Arkadiy Morozov

Born in Leningrad in 1950, Arkadiy Morozov graduated from the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with a degree in Visual Arts. The artist had lived and worked in Petrozavodsk and was among the key figures of the Karelian art scene. Since 1982, he had been teaching in all of the city’s art colleges, and for many years curated the Young Artists’ Chapter of the Artists’ Union of the Republic of Karelia. The artist passed away in 2021.

In addition to teaching, Arkadiy Morozov pursued an intensive artistic career, working across media and confidently experimenting with different materials and textures.