Yaraslav Klimkouski

About Artist:

Born in USSR, Moscow on July 15th 1984 . When I was 3 years old my parents moved to European part ,which after collapse of USSR became an independent country named Belarus, famous for its everlasting president, (in power since 1991),Alexander Lukashenko, called the last dictator of Europe. Of course my freedom loving soul didn't like that fact and during my years as a student studying Economy and Management in Chemical industry at Belarusian State Technological University in Minsk, I was part of Youth Movement against the president. After my arrest and mental, physical traumas in 2004, had started looking for the possibilities to get our of the country. Was granted political asylum in the US , country I was always interested in ,as a teenager mostly because of stock market. At the age of 26 was the youngest risk manager at a day trading company on Wall Street. Financial crisis forced me to start looking for another possibilities and in December 2012 I had my first exhibition at artistic district of New York, city known for its glamorous and posh 5 avenue on which one of my art works is presented. Now I'm just trying to be myself and When I paint, I try to project myself onto the canvas – nothing fake, just the truth. I try to project my life, my emotions, my mind, creating a subjective but true vision of reality and feelings. My paintings are studies in contrasts. They take the form of “arguments” – struggles between my spiritual side and what i call the “side of true existence.” I never try to ignore the darker side of my unconscious mind – I am unafraid to face, express and challenge my own imperfections, weaknesses and moral destitution in my art, with the aim of better understanding myself and society.