Dmitry Zhukov
sculptor
Dmitry Zhukov (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Жуков, 15 January 1972 in Azov, Rostov Oblast, USSR) is a Russian sculptor, known for monumental metal works made in the technique of forging, a member of the Russian Artists' Union.
Biography
Dmitry Zhukov was born in Azov in 1972, but his artistic career took place in St. Petersburg. In the early 2000s he entered the department of artistic metal processing of Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy, participated in exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Russia since 2003. After graduating in 2007 Zhukov received a government grant ‘Muse of St. Petersburg’ and in 2008 held his first solo exhibition in the gallery ‘ART re.FLEX‘, which was warmly received by critics, and the following year Zhukov joined the Union of Artists. In 2006-2008 he was teaching at the Department of drawing at St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy, his alma mater.
Zhukov lives and works in the ecovillage Nevo-Ecovil, located 20 kilometers off the city of Sortavala and is formally a part of the village Reuskula.
Art
Talking about his work in an interview for the magazine ‘World of Metal’, Zhukov pointed out that he found his own style in ‘plastic of stripe’ – the works are made of molded stripes of Damascus steel, drifted, deep-etched and blued.
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