Alexander Podobed

Born in 1960 in Podosinki, Smolensk Oblast, Alexander graduated from the Uzhgorod Art College and the Leningrad Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design. Member of the Svoyi artistic collective, the artist currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.

Alexander Podobed is a prominent figure of the 1990s Postmodernist art. Viewing his creative practice as a dialogue with eternity, the artist deliberately shifts temporal coordinates, fusing the mysteries of old masters with the naivety of a child’s drawing.