Dmitry Zhukov

Born in 1972 in Azov, Dmitry Zhukov graduated from the Metal Art Department of the St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design in 2006. The artist lives and works in the Republic of Karelia.

Dmitry Zhukov’s preferred technique is metal forging; he also uses the ancient method of hammer welding. For him, the medium of sculpture is an opportunity to ‘encapsulate the endless expanse of the soul within the three-dimensional space of the real world.’ At the same time, his sculptures never gravitate towards abstraction, often focusing on narratives and imagery borrowed from mythology and religious art.