Oleg Yuriyevich Buryan (russian: Оле́г Ю́рьевич Бурья́н; born 1959) is a Russian artist, who lived in Moscow from the 1980s. In 2012, he moved to St-Petersburg, where he joined the St-Petersburg Union of Artists. He belongs to the first generation of post-Soviet creators, integrated in the international context.

Biography

Before deciding to become an artist, Buryan studied medicine at the Leningrad Medical Institute and worked as a lawyer's secretary, a street cleaner and as a censor for rock lyrics for the Moscow Chief of the Department of Culture. Buryan received his art education (as tapestry artist) at the Moscow Textile College in the 1980s, and studied video art and independent documentary at Moscow State University from 1994 to 1995 (at

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Silver medal for his contribution to Russian culture and became the last person to receive such an award in the Soviet period (1985–1991). In his works various elements of archaic and "ethnic" art are evident. " Recycled art" is another name for Buryan's art. Some of his sculptures are done as "ready-made" objects and related to the tradition of "Dada" in their absurd humor and strange beauty of animals with human eyes. Buryan's works are characterized by a great amount of versatility in both choice of media and general style, ranging from an oil paintings to an art toys, from a book illustration to a monumental sculpture, from a media art to an installation art, TV and an industrial design. After communicating with him is truly Renaissance sense of abundance, a rare luxury in which all enjoy—art, interesting people, breathtaking experience. Buryan does not seek for scandalize, or shock by some impressive movement. It is simply about to rebuild the lives in his understanding. Buryan's works are in the collections of the Bank WestLB (Germany) and the Amer Sports (Finland), the University of Dundee (Scotland), the Kyiv

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Sculpture park.

Main shows and projects

* 1986–1988: Autumn exhibitions at the Exhibition Hall at the Malaya Gruzinskaya Street, 28, Moscow (Russia) * 1988–1989: All–Union of Young Artists exhibition at the Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow Manege, Moscow (Russia) * 1990: WestLB Bank—the International Trade center (

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-Center), Moscow (Russia) * 1991: Performance "Citizens of the Night" at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) * 1992: "International Incident" – solo show at the French Institute, Edinburgh (Scotland) * 1993: "Bald Buryans" – solo show at the Gallery "Dar" Contemporary Art Center, Moscow (Russia) * 1994: Collaboration with Cadogan Guides Publishers. Illustrations for the guide to Moscow and St. Petersburg, written by Rose Baring, London (UK), * 1994: Foundation "Sirin prints" (postcards) together with W. Shon, Oxford (UK) * 1995: "Anabasis" at the National Museum of Russian Art, Kyiv (Ukraine) * 1996: "Serious Games" at the Toy Museum, St. Petersburg (Russia) * 1998: Solo Show at the

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, Kyiv (Ukraine) – Munich (Germany) Commons-Buryan for Concours Européen de Sculptures monumentales

* 2000: Solo show at the Italy–Russia

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Association, Milan (Italy) * 2001: Collaboration with " Last Hero" ( "Survival") TV ORT (artdirector), Panama City (Panama) – Moscow (Russia) * 2004
“Making Moves”
at the Gallery "Six Chapel Row Contemporary Art",

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(UK) * 2005: The International Art toys Show at "Haim+Handwerk", Munich (Germany) * 2005
“Not-naiv-toys done by Buryan”
– solo show at the Toy museum, St. Petersburg (Russia) * 2005: "Recycled Art" – solo show at the Central House of Artist, Moscow (Russia) * 2005: Six sculptures for the Venice Sculpture park,

(Italy) * 2005: " Art toys in Burg Wildegg" (Austria) * 2006:

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(short list), Berlin (Germany) * 2007: Concours Européen de Sculpture monumentale "Art is Steel" at the Arcelor Mittal (short list, catalogue: O. Buryan "The Steel Drop", p.7), Rheims (France) * 2007: "Something’s Brewing Bier" for International project by Utrecht University (catalogue)

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, Leiden (the Netherlands) * 2008: Mural "Grunewald" (300 sq meters), Noginsk (Russia) * 2008: Art Zept–2008 International Design Award (shortlist), Milan (Italy) * 2008: Project "Ecoart for Google maps" – the First Kronstadt International Ecological Festival of Arts "KronFest–2008", Kronstadt – St. Petersburg (Russia) * 2009: International Award of sculpture at the

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, Rome (Italy) * 2009: Buryans – Family Project "Genogram" for the European Cultural Foundation * 2009: Show "Dialogue" at the All–Russia Museum of Decorative–Applied and Folk Arts, Moscow (Russia)

References

Projects

on Rhiz.eu
Ziggurat and Labyrinth
on MyMondoMix

Press

* Iain McCallum
Dark Thoughts
" The Scotsman", 1991-09-04. * Anne McElvoy
Home to the Masses
" The Times Magazine", 1994-02-19. * Pepa Sparti,
Opere & Giorni. Dalla Russia: colori e passione
"Prometeo" n. 72, 2000-12-18. * Chris Doss
Making art in a monkey house
" The Russia Journal", No 256, 2001-01-27. * Dmitry Desyaterik,
Things in their field. The conversation with Oleg Buryan — the wizard of toys, pictures and bizarre stories
"Den'" ("Day"), Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper, No. 96, 2001-06-01. * Alexander Mozhaev,
Pegasus's Stall
"Bol'shoj gorod" No. 32 2004-10-11. * Saverio Simi de Burgis,

Magazine online "NonSoloCinema" No 24, 2005-09-09. * Alexander Mozhaev,
Pegasus's Stall
"Аrkhnadzor", 2007-04-15. * Dmitry Desyaterik,
The capital of colored melancholy
"Den'" ("Day"), Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper, No. 174, 2007-10-12. * Sergey Lomakin,
All of our foolishness and small villainy. As "Pushka" broke birch
"Trud–7", No. 205, 2008-10-30. * Dmitry Desyaterik,
Oleg Buryan: "They had to survive almost all". Exclusive interview with the artist of program "Last Hero"
"Den'" ("Day"), Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper, No. 45, 2002-03-12 * Katerina Perhova,
High spirit and High–tech
"Domashniy rebenok" ("Home Child"), 2009-06-25. * RT

" Russia Today", 2008-02-27. (Video) * Dmitriy Bork
Events: Farewell to the lane
"Grani–TV" 2008-06-30. (Video) * Leonid Aleev,
Pechatnikov Lane
2009-03-02. * Oleg Buryan,

2009-03-28. * Ahmad Nadalian
Journey Across Russia: Swimming Against the Tides
2009-10-23.

Books