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The work of Russian-born husband-and-wife team Igor Kozlovsky and Marina Sharapova is characterized by a remarkable fusion of seemingly discordant elements: past and present, figurative and abstract, traditional and avant-garde In images of striking beauty and depth, Renaissance-era figures float over backgrounds of cryptic text and pattern while areas of intricate, realistic detail coexist with expanses of layered color. Igor and Marina strive to “give new meaning to familiar images, placing them in unexpected frames.” Synthesizing the modes and motifs of various art historical periods into coherent, arresting images, they cause great distances of time and geography to collapse. The theme of fusion is not limited to the content of Igor and Marina’s work—it is also integral to their art-making process. Each painting represents an extraordinary feat of collaboration between two artistic minds. The result is an entirely unique artistic landscape where tradition and innovation, old and new, real and fantastic, collide. In this new body of work, Igor and Marina delve still further into our collective human conscience, into the realm of theatricality and dreams. The paintings capture “the moment historical personages remove their costumes and makeup,” says Igor, “but you don’t have to take it too literally - we like questions to be left unanswered. As people say, kept secrets have power. Revealed secrets have none.”

Awards

• 2006 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY

Select exhibitions

• 2010 Campton Gallery, New York NY | Illustrated catalog
• 2009 The Durst Organization (sponsor) at Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
• 2009 Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2008 Campton Gallery, New York, NY | Illustrated catalog
• 2008 Norteastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
• 2008 Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2008 Campton Gallery, New York NY
• 2007 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco & St. Helena, CA | Illustrated catalog
• 2006 Campton | Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY | Illustrated catalog
• 2002–07 Thomas Masters Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL | Illustrated catalogs
• 1996 Centre Culturelle de St. Malo, France | Illustrated catalogs
• 1996 Federation of Interior Architects, St. Petersburg, Russia | Members since 1991
• 1995 Consulate of France, St. Petersburg, Russia | Illustrated catalog

Group shows

• 2010 Art Chicago Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2005-10 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco & St. Helena, CA
• 2005-10 Campton Gallery, New York, NY
• 2002-10 Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2009 Art Chicago Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2008 Red Dot Art Fair Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Miami, FL
• 2006 Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2005–06 Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• 2004–06 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2003–05 Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
• 2004 NIU Art Museum, Chicago, Il
• 1996–06 Artemise Gallery, Dinard, France
• 1996 Ton-Gallery, Bonn, Germany
• 1995–97 Master Class, International Art Show, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 1991 Art Expert Gallery, Helsinki, FIinland

Corporate Collections

• 2005 Governor of Tokyo, Japan
• 2003 Sara Lee Corporation, New York, NY
• 2002 Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
• 2002 George Larson Design, New York, NY
• 2002 Potash Corporation, U.S.A. – Canada
• 1999 First Chicago Bank, Evanston, IL
• 1996 Consulate of France, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 1996 Prefecture of St. Malo, Britain, France
• 1995 Bristol Myers Squibb Company, U.S.A. – Russia