Pyotr Konnikov

Prominent St. Petersburg based painter, member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, founder and long-time head of the Department of Set and Production design at the St. Petersburg State University, Pyotr Konnikov was born in 1955 in Yaroslavl and graduated from the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute (class of Mural Painting). The artist passed away in 2017.

Konnikov lived in a very private and lonely world populated by Columbines, Pierrots, and grotesque birds and animals. Having discovered his inimitable creative style, the artist staked out a unique place in art.