Stroganov Leonid
A versatile artist from Leningrad with a rich background in painting and graphics, known for blending surrealism, symbolism, and expressionism in both traditional and contemporary works. Creates intricate visual narratives through oil painting, book graphics, and ex-libris, often exploring themes of mythology, nature, and urban melancholy. Active in international exhibitions since the late 1990s, with a focus on symbolic and abstract representations of Russian cultural identity.
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I was born in 1979 in Leningrad. I graduated from the St. Petersburg Art College named after N.K.Roerich with a degree in painting in 1999, in 2002 - the Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts with a degree in graphics. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 2002. In 2006, I completed an internship at the Tamarind Institute (USA). Since 1999, I have been participating in domestic and international exhibitions. I have held more than 15 solo exhibitions. I took part in more than 150 collective exhibitions. I work in various fields of fine art: oil painting, printed and book graphics, small-form graphics and, in particular, an ex-libris. I am the author of the "Artist's Books", made by order collectors and illustrations for the literary works of William Shakespeare, Francesco Petrarch, Sophocles, Abram Efros. I engraved more than 100 book signs. I participated in the congresses of the International Federation of Ex Libris (FISAE). I have repeatedly become a laureate of competitions in this field.