Andrei Nikolayevich Mironov (russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Миро́нов; born 20 April 1975) is a Russian artist. He is known mainly as a

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, though he also works in the

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of religious painting.

Early life and education

His father was a Soviet militia officer. Born in

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...

, Andrei moved with his family to

Ivdel Ivdel (russian: Ивдель; Mansi: Сапсаус, ''Sapsayas'') is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ivdel River ( Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva River, north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of ...

(

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

) in 1983. He graduated from a local secondary school in 1990 and in the same year he returned to his native city. One year later, he began to study at the PTU-3 in Ryazan. In the meantime, Mironov prepared himself to enter the Ryazan College of Art. However, due to his conscription into the Russian Army, he received his diploma in industrial design before completing the full PTU program. He took part in the

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. After the war, he began a career as a militsia officer.

Work and reception

Self-educated in painting, Mironov has worked as a

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since 2005. In 2007, he won the title "Profi" at ''Russian Art Week'' in Moscow. He has since participated in many exhibitions and increased the number of his clients. His participation in the First Chechen War as well as his police work has had a considerable influence on his artistic development. The artist defined

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as "the main theme of his oeuvres". Some critics compare the "strangeness" of his paintings with the impression of the

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' works. Today his paintings are found in private collections, in the Kashira local museum, in the Monastery of

Our Lady of Kazan ''Our Lady of Kazan'', also called ''Mother-of-God of Kazan'' (russian: Казанская Богоматерь, translit=Kazanskaya Bogomater'), is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Ma ...

and in the St. Nicholas Church in Yamskaya Sloboda (Ryazan). Since 2008, he has been a member of the Moscow Union of Artists International Art Foundation.

Selected exhibitions

* 2007 ''Russian Art Week'',

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

* 2008 ''Death motifs in contemporary art'', VVC, Moscow * 2008 ''Gravitation'', Central House of Artists, Moscow * 2008 ''6th Vasily Popkov Exhibition'', Central Cinema House, Moscow * 2011 ''Doors'',

Local history museum A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region (local history) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exh ...

Kashira Kashira (russian: Каши́ра) is a town and the administrative center of Kashirsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River south of Moscow. Population: History It was first mentioned in 1356 as the village of Koshira ...

* 2014, ''Seventh day'', Youth movement history museum, Ryazan.

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