gordon 30» Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1993 – «Waanha Pietari» Gallery, Helsinki
1994 – «IBM-corporation», Leningrad
1994 – «Zwei Welten eine Kunst», Judische Gallerie, Berlin
1995 – «Summer Garden», St-Petersburg
1996 – «Smolny City-Hall», St-Petersburg
1996 – «Karjalan Portti» Gallery, Imatra, Finland
1997 – «Lavka Chudoznikov», St-Petersburg
1998 – «Art Service» Gallery, Moscow
1998 – Grand-Hotel Europa, St-Petersburg
2000 – «Mai-Art» Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 – «Alla Rogers» Gallery, Washington
2002 – «Book World» Gallery, Boston
2003 – International Business Center, St-Petersburg
2004 – «Art City» Gallery, St-Petersburg
2005, 2007 – «Brodsky Muzeum», St-Petersburg
2009 – House of Scientists. St-Petersburg
2009 – Judische Culture Center. St-Petetsburg
2010 -- «Asa Art Gallery»1293 Broadway, New York
2014 – « Touch» Gallery, Boston
Artist Tags:
landscape, abstract composition, seascape, impressinism, skyscape
