Egor Ostrov

Egor Ostrov (born in 1970) is an artist in the third generation. His grandmother, Lia Ostrova — well known academic artist, first taught him how to work with canvas and oil. From his childhood Egor was surrounded by beauty since he was born and raised in St. Petersburg with all its astonishing architecture, magnificent palaces, museums and cathedrals. Therefore beauty has become the main principle of his artistic activity.

After graduating school, he studied at the Leningrad Electro-Technical University and then in the Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important events that has determined his way was meeting artist and teacher Timur Novikov and joining his New Academy of Fine Arts in the early 90ties.

After classic artist’s education and then experimenting with different techniques including graphics, photography and gumiarabics, Ostrov has found his unique style that combined everything that defined his vision of the world and arts using classic images and classic instruments such as canvas, oil and acrylics and modern technologic achievements. Egor made his first painting in his now famous raster technique in 1992 and had his first exhibition in 1994. Being one of the most successful Russian artists of the time, Ostrov had numerous exhibitions in many museums and galleries worldwide.

Egor Ostrov believes in what he sees as his mission — preserving beauty in arts and harmony of the world. Also he often calls himself an «engraver» meaning that he turns one form into another, turning three dimensions into two — like when he takes photos of sun-lit sculptures in Hermitage or Louvre and turns them into paintings. He doesn’t like prints and prefers to use acrylic automobile sprays hoping that they would live for thousands of years.