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Leather Square. Version 2

2003
Materials: canvas, ultra chrome print
80 см x 80 см
Category: digital art
Item Number: 154650
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About the Artist

Konstantin Vasilyevich Khudyakov — honored artist of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, one of the pioneers of digital art in Russia, architect, and designer. In 1965, he entered the Moscow Architectural Institute, Department of Industrial Architecture. In 1971, he graduated with honors, defending his diploma on the theme "Concept of the City of the Future." That same year, the State Commission assigned him to the position of Chief Artist of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin in Moscow. From 1972 to 1974, he designed and implemented the reconstruction project for the main exhibition halls of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin. In 1974, he designed the Soviet pavilion exhibition at the Unità newspaper festival in Bologna, Italy. From 1975 to 1987, he worked on exhibition design, branch museums, and the architectural and design concept for the reconstruction of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin. In 1984, he was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Kirghiz SSR." In 1988, he co-founded the M'ARS Gallery and became a member of its Board of Directors. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, working fully independently, the artist incorporated a video camera and later a video projector into his practice. He continued working with an airbrush while also mastering computer-digital technologies and software. Khudyakov built a digital image bank consisting of several tens of thousands of photographs. His works are held in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Yaroslavl Art Museum, the ZigZag Venture Group Corporate Collection (USA), the A. Gleizer Collection, the M'ARS Museum collection, as well as in private and corporate collections in Russia and abroad. Currently, K.V. Khudyakov serves as Chairman of the Board of the M'ARS Center for Contemporary Art.