YURI KUZNETSOV

MEDIUM

Mixed Media

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Develop deep respect for the world.
Breathe in the trace of a bird flying by.
Gently touch the sky with your fingertips.
Place the sky inside you,
Then upon your head.
Now paintings are born.”

ARTIST BIO

Yuri Kuznetsov graduated in 1986 from the highly acclaimed and renowned Mukhina Art Academy in Saint Petersburg. In 1998 Yuri competed “People to People International Art Ambassador Program” As a winner of the competition, Yuri was invited to the United States to Northridge University in California. Since then, Yuri has been living in Orange County, CA continuing his colorful and whimsical paintings for patrons of his art. He uses acrylic and oil on canvas.

Yuri participated in around one hundred exhibitions in Sochi, Moscow, Germany, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Aspen, Telluride, Santa Fe. His works are in private collections throughout the world, including Sweden, Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, USA and more.