Timur Safarov (born 1986) is a street artist from Moscow. He draws under the pseudonym Fork.
One of the latest influences in Timur’s work is an increasingly frequent departure from figurative art towards abstractions and experiments with new visual aesthetics, during which a series of his works in the style called “plasticine realism” was born. The idea of the most realistic depiction of compositions made of plasticine was first realized by Timur in 2021 in the work “Plasticine Wolf,” which marked the beginning of his work in a new author’s style.
In his works, Timur tries to convey his perception of reality with humor and cheerfulness, trying to show his vision and attitude to what is happening through the prism of irony and positivity.
According to the artist, art does not have to burden the viewer and call for reflection on complex concepts. Joy is not a superficial feeling, but a deep one, the artist is convinced, and that’s why he tries to reflect it in each of his works.
In each of Timur’s works, dynamics, tension, and color intensity are observed to convey a cheerful joy that goes beyond the boundaries of the canvas or mural, which should spread and embrace the entire space, sending its impulse into it.
Education:
Moscow Art and Industry Institute, Graphic design, 2011
Festivals:
2024 — Street gallery NETSTEN at Winzavod, public art “Good Morning” as part of the “Rhythm of the City” project, Moscow
2023 — IV Biennale of street art ARTMOSSPHERE, mural “Breakthrough”, Syromyatnichesky Tunnel (1865), Moscow
2022 — “Cultural Code”, international mural art festival, mural “Plasticine Flowers”, Balashikha (Zheleznodorozhny), Moscow Region
2022 — “Stenography”, street art festival, mural “Look Up”, Yekaterinburg
2015 — “Secret Walls x Moscow”, as part of the festival of local street culture Faces & Laces, Moscow
2014 — “Just write my name”, Moscow.
2011 — “Write4Gold”, Moscow, 1st team place as part of the NWO team.
Exhibitions:
2024 — gallery “Art&Brut”, exposition as part of the collective exhibition of contemporary artists “Flicker”, Moscow, Russia.
2023 — “Supermetal” space, exposition as part of a collective exhibition of contemporary artists at the “NOISE” art festival, Moscow, Russia.
2022 — Gallery Lab 3.14, personal exhibition “FORK ONE. Plasticine realism”, Moscow, Russia.
2021 — State Historical Museum, exhibition as part of the charity auction of the “Cultural Code” project together with the Khabensky Foundation, Moscow, Russia.
Private collections:
“Lump”, “Topsy-turvy”, “Blaster #1”, “Flower in a Vase”, “Wall” – private collection, Moscow, 2023
“Through the fog” – private collection, Moscow, 2022
“Multicolor Power Pig” – private collection, Moscow, 2022
“Black Plasticine” – private collection, Moscow, 2021
“Pink Pig” – private collection, Moscow, 2021
“Multicolor Plasticine” – in a private collection, Moscow, 2021
“Wolf and Pig”, “Smoking Pigs” – Tresor Club Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2020. “Ganete” – Ganete Waite, Barcelona, Spain, 2019. (Ganette Waite)
“Pigs”, “Boss”, “Girl” – Sold Out Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2019.
“Sad” - private collection, Moscow, 2018
Collaborations with brands Bosh, BMW, Nike, Samokat, Yandex.
Сommercial decoration artworks:
2024 – “Bright man in a black hat”, Stankolit Business Park, Moscow
2024 – “Happy Home”, Osaka, Japan
2023 – “Act together”, Yandex Team x Timur Fork (F.), Gorky Park, Moscow.
2023 – “Strawberry”, Sevkabelport, St. Petersburg.
2023 – “Flower in a Pot”, Center for Urban Culture “Graphite”, Moscow.
2020 – “Pig & Wolf”, Tresor Club Barcelona.
