Exhibition of Boris Fedorov: Art Glass and Graphic Works

The Russian Academy of Arts presents an exhibition of Boris Fedorov, the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts featuring the entire range of searches of the master, who has dedicated almost four decades of his creative work to decorative and applied arts.

Since the 1970s Boris Fedorov (born in 1948) has devoted himself to art glass. His bold creative experiments, the ability to deal with the fragile and “stubborn” substance, to play on the illuminating qualities and transparency of the glass are combined with methods used by sculptors and painters. Today, Boris Fedorov is among the leaders of the direction of “glass” plastic art in Russia, that belongs to the international “Glass Studio Movement”.

Boris Fedorov obtained his brilliant skills during his study in the Art Glass and Ceramics Department of V. Mukhina Leningrad Higher School of Art and Design (now St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy named after Alexander von Stieglitz), which he graduated from in 1976, and later during his work at Dyatkovo Glass Factory (now Dyatkovo Crystal), one of the oldest in Russia. From 1981 till 1995 Fedorov was a chief designer of the “Kalininglass” producing glasswork and ceramics and of the “Tveris” factory, that made him move to his native Tver.

Another facet of his talent is connected with an easel graphic art, where he is a follower of St. Petersburg graphic school. For his chamber drawings and especially pastel landscapes the artist draws inspiration from nature. At the same time, many of his graphic sheets reveal his constant strive for improvisations, freedom of expression and abstract motifs.

Boris Fedorov has been honored with awards of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Artists’ Union of Russia. He won international recognition in the 1980s when he was awarded the Gold Medal of Quadriennale in Erfurt. His works are in collections of many major museums in Russia, including the State Hermitage, History Museum, All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts, Museum of Ceramics in the Kuskovo Estate, Art Museum of the Tsaritsyno Museum Preserve, State Center for Modern Art, Tver Regional Art Gallery, as well as in private collections in Russia, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United States, the Czech Republic and other countries.




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