Porfiriy Fedorin

Born in Moscow, the artist currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.

Starting his creative journey in an icon painting workshop, Porfiriy, however, did not become a professional icon painter, feeling constrained by the strict visual canon and precisely defined set of narratives. The turn to secular painting considerably broadened his thematic scope. The artist’s diverse surreal universe is populated by all kinds of characters, from the pope to imaginary creatures from parallel worlds. His paintings contain allusions to the Bible, various national mythologies, and science fiction. The traditional genres of landscape, still life, and portrait are also present in his oeuvre, not devoid, however, of a slight touch of mysticism.