Arsen KURBANOV

Arsen Kurbanov was born in 1969 in Mahachkala, Dagestan to artist parents Hairullah Kurbanov and Galina Pshenitsyna. In 1988 he completed coursework at the Jamal Dagestan Art College, receiving a red diploma -- a symbol of scholastic excellence. Kurbanov was immediately accepted into the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, where he studied with the late Neprintsov, graduating in 1994.
Kurbanov strives to combine the techniques of the old masters - Pieter de Hooch and Vermeer are two of his favorites - with a contemporary, personal sense of imagery. Biblical and historical references appear alongside modern elements in his paintings, often producing an atmosphere of mystery. Portraiture commands a prominent position in his work. His portraits are intended to be compositions in their own right, in addition to presenting precise, almost photographic likenesses of the sitters.
Since 2008, in addition to creating his own work, Arsen has been teaching in the easel painting department at the I.E. Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Museums and Collections:
City Art Museum, Mahachkala, Russia
Museum of Modern Art, Beijing, China
Museum Academy of Art, Shenyang, China
Museum of Art, Qingdao, China
Era Rantannen Museum, Raisio, Finland
Lyle Finley Collection, USA
Shaheens Collection, USA
Expositions:
Over 40 shows in Russia, Finland, China, Germany, United States, Norway, Holland, and France
2004 – ArtExpo, New York, NY
2003 – Solo exposition, Norway
2001-2002 – Museum exposition “Russian art- new generation” Het Slot Zeist, the Netherlands
2001 – Exposition in Art Centre “World Art Delft”, Delft, the Netherlands
2000 – “Four Artists” exposition, Oslo, Norway
1999 – Solo exposition, Apison, TN
1999 – Russian Artists Exhibition, Academy of Arts, Shenyang, China
1998 – Solo exhibition at the House of Cinema, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 – Solo exhibition at the Summer Garden, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 – Exposition of artists from St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Shanghai, China
1997 – “My Russia, My World” competition winner at the United Nations Informational Center in St. Petersburg, Russia
1997 – Exposition of Russian Artists at the Chili Center, Hamburg, Germany
1996 – St. Petersburg Salon, Moscow
1996 – “Christmas Exposition” at the Gallery of St. Petersburg Academy of Arts
1994, 1995 – Group exhibitions of artists in the St. Petersburg Central Exposition Hall