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Alex Solodov is a visual artist based in Portugal. He was born in Moscow, Russia in 1971. Alex began to paint and draw at the age of 13. During his studies at Stroganov University of Arts in Moscow, he was mainly focused on abstract, surreal and expressionistic style of painting and drawings. At the same time he became inspired by Indonesian Batik dyeing technique, and created lots of artwork in this style, using silk fabric as canvas.
At the moment Alex mostly paints expressionistic pop art portraits in sumi-e ink wash and water-colour painting techniques, many of his works inspired by Japan and Portuguese culture. He also enjoys to travel throughout Portugal and Madeira island and to paint expressionistic landscapes, townscapes and ocean paintings.
More than 200 of Alex's artwork has been featured in private, corporate collections and galleries around the world including United Kingdom, Australia, , Lithuania, USA, Austria, , Denmark, Russia and Brazil.
'Mr. Solodov's work typifies the Russian artistic strengths of solid classical training combined with the creativity of Western painters. The colors, texture, complexity, and originality of his figures are what we seek from art.'
Robert Rottenberg (Art collector, USA)
Solo Exhibitions
1993 Museum of Fine Arts (Mitishi, Moscow Region)
1986 School of Fine Art (Moscow)
Selected Exhibitions:
2012 - Group Exhibition "Cat People", St. Ink Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.
2011 - 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (parallel programm, "Invasion" project), Art Play Design Center, Moscow, Russia.
2010 - Group Exhibition at the Bo Sigvardson Gallery, Rodby, Denmark.
2009 - Group Exhibition at the Summer Art Festival, Rodby, Denmark.
1994 - Group Exhibition at the Roerich Art Foundation,Delhi, India.
1993 - Personal Exhibition at the Art State Museum, Mytishi, Russia.
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Alex Solodov is a visual artist based in Portugal. He was born in Moscow, Russia in 1971. Alex began to paint and draw at the age of 13. During his studies at Stroganov University of Arts in Moscow, he was mainly focused on abstract, surreal and expressionistic style of painting and drawings. At the same time he became inspired by Indonesian Batik dyeing technique, and created lots of artwork in this style, using silk fabric as canvas.
At the moment Alex mostly paints expressionistic pop art portraits in sumi-e ink wash and water-colour painting techniques, many of his works inspired by Japan and Portuguese culture. He also enjoys to travel throughout Portugal and Madeira island and to paint expressionistic landscapes, townscapes and ocean paintings.
More than 200 of Alex's artwork has been featured in private, corporate collections and galleries around the world including United Kingdom, Australia, , Lithuania, USA, Austria, , Denmark, Russia and Brazil.
'Mr. Solodov's work typifies the Russian artistic strengths of solid classical training combined with the creativity of Western painters. The colors, texture, complexity, and originality of his figures are what we seek from art.'
Robert Rottenberg (Art collector, USA)
Solo Exhibitions
1993 Museum of Fine Arts (Mitishi, Moscow Region)
1986 School of Fine Art (Moscow)
Selected Exhibitions:
2012 - Group Exhibition "Cat People", St. Ink Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.
2011 - 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (parallel programm, "Invasion" project), Art Play Design Center, Moscow, Russia.
2010 - Group Exhibition at the Bo Sigvardson Gallery, Rodby, Denmark.
2009 - Group Exhibition at the Summer Art Festival, Rodby, Denmark.
1994 - Group Exhibition at the Roerich Art Foundation,Delhi, India.
1993 - Personal Exhibition at the Art State Museum, Mytishi, Russia.
- Nationality: RUSSIA
- Date of birth : 1971
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Russian Contemporary Artists

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Alex Solodov
Colleges Attended
1986 - 90 School of Fine Art (Moscow, Russia)
1990 - 93 Stroganov University of fine Art and Design, Faculty of Graphic Design (Moscow, Russia)
The artist lives and works in Moscow, Russia and Ericeira, Portugal. Alex main focus in his art is to work with acrylic and oil paintings, photography and digital animation. The paintings, are mostly the portraits or the landscapes that have began with the real image, and in the end they are transformed into images of "invaders" which can exist only between dream and reality.
In photography he works with an images of people and places that have seemed to be found between reality and subconscious.
''I love black & white photographs, it reminds me about silent films and I try to make every picture in my photographic art like a strong, sensual movie.''
Alex Solodov's artistic work has been featured in private collections and galleries around the world including United Kingdom, , Lithuania, USA, Austria, and his native country Russia.
Solo Exhibitions
1993 Museum of Fine Arts (Mitishi, Moscow Region)
1986 School of Fine Art (Moscow)
Selected Exhibitions:
2012 - Group Exhibition "Cat People", St. Ink Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.
2011 - 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (parallel programm, "Invasion" project), Art Play Design Center, Moscow, Russia.
2010 - Group Exhibition at the Bo Sigvardson Gallery, Rodby, Denmark.
2009 - Group Exhibition at the Summer Art Festival, Rodby, Denmark.
1994 - Group Exhibition at the Roerich Art Foundation,Delhi, India.
1993 - Personal Exhibition at the Art State Museum, Mytishi, Russia.
Alex Solodov: [email protected]
http://www.alexsolodov-art.com
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Publications:
http://en1.artclue.net/saint-ink-gallery-bucharest-cat-people/
http://www.modernism.ro/2012/06/25/cat-people-art-exhibition-photo-video...
http://www.artlyst.com/events/cat-people-art-exhibition-photovideo-insta...
http://www.niuzer.ro/Evenimente/Cat-People.-Art-Exhibition.-Photo-video-...
http://technorati.com/entertainment/article/unofficial-invasion-exhibit-at-the-4th/
2000 Rerich Art Gallery Catalouge
1993 - 2000 Various magazines and newspapers in Moscow (Russia)
