Maximau Artemy
Artyom Maksimov graduated from Minsk State Professional Technical College of Decorative and Applied Arts called after Kedyshko in the ''DPI, Ceramics'' department and from the ''Products from ceramics'' department of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He has been working in the ''LikeForms Ceramics'' ceramic workshop for already four years.
The artist, together with Katerina Alimova, develops a line of creativity, that balance on the verge of Western Philosophy and ancient Eastern art practices, between Viennese Actionism, Khara-Khoto Buddhist art and Ai Weiwei installations.
Artem and Katerina focus on the search for a new identity and a ''Russian soul'' in modern digital reality. The concept they developed reflects the duality of human life and its tragically unrealized potential in the world of possibilities. They speculate about the condition of society with its anxiety about socio-economic storms, with its fear of isolation, with its control and target systems.
Selected exhibitions
- 2018 International Festival of Alternative Sculpture ''Art-Aquani'', Bazaleti, Georgia
- 2019 International Symposium of Art Ceramics ''Brut Art'', Armenia
- 2019 International Symposium of Art Ceramics ''Krzyszowa'', Poland
- 2019 ''Book of Sand'', ''Art Belarus'' Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
- 2019 ''Bunch Brunch'', Gosmetr factory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- 2020 Exhibition of AHUHU (Association of worst Artists) group ''Factories don't stand'', ''Stepan Razin'' factory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- 2020 "Equilibris", DiDi Gallery, St. Petersburg
- 2020 "Flowers, cats, revolution", "Stepan Razin" factory, St. Petersburg
- 2020 "Your Name Could Have Been Here", Museum of Urban Sculpture, St. Petersburg
- 2020 Personal exhibition "Red Price", open workshops, St. Petersburg
- 2021 Group exhibition "Miracless", DiDi Gallery, Saint-Petersburg
- 2022 Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Stand DiDi Gallery
- 2023 Solo exhibition "Fool", DiDi Gallery, Saint-Petersburg
- 2024 Modern Art Fair 1703, The Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Saint-Petersburg
- 2024 Group exhibition "Message", Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
- 2024 Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Timiryazev Center, Moscow