artist biography,grants and awards.Introduction Collaboration with dealers.Author of Art Theory participant 100 exhibitions,Foster Brothers group Andrei Kolkutin,paintings in Russian museum

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Andrey Efi . Bio / CV. Introduction

• Andrey Efi is a well known russian artist, working in different ranges, as a painter and experimenter of a tendentious arts; he writes scripts and shoots movies.

General specialization - painting, mural, graphic, syncretic art, theory of art. Besides of main line he undertakes activity and benefit to all art circle of contemporary.

He teaches people to get knowledge to draw and paint as well for beginners and different ages, as he's got his own system and method of teach.

Membership - the Union of Russian Artists (Saint-Petersburg's branch), since 1990.
Belong art group " FOSTER BROTHERS " in which entered tow famous artists - Andrei Kolkutin (Nalchik) and Eugeny Lindin (Moscow).

Lives and works in Saint-Petersburg (Russia)

		The author
		of theoretical investigation : "PAINTING - CHARACTERS (sources of origination; interrelation)", Moscow.1993.

Grants and Awards

2004 - a grant for art project ' 1=1 ', Munster, Germany.
2002 - a grant for participation at the art-festival 'Helden der Arbeit', Berlin.
1997 - a grant from the George Soros Center for Contemporary Art
1989 - 1993 - stipendium from Union of Artist (USSR) at the Artist's House 'Senezh'.

Since 1995 realized the numerous art projects.

The participant more 100 domestic and foreign exhibitions.
The paintings of artist are at the State Russian Museum (St.Petersburg) and in private assemblies of Australia, U S A, Belgium, Canada, UK, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and others....

Collaboration

1996 - 2002 - 'Artefiz' gallery, Zurich
2000 - 2002 - 'Artesse' gallery, Berlin

Since 1999 begins to cooperate with international art groups - "T.R.O.", "Luna Nera", "Coyote inc"
2000 - 2003 - art-director at the "Deboshir Film" festival, (St.Petersburg)
2002 - 2003 - curator (video program) at the "Solo Dance" festival, (St.Petersburg)
2003 - art-director at the "EHNTHUSIASMUS" festival, (Berlin)
2004 - curating at the "1:1" art-event, (St.Petersburg - Munster, Germany)
2004 - belong and directed the "ARTCONCEPT" festival, (St.Petersburg)
2005 - 2010 - directed at the "ARTCONCEPT ARTZOND " festival, (St.Petersburg)