Bogomolov Nikolay

Was born in 1956 in Vologda, Russia. I have been living in St.Petersburg since 1957. In 1979 I graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Technology and then worked there as a research scientist till 1989. Later I terminated the scientific career (though rather successful) and concentrated on painting exclusively. I have begun drawing back at school and, though I entered a technical university, it happened so that I have been painting more and more from year to year... At a certain moment I realized that it couldn't go along with scientific research. An artist grew inside me like a tree, gradually filling the entire inner space. The first show of my paintings and graphics took place in the Institute of Technology in 1981. Since then I participated in 40 exhibitions . In the period between 1986 and 1991 they were mostly the shows organized by TEII (the Partnership of Experimental Fine Arts) based in St.Petersburg (for those who are not familiar with TEII: it embodied the avantgard wing of Soviet art in those days). In 1987 I became a member of "Ostrov" ("Island") Group but in late 1989 I understood that to preserve individuality was much more important than to manifest jointly. In 1990 I took part in a big project "All for One Earth" that included group art shows in St.Petersburg (Leningrad then) and San Francisco as well as painting a mural on a five-story building in Leningrad. Between 1990 and 1997 I exhibited my works mostly on the US Pacific Coast, both in galleries and art festivals. In 1995-1998 in collaboration with Urisman Fine Arts I organized a series of shows of St.Petersburg artists on the US Pacific Coast. Few years ago I was absorbed by a new occupation - computer graphics. Since 1996 I have been teaching computer graphics and design in the Educational Media Center. Several students of mine were more than once prize-winners at various city competitions. You can see my own digital pictures on this page. As a rule, in computer art I try to develop the topics and techniques I would never use when working with canvas. List of main shows 1981 Solo exhibition, Institute of Technology, St.Petersburg, Russia 1985-1989 Participation in group exhibitions of TEII (the Partnership of Experimental Fine Arts) 1986-1990 Participation in exhibitions of "Ostrov" ("Island") Group 1988 "Vesna(Spring)-88", Moscow 1989 "Leningrad Contemporary Art", Central Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg 1990 "All for One Earth", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1991 Solo Exhibition, Dostoevsky Museum, St.Petersburg 1992 Biennale of Modern Fine Art, Lenexpo, St.Petersburg 1992 "Art is Enlightening", Hayward, USA 1992 "In From the Cold", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1993 "Self-portrait",Central Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg 1993 Solo Exhibition, Khiron Gallery, St.Petersburg 1993 "Go Figure", Eight Street Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1993 "Disappearing species", Show-n-tell Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1996 Urisman Fine Arts, Kismet Gallery, San Jose, USA 1997 Urisman Fine Arts, EBMUND Oaкland Administration Building Oakland, USA 1997 "Ostrov - 10 years", the Samoilovs Museum, St.Petersburg 1997 Show of Russian Art, Palo Alto, USA 1997 Solo Exhibition, Jewish community Building, Palo Alto, USA 1997 Solo Exhibition, Exhibition place on the 32-nd Avenue ,San Francisco, USA 1991- Participant of 15 art festivals organized by Terry Pimsleur 1997 & Co. in Bay Area, California 1998 "Bouquet of August", Union of Artists' Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg 1999 Solo Exhibition, Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg 1999 Solo Exhibition, Exhibition place on the 32-nd Avenue ,San Francisco, USA 1999 Anna Karasik saloon, Chicago, USA 1999 Christmass 2000 Palitra gallery, St.Petersburg2000 Связь времен, Палитра СПб 2000 Solo Exhibition, Exhibition place on the 32-nd Avenue ,San Francisco, USA 2001 Computer graphics, Museum of Nonconformist Art, St.Petersburg 2001 Fish:artefact and ardhetip Artgavanj Gallery, St.Petersburg 2002 Solo Exhibition, Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg