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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.”

Igor Kozlovsky - Born 1956, Slobodskoi, Kirov Region RUSSIA Marina Sharapova - Born 1960, Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) RUSSIA

Education: 1985 - MFA, Mukhina Academy of Art and Design, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA (Both) 1976 - BFA, College of Fine Art, Kirov, RUSSIA (Igor)

Two-Person Shows: (partial list) 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: 2005 - Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA, & New York, NY 2005 - Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY 2005 - Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2004-05 - Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2003-05 - Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN 2005 - Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2005 - Gallery Saint Germain, Los Angeles, CA 2004 - NIU Art Museum, Chicago, IL 2003 - Turner-Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2003 - Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL 2002-05 - Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001-02 - Flanders Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2001-02 - Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996-05 - Artemise Gallery, Dinard, FRANCE 1996 - Ton-Gallery, Bonn, GERMANY 1995-97 - Master-Class, International Art Show, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA 1992 - Second Biennale of the Newest Art, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA 1991 - Art Expert Gallery, Helsinki, FINLAND