Igor Medvedev was born in Novopskov (Luganskay oblast) on November 10, 1961.In 1985 he graduated from Moscow institute of electronics techniques (physio-chemical faculty). The first personal exhibition took place in Youth Dramatic Theatre in 1990, after that he was constantly exhibited by the leading galleries in Vilnuce, Kaunas: Juste, Contemporary Art Center, Russian House and others exhibiting by gallery "China-City" and adorning private collections all over the world.

Igor Medvedev’s art celebrates the soul of our humanist past. This painter of light seeks to capture, remember and preserve the ancient spirit of the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, the small seaside fishing villages of Spain, the rapidly disappearing traditional towns atop hillsides in Greece. His is a vision that eschews technology and that applauds the common genius of simple human creativity and handiwork – as in the antique construction of an old whitewash village, standing after two thousand years, with its interlocking volumes, quaint doorways and brilliantly arranged flowers, tables, chairs – gifts of the artist that we all possess and express every day.

Medvedev’s work finds tranquility in this simple life, after a tumultuous and torturous youth. As a refugee fleeing German occupation during World War II, the young Russian found himself and his family a long way from freedom. After the war, the Medvedevs settled in Munich. It was there that Igor first saw the meticulousness and precision of Renaissance painting and sculpture. Today, he deploys the painstaking technique of that time, in a process known as “casein glazing.” His use of impasto and chiaroscuro have also led critics to comment that “He paints like a sculptor,” and in fact, the artist is accomplished in the bronze medium.

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

University Art Museum, Dartmouth College, NH
UC Berkeley Museum of Fine Art, CA

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

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