Sergey Piskunov
Biography
Sergey was born on 9th April 1989 in Ukraine. It’s not for nothing that childhood is considered almost the most important stage of human life. It is during this period that a person learns to understand himself, there is the emergence of his personality and the manifestation of individuality. It was drawing to be the passion of Sergey’s childhood. In the school, he used to draw on everything that could be used for this purpose: on the fields of notebooks, on the desk etc. And even though the teachers insistently advised him to develop such a talent in the art school, he didn’t visit it once. The next stage in the life of Sergey led him away from the creative path. In 2007, he entered the Ukrainian Academy of Customs and finished it in 2012, receiving the diploma of computer system engineer, after what he started working as IT engineer. But our life mission prescribed by fate isn’t able to leave a person under any circumstances. It isn’t accidental that during the 3rd year of study a person very close to Sergey presented him brushes and oil paints.
Artist Statement
Sergey Piskunov is a genre-defying painter passionately committed to exploring the core principles of hyper-realism to redefine the genre with his breathtaking works. The Ukrainian artist creates a stunning anthology of works which he sees as a “burst of emotion”, forcing the artist to turn inside out his soul and leave it on the canvas. His accomplished background and education as a computer system engineer may differ greatly from his career as an international artist globally exhibiting and creating works in Ukraine, Germany, UK, USA, Switzerland and beyond. But it is perhaps his unusual beginnings that make the artist so very exceptional. Piskunov’s primary focus and area of work is a unique approach to hyper-realistic painting, which utilizes his courage as an artist creating both intuitively and instinctively, he infuses his works with a spirit of harmony and balance, that is then juxtaposed with a distinctive and hypnotic edge.
What first prompted you to think of becoming an artist?
I have no art education, so I started painting quite late, 11 years ago I received brushes and canvas as a gift and since then I have devoted all my time to painting. A few years ago I finally quit my job in the IT-sphere and now I make art all 7 days a week.
What kind of an artist do you ultimately see yourself?
Every year or two I change a little style or direction and it’s hard for me to say where I will end up, I think the meaning of art is to constantly find something new and I don’t see the endpoint along this way.
What are you hoping to communicate to the viewer through your work?
If we talk about hyperrealism, I try to capture those fleeting emotions and those subtle details that we do not pay attention to in everyday life.
Can you explain the process of creating your work?
It all starts with thinking over the image, after which a photo session is made to create the source materials for the picture, after which the process of drawing itself takes 200-400 hours.
What is your favorite part of the creative process?
The blank canvas, when you only imagine what the final result will be.
Can you give us an insight into current projects and inspiration, or what we can look forward to from you in the near future?
At the moment I am working on several new series of works, also I will prepare a series of works made in virtual reality soon.
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