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About artist:
Shirokov was born In Kirov In 1960. Art has been a dominant career in his family. After graduating from the Kirov School of Painting in 1980 he did not leave his home town and became involved in Kirov painting workshops. Since 1984 he has participated in numerous artistic undertakings, both Russian and international. His works, often displayed in Russian museums, have also been pride of many private colletions and galleries, not only in Russia. The artist has made several trips to Greece and Poland. In 1990 he became a member of the USSR Painters' Association. The range of his interests as a painter is very wide. His work includes beautiful lyrical landscapes, genre pieces, still lifes and portraits. The union of man and nature is the leading idea of his work and its most important message. Shirokov deeply respects the values represented by Russian masters of realistic painting. Although his beloved severe Russian nature remains his main source of inspiration, his works made in Greece and Poland evidence it perfectly that he is capable of artfully rendering the particular character of any place he visits. Andrei Shirokov is extremaly self-demanding, aware of the effort it takes to gain one's indentity as an artist and to remain independent in one's creative activity. Individual exhibitions 1987: Regional Museum /Kirom/USSR 1993: Catholic Cultural Centre /Athens/ Greece 1995: Hause of Art /Moscow/ Russia 2000: Shirokov's Dinasty /Regional Museum /Kirov/ Russia 2003: Catholic Cultural Centre /Athens/ Greece Ventral Hause of Artists /Moscow/ Russia Art Gallery /Swinoujscie/ Poland Art5 Gallery /Szczecin/ Poland |
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