Gonkov Grigory

Born in 1991 in Moscow.

Participated in various projects since 2012.

EDUCATION:

MMOMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art 2021-2022
V. I. Surikov Moscow Institute of Arts 2008-2012 (easel graphics department)
Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts 2000-2007 (studio of painting)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2022 - a-s-t-r-a open.vol. 2, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow

"I was born into a family of artists, and I have been painting for as long as I can remember. For me there was no choice of profession, as soon as I found out that there was a profession of an artist, I did not even consider other options.
For me there is no final goal in art. Art is an enormous task in itself, for which a human life is not enough. Art for me is both a habit and a necessity, the only way to dull the pain of the soul and downplay the total necessity of human existence.
I perceive the world as a whole, where each of its components is incredibly important, and affects the overall picture of life. I react acutely to social, cultural, economic, political or spiritual fluctuations in society and refract them through mystical imagery. I dream of immersing myself in a world of pure creativity, but reality constantly traumatizes me.
We all live in a world of digital globalization, which, in my opinion, gives as much as it takes away. оскольку we are constantly immersed in the digital space, in my art, I try to both rest from it, and reconcile cyberspace with reinterpreted traditional and archaic art, to build a bridge from the seemingly more real, world of the past, to the ephemeral world of the machine present. If our freedom is infringed by many factors, at least let the world with which we are in contact be harmonized, if possible.
I work in different materials and techniques, I try to experiment, but my main focus is painting."