Alex And


Alex And is a Ukrainian artist of Magic realism, Fantastic art, Visionary art, applied to contemporary art.

He was included into list of top-20 painters of Ukraine. In 1996 Alex And became winner from popular artist of the first L1 auction of contemporary Ukrainian arts. At present time he lives and works in Kiev, Ukraine.
In Russian "United Artists Rating", Alex And is registered under the art-category 5B like a formed professional artist.

And's works are in the public collections of the National Reserve Bank of Ukraine; of the Foundation "Ukrainian Renaissance" ; at the Museum of the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defense ; in galleries and private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Western Europe and America.

Biography

Alex And was born in 1962 in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1980 he graduated the Republican Art School, Kiev, Ukraine and then, in 1988 - the Kiev State Art Institute. His teachers at the specialty were: Members of Ukrainian Art Academy Chekanyuk V.A., Storozhenko N.A. and Professor Kozhekov A. Since 1994 he was a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He work in "associative symbolism" style. The term implies a certain suggestiveness. It was believed that when an object loses otherworldly mysticism, there is only associative symbolism. It term used in poetry, literature and the visual arts.

Selected works

Exhibitions and Festivals