Zakunov Dmitriy
Dmitry Zakunov is an artist working in the technique of chronophotography, which is based on shooting at a
long shutter speed.
Dmitry Zakunov was born in 1986 in Nizhny Novgorod. In 2012 he studied photography at the University of New Mexico (USA), inspired by the works of photographers Joel-Peter Witkin and Patrick Nagatani, whose names are closely connected with this university.
The process of visual deformation and deconstruction of the figures of the models in the photo, forms photodynamic compositions that address the state of dreams, hallucinations, subconscious images, reconstructing space according to new patterns. His work has been influenced by the photodynamic images of Anton Giulio Bragaglia, the works of Alexey Titarenko, Javi Bou, the paintings of Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon.
Exhibiting works in different cycles - “Familiar Faces”, “Approaching Dusk”, “Psychopathology of Everyday Life”, Dmitry addresses psychology, mysticism and the theme of everyday life through the artistic method of chronophotography, showing the hidden plasticity of human body movements.
EDUCATION:
- 2012 — New Mexico State University, Albuquerque, USA
- 2011 — Translation Specialist, Academy of Education University, Russia
- 2010 — Training Course, Russian Museum of Photography, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- 2008 — Teacher of Fine Arts, Minin Institute, Russia
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 5, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CCA Winzavod, Moscow
- 2024 — “Antropos Structures” (solo exhibition) ‘AYA’, St. Petersburg
- 2024 — “Default Settings” (group exhibition) Pogudina's Workshop, N. Novgorod.
- 2023 — “Landscapes of the Body” (group exhibition) One's Mind Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2023 — “Familiar Faces” (solo exhibition) CSI Terminal A, N. Novgorod
- 2023 — “Rafinad” (group exhibition) Gallery “15\10”, Moscow
- 2023 — “Chronophotography. Forms of Time” (solo exhibition) ‘Record’ N. Novgorod
- 2022 — “Human Resources” (group exhibition) NCSI, V. Novgorod
- 2022 — “Strange Art. In the midst of madness” (prize winner)
“Central to my method is the manifestation of the hidden plasticity of human body movements in the process of chronophotographic filming. This method initiates visual experimentation, allowing me to utilize an actual artistic language in the themes and projects I develop. The series of works “Familiar Faces” (2020) explores the phenomenon of prosopagnosia in chronophotographic portraits. The series “Psychopathology of Everyday Life” (2021) visualizes the mental precedents of everyday psychological reality, cautioning and reviving stereotypical images. The project “Synesthesia. Time Tracers” (2023) denotes the inextricable links between auditory and visual perceptual processes through the artistic method of chronophotography. The cycle “Transgression” (2023) uses the transformation of the body as a method of visualizing the changes in a person's personality caused by transitions into new qualities, addressing the phenomenon of transgressive transition. In assembling photodynamic compositions, I use rhythm, form, and color to address the explicit and implicit sensory-logical structures of memory, where enigmatic constructions envelop the depicted object and are filled in by the viewer.”
Dmitriy Zakunov, artist
