Mikhail Dyachkov

Artist and designer, member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists and Moscow Artists’ Union, Mikhail Dyachkov was born in 1973 in Moscow and graduated from the School of Visual and Graphic Arts of the Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical University.

Mikhail Dyachkov’s art revolves around light as the most ethereal and yet direct source of colour. Bringing to bear optical effects, the artist makes use of colour separation filters that reflect part of the spectrum and transmit the rest of it. Although the human eye perceives the result as an exuberant explosion of colours, it is actually achieved through painstaking manipulation of optical filters, prisms, and various light sources, including those designed for the specific project. Dyachkov’s light art compositions come to life and transform as a result of interacting with their environment.