Ivan Tarasyuk

Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, master craftsman, circus set designer Ivan Tarasyuk was born in 1957 in Sverdlovsk and graduated from the School of Graphic Arts of the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The artist currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.

Tarasyuk’s signature style is instantly recognisable in every artwork regardless of genre. Various characters and situations are customarily depicted with a touch of grotesque exaggeration. Tarasyuk’s oeuvre harmoniously blends the traditions of folk art, burlesque theatre, and the Leningrad school of printmaking with elements of avant-garde and postmodernism.