Buryan Oleg

Buryan Oleg (, born 1959), is a Russian artist.
Biography
Before deciding to become an artist he studied medicine at the Leningrad Medical Academy, worked as a lawyer's secretary, a street cleaner and as a censor for rock lyrics at the Moscow State Department of Culture.
He received his art education at the Moscow textile college in the 1980s, and studied video-art and independent documentary at Moscow State University from 1994 to 1995.
In his works various elements of archaic and "ethnic" art are evident.
"Recycled art" is another name for Buryan's art. Some of sculptures done as "ready-made" objects and related to tradition of "DA-DA" in their absurd humor and strange beauty of animals with human eyes.
Buryan's works are characterized by a great amount of versatility in both choice of media and general style, ranging from oil paintings to art toys,from book illustration to monumental sculpture, from media art to installations, TV and industrial design.
Buryan's works are in the collections of Bank West LB (Germany) and Amer Group (Finland), the University of Dundee (Scotland), the Kiev State Museum of Russian Art, St. Petersburg Toy Museum and the Venice Sculpture park.
Main shows and projects
1986-1988: Autumn exhibitions at Gallery on Malaja Gruzinskaja, 28 - Moscow
1988-1989: All-Union of Young Artists exhibition at Manezh - Moscow
1990: WestLB Bank - International Trade center (Hummer-Center) Moscow
1991: Performance “Citizens of the Night”, Edinburgh Theater Festival, 369 Gallery Scotland
1992: “International Incindent” solo show French Institute, Edinburgh UK
1993: “Bald Buryans” solo show at DAR Gallery Contemporary art center, Moscow
1994: Collaboration with Cadogan Publishers, (“Illustrations for book Moscow and St. Petersburg”, written by Rose Baring) London
Foundation “Sirin prints” (postcards) together with W. Shon - Oxford UK
1995: “Anabasis” - at State Museum of Russian art, Kiev
1996: “Serious Games” at St. Perersburg Toy Museum - St. Perersburg
1998: Solo Show at Christian Democratic Foundation named by Hans Zeidel - Kiev - Munich
2000: Solo show at Russian-Italian center, Milano Italy
2001: Collaboration with “Last Hero” (“Survival”) TV ORT (artdirector) - Panama - Moscow
2004: “Making Moves” - at Gallery “Six Chapel Row and Hitchcocks” - Bath, UK
2005: “Haim+Handwerk” - International Art-toys Show Munich Germany
2005: “Not-naiv-toys done by Buryan” solo show, at “Toys museum” - St.Petersburg
2005: “Recycled Art” at Central House of Artist (solo show) - Moscow
2005: 6 sculptures for Venice Sculpture park - Venice Italy
2005: “Art-toys in Burg Wildegg” - Austria
2005: “Art-toys” at Gallery Handwerk Munich Germany
2006: International Spilzman Award (short list) Berlin Germany
2006: “Councours Europeen de Sculptures monumentales” for Arcellor Mittal (short list, catalogue) France
2007: “Something Brewing Bier” for International project by Utreht University (catalogue) Stedelijk - Leiden Museum Holland
2008: Mural “Grunewald” (300 sq meters) Noginsk Russia
ArtZepter-2008 International Design Award (shortlist) Milano Italy
Project “Ecoart for Google-maps” - First International festival of Ecoart in Kronshtadt, St-Petersburg
2009: International Award of sculpture at Museum of Contemporary Art “MAXXI” Rome
web-project “Make love - not war” for “Rizhome” (New Museum of Contemporary art New York)
Buryans (family project) for European Cultural Foundation
Show “Dialogue” at Moscow State Museum of decorative and applied art

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