CERTAIN EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS IN EXCEPTIONABLE CIRCUMSTANCES BROKE FREE OF THE NORMS OF THE TRADITION AND PRODUCED WORK THAT WAS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO ITS VALUES; YET THESE ARTISTS ARE PROCLAIMED AS THE TRADITION’S SUPREME REPRESENTATIVES. JOHN BERGER
ARTISTS-2018 / KIRILL KRYUCHKOV

Meet the next participant of ZARYA AiR program: Kirill Kryuchkov (b.1989)- a monumalist artist, one of the prominent representatives of the Street Art, graffiti and public art in Vladivostok. The main aspect of Kirill’ works is to capture the experience of simultaneous perception of the urban environment and nature: he himself describes his art as wall paintings that consist from abstract color combinations associated with material world. During Kirill’s residence, his artistic research will be focused on the interaction of people during the process of improving urban environment. According to the artist, process of creation is a meditative practice and manifestation of creative individuality that later passes into understanding of surrounding us everyday reality.

For Reference: Kirill Kryuchkov was born in Kholmsk (Sakhalin Region), lives and works in Vladivostok. In 2008 graduated from the Primorsky Polytechnic College with degree in Architecture. In 2014 graduated from the Far Eastern University with degree in Graphic Design.