Yushkin Yuriy
Born in Moscow in 1996 where he lives and works.
Studied at the Fedorov Moscow State University of Fine Arts (now the Higher School of Fine Arts and Design within the Moscow Polytechnic) (2014-2017, specializing as a graphic artist); since 2018 has been studying at the Stroganov Russian State University of Fine Arts, specializing in restoration of monumental and decorative painting. In 2021-2022 he studied at the Process School of Contemporary Art.
In 2023-2024 attended classes at the Workshop of Nikolay Alekseev.
“There are works that can be called “incidental” in the work of great artists: sketches, sketches, random scribbles on paper. These 'auxiliary' works were often done in passing, with the simplest means, with cheap materials. Such works have a special effect on me; I find in them a specific expressiveness that serves as a basis for my own work. In my works I try to adhere to a certain laconism and asceticism, I use a limited set of technical methods and visual elements, I prefer small formats and available materials. Strictly speaking, I am a graphic artist. I believe that even my works, which formally belong to painting, are in fact at the point where painting and graphics come into contact and cannot be confidently attributed to either.”
Yuriy Yushkin, artist
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 5, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CCA Winzavod, Moscow
- 2024 — Body stories, instagram-gallery Stories Gallery
- 2024 — Blink, online gallery Null Gallery
- 2024 — Kiosk second campaign (happening exhibition organized by Kiosk group)
- 2023 — Courage, sklad No3, Moscow
- 2022 - Expired film, Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
The Crosses project
At some point I realized I wanted to choose one element that would recur in most of my works and unite them into one vast series. I chose the cross as such an element and I did so for several reasons: it is a symmetrical geometric figure, it is associated with many meanings, it is one of the key elements in the history of Western visual art. My crosses do not refer to anything specific, religious, they are laconic signs, open to any possible readings, self-sufficient, like a pattern on the surface of paper.
Works
