Krunov Mikhail
«In pushing the boundaries of painting I was first of all exploring myself. I wondered how far I could go even in these archaic mediums. To push my own boundaries and observe my own evolution. And try to anticipate the future. Nowadays, traditional painting, especially in a new context, is sometimes perceived as archaic. ».
— Mikhail Krunov, artist
Mikhail Krunov was born in 1954 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Art and Graphic Arts (1981). Since 1982 he has been a member of the Youth Association of the Moscow Union of Artists. In 1991 he became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
Krunov belongs to that wave of artists who replaced the nonconformists of the 1960s. “Large geometry”, ‘arithmetic combinatorics’, science art - areas that in recent years the artist explores. Like the Russian avant-garde artists of the early 20th century, impressed by the new discoveries of quantum mechanics, Krunov is constantly pushing the boundaries of his painting practice, breaking stereotypes inherent in traditional art. His works are an exciting dialog between the real and the virtual, the analytical and the synthetic, science and art, magic and number.
Krunov's works are in the museum collections of the State Russian Museum, the Marc Chagall Museum, the State Theater Museum named after Bakhrushin, the Nakhrushin Museum of Fine Arts, the State Museum of the Russian Federation, and the State Museum of the Russian Federation. Bakhrushin Museum, Museum of Nonconformism, Museo Civico di Padova, Italy. Also in private collections in Russia, USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece, Poland and others.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
- 1982-1988 — XIV-XVIII Youth exhibitions, Moscow
- 1983 — “We are for Peace. Spring exhibition of Moscow artists”, Moscow
- 1984 — “Spring Exhibition of Moscow Artists”, Moscow
- 1988 — “All-Union Youth Exhibition”, Moscow
- 1988 — “Still Life and Interior”, Leningrad
- 1989 — “Ecology-89”, 1st International Manifestation Exhibition, Warsaw.
- 1990 — “NTR in Fine Arts”, House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, Moscow.
- 1990 — “Soviet-English Group Exhibition”, Central House of Artist, Moscow.
- 1990 — “Istoki. Action”, Exhibition on the cities of the Mediterranean, Turkey, Italy, Israel
- 1990 — “Istoki. Action”, Exhibition in the cities of the Mediterranean, Turkey, Italy, Israel.
- 1990 — Biennale “Asia-Europe”, Ankara.
- 1990 — “Painting on Paper”, Moscow - London
- 1991 — “Seventh Triennale”, Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi.
- 1991 — “ART MYTH 2. Moscow International Art Fair”, Central Exhibition Hall “Manezh”, Moscow
- 2016 — “Formula of Form”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
- 2017-2018 — “Collection”, Nadia Brykina Gallery, Moscow
- 2018-2019 — “Surface”, solo exhibition, Gallery Nadia Brykina, Moscow
- 2019 — “25 Years in Nonconformism. Exhibition in honor of the establishment of the Nadia Brykina Foundation”, Nadia Brykina Gallery, Moscow
- 2019 — “Arithmetic Combinatorics”, solo exhibition, Moscow office of MacDougall's Russian Art Auction, London
- 2022 — “Arithmetic Combinatorics”, solo exhibition, JART Gallery, Moscow
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