Dmitry Shorin
Dmitry Alexandrovich Shorin is a Russian artist and sculptor. Dmitry is the youngest contemporary artist honored with an solo exhibition in Marble Palace of State Russian Museum and a Kandinsky Prize nominee.
He studied art in Omsk State Pedagogical University and moved to Saint Petersburg to finish his education and graduate from local academy as a costume designer. From then on he lives and works in Saint Petersburg. Shorin is a member of «Free Culture» Society, a non-commercial association of underground artists that hold his first exhibitions back in 1994—1996, and a member of UNESCO International Federation of Art.Exhibitions
Dmitry had over 70 exhibitions in Russia, Europe and America. He participated in 1st and 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, 55th Venice Biennale, HangART-7 in Salzburg, art shows in Kiev, Madrid, Athens, Vienna, Miami, Paris and London.
His works are on permanent display in State Russian Museum, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Erarta and presented in numerous museum and personal collections. His paintings were auctioned at major international auction houses such as Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury.
In 2013 four sculptures from Dmitry Shorin's project named I Believe in Angels were placed in Terminal 1 of Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg. The glass fiber figures of angels with airplanes' wings decorate the departure hall. His other work created in collaboration with a musician Sergei Shnurov was relocated to Pulkovo in 2014.Gallery
