As a post-modern conceptual artist, I always look for symbols to connect the content of my art with the contemporary world. My creative process starts with an initial image that usually comes to mind spontaneously from some unknown source and represents the conceptual framework for the centerpiece. I then plunge into a procedure that involves constant experimentation with the available materials, the existing site, and the flow of original ideas. I use various media including sculpture, painting, digital, light, sound, video, installation. Site carries an important meaning, and I utilize it with imagination in the service of the primary installation concept.

Education

Tashkent College of Fine Arts, Russia – MFA

Art Academy of Tashkent, Russia

Selected Solo/Group Exhibitions

Razin’s sculptures, paintings, mixed media, and installations have been exhibited in over 40 galleries and museums throughout the world. His works have been reviewed in numerous publications, and they are in private collections in Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Turkey, Russia, and United States.

Dalet Gallery, The Circle, Philadelphia, PA; Museum of Yeshiva University, New York, NY; Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT; Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; Zalman Gallery, New York, NY; Apex Gallery, Bremen, Germany; Cork Street Gallery, London, England

Collections

Tashkent Museum, Uzbekistan; Kokand Museum, Uzbekistan; Kaliningrad Museum, Russia; Tretyakovsky Museum, Moscow, Russia

Awards
Joyce Dutka Art Foundation, First Place in Mixed Media Competition, 2002
Silvermine Guild, Art of the North East, Annual Exhibition Award in Mixed Media, 2000

Select Publications
New York Times, “The Exhibition a Diversity of Expression,” November 19 2001
The Advocate Greenwich Times, “Focus of Color at Silvermine Excavates Intellectual Treasure,” July 8, 2001
New York Times, “Exploring the Gamut of Contemporary Art,” June 17, 2001
The Advocate Greenwich Times, “The Joy of Breaking the Rules,” June 10, 2001
The New York Times, “Keeping Things Lively at Silvermine,” January 30 2000
Northport Journal, “New Influx of Russian Art and Artists,” June 3, 1999

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