Nikolai Chiryatyev

Born in 1985 in Yugorsk, Tyumen Oblast, Nikolai graduated from the Yugorsk Art College in 2005. In 2005–2011, he studied at the School of Graphic Arts of the Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

Crucially important to the artist is the emotional charge of each artwork. His creativity is often sparked by the desire to convey the sensation of being left in the dark, the distinct state of near weightlessness experienced by people losing their bearings. This viewpoint of an observer of darkness goes to explain the compositional unity of Chiryatyev’s landscapes and his choice of archetypal imagery – bridges, crossroads, and gates symbolising various intermediate states.