Yuri Gorbachev (b. 1948) is a Russian painter and sculptor. He moved to America from the former USSR in 1991.
His work is represented in more than twenty museums worldwide including the permanent collections of The Russian National Museum, St. Petersburg; The Louvre, Paris; the Moscow Museum of Modern Art; The National Ukrainian Museum of Art, Kiev; The Rudana Museum, Bali. Gorbachev’s work was also in the Clinton White House and The United Nations for which he designed a United Nations Stamp, Green Parrot on Red Flower, for the Endangered Species series. In 1998, Rizzoli International, published The Art of Yuri Gorbachev and in 2002, The Bertelsmann Group, published The Art of Paradise, a major book about his life and art.
Gorbachev was classically trained in Soviet art academies and acquired advanced degrees in philosophy and communication. He created his own unique technique of painting on canvas, using non-ferrous metals (gold, bronze), special varnishes and enamels, completely removing black from the palette.
Having traveled extensively, Gorbachev’s art combines the history, mythology and cultural heritage of his homeland with references to Balinese Folk Art and African rock drawings and masks. He has had more than two hundred solo exhibitions across the United States, Europe, South America and Asia.
Former Christies Auction House expert in Russian art, Maria Paphiti, calls Yuri Gorbachev, "The Ambassador of Russia for World Art.”
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