A romantic set in the art today: is it possible in these days, so harsh and ambivalent? In the works of the painter Yuri Kaluta from St. Petersburg there is revealed an undeniable attraction to the very emotional tone that we are used to call "romantic". The artist is attracted by the light, by the cheerful and fine life, resembling of magic tale. The present day's harshness can't wake in his soul a wish to reflect it on the canvas. His own world and that of his familiars open for him a particular end in his cognition of the realty. Here begins his subcontious wandering that allows him to investigate in detail his own personality, the personality of a creator who can perceive the real world through himself only.
1957 Born in the town Krivoi Rog
1973-77 Studied at the Odessa State Art School(named after M.B.Grecov)
1983-89 Studies at the St.Peterburg Art Academy ;guided by A.A.Mylnikov
1989-91 Postgraduate work at the painting and design department
since 1991 Teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Personal Exhibitions:
1991 St.Petersburg, Art Academy
1992 The Central Artist's Club , Moscow
1992-93 The Chamber Hall of the Chapel , St.Peterburg
1993 The Cinema Club , St.Peterburg
1995 The New Gallery ,Hamburg , Germany
1998 Atlanta, USA
1999 Beijing, China
