misha shkanin's Profile

From: Russia
Joined: October 22, 2007
www.shkanin.narod.ru

About shkanin:

Biography

“Color is what the artist should possess firstly. My world outlook is expressed in the differences of images. Each new painting should convey a unique harmonious combination of form and color. And each subject matter demands special rhythm of color and drawing. The artist’s aim is besides finding in him and combining different opposites of works of art from classical to abstract art be capable of expressing a pure and clear feeling on the canvas.”
M. Shkanin

Michael Shkanin was born 14 December, 1972 in the town of Smela, Ukraine.
In 1985- 1988 he was a student of an art school. In 1989-1990 he attended the lessons of Alexander Mozgovoy (member of the Ukraine Union of artists). At that period the artist specialized in water-colos.
In 1993 M.Shkanin becomes a student of Kiev University of Architecture. Alongside with his studies at the University M.Shkanin attends the lessons of Zoya Lerman in the Art Academy. In the atmosphere of creativeness which was a distinguished feature of Z. Lerman”s classes his first works of art appear. One of them, “Beggars” (1994, canvas, oil), is in a private collection in Moscow.
There were two personal exhibitions of M.Shkanin (1998, 2000) while he was a student. His works were demonstrated in the All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition in 1999; they were presented at the exhibition of Kiev artists in the gallery “On the Kreschatic”(2000) and at the exhibition under the aegis of the spiritual fund “Spadschina” (2000)
In 2000 the artist leaves for Moscow.
A series of town landscapes painted from life and impression belong to the period 2000-2005. Transparency of the channels in Venice, a broiling sun of Algeria, harmonious unity of light and shade in city streets are the themes the artist derives inspiration from. Expressive “jazz” compositions of color are represented in abstract works. The depth and complexity of human relations, philosophical concept of life are more vividly reflected in his figurative paintings.


Exhibitions
July 2005 exhibition in the Central House of Artists
April 2005 the Art Salon “Best Art Galleries”
February2005 personal exhibition in Galerie Victoria Dessaules,
Montre (Switzerland)
Autumn 2004 the Second Art Salon “Best Art Galleries”
Spring 2004 the First Art Salon “Best Art Galleries”
2004 the exhibition Art Lux Salon
2003 the exhibition “Women in the creative work of an artist”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
2003 personal exhibition in the Moscow club “Kult”, series of abstract paintings
2002 personal exhibition under the aegis of the literary club “Podval #1”
2002 the exhibition under the aegis of spiritual fund “Spadschina”
2000 the exhibition of Kiev artists in the gallery “On the Kreschatic”
1999 All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition

Michael Shkanin is a member International Fund of Artists. His paintings are in private collections in Kiev, Kharkov (Ukraine), Moscow, Helsinki, Paris, Bussi, Montre (Switzerland)
The works of M.Shkanin are presented by the publishing house Atoll.SV on the disk “12 Moscow artists” and by E. Cobler within the project “Russia – further everywhere”
In Internet you can get acquainted with the works of M. Shkanin in the “Virtual Art Gallery” (virtualgallary.spb.ru)

Shkanin Michael
107589 Moscow
Khabarovskaya, 18-2, 429
E-mail shkanin2002@rambler.ru
Site shkanin.narod.ru
8-910-441-54-23 (mob)




“The diversity of M. Shkanin creativeness is surprising. M.Shkanin believes that a real artist must be capable of painting in any style – from realism to abstraction – creating a unique image and his own style which never repeats itself.
The main attention is being paid to color and composition.
Each painting of the artist is an entirely separate book; each image created by the artist is unique by itself.”

Esther Cobler
“Russia- further everywhere”