Russia
Rustam QBic Paints A Mural Diptych In Neftekamsk, Russia
Russian artist Rustam QBic conjures fantastical murals fit for a storybook world. The lands depicted across his body of work transcend the laws of mortal reality. Here, blooming flowers, shells, trees and seas call the shots. However, the artist’s recent work, a mural diptych titled “Voinushka,” dabbles in an area of his fantasy land which …
‘Garbage Whale’ by Murmure Street at the V-Rox Festival in Vladivostok, Russia
In July French Duo, Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche Aka Murmure Street completed their first of a series of murals called “Garb(age)” in Vladivostok (Russia). Titled “Garbage Whale“, the mural was curated by the cultural festival V-Rox. After studying at the Beaux-Arts, Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche have been transforming public spaces since 2010, and work under the …
Martin Ron Paints a Mural in Moscow For The World Cup
In preparations for the 2018 World Cup that is kicking off June 14, Moscow Street Art Festival aka MOST invited Argentinean street artist Martin Ron among other artists to paint murals related to Football in the Russian Capital. About The Mural What more could Martin Ron ask for? Combining the 2 passions he loves the …
Sonny’s Giant Amur Leopard in Far East Russia
Sonny paints a giant Amur Leopard in Vladivostok, Russia to raise awareness for these beautiful animals. With only 80 left in the wild, they are one of the world’s most endangered big cats! The mural is part of his To The Bone project that has already seen him paint large-scale murals in New York, Canada, …
Solo and Diamond in Satka, Russia
From mid-May to early June 2017, the city of Satka (Russia) celebrated its first official street art festival. The project is curated by the Sobranie Fund, with support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow. The Italian artists Solo and Diamond were invited to Satka by Italian art historian …
NEVERCREW “Baring machine” for the Satka Street Art Festival
Swiss street artists Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni from the internationally renowned duo NEVERCREW were recently in Satka, Russia invited to be part of the Satka Street Art Festival, curated by Fund Sobranie Moscow, for which they painted two murals. About The Murals The first mural, the largest one, was realised in Satka, the administrative center of Satkinsky …
Rustam Qbic New murals in Moscow
Russian artist and muralist Rustam Qbic spent the last few months working on a couple of murals (Neighbors & Mood) in Moscow, commissioned by a local real estate company. About the Murals “Neighbors” is probably Rustam Qbic’s largest mural to date (pictured above). it covers the entire facade of an abandoned building. The mural depicts two boys …
MTO for ArtUnitedUS
Inspired by last year’s cyber attack at power distribution centers in western Ukraine, French Artist MTO was invited by the ArtUnitedUS initiative to paint a mural in Kiev, Ukraine entitled: “From Russia With Love.” About the Mural “From Russia With Love” is A digital love-cannonball sent from Moscow (Russia) to Kiev (Ukraine) : An interpretation of …
Interview: Rustam Qbic
Rustam Qbic specializes in street art that seems larger than life. His paintings are saturated with lush storybook colors and are defined by a playful sense of the absurd. Popping up in both expected and unexpected locales, his murals beautify not only the crumbling walls of derelict buildings but also that of apartment buildings. There’s …
Interview: Waone of Interesni Kazki
Interesni Kazki (IK) is Aleksei Bordusov and Vladimir Manzhos, a duo from the Ukraine who also go by their respective aliases AEC and WAONE. They began working together in 1999. They were the precursors of the graffiti movement in the East European countries and since then, these guys have created many murals in the Ukraine …
Interview: Interesni Kazki (AEC)
Interesni Kazki (IK) is Aleksei Bordusov and Vladimir Manzhos, a duo from the Ukraine who also go by their respective aliases AEC and WAONE. They began working together in 1999. They were the precursors of the graffiti movement in the East European countries and since then, these guys have created many murals in the Ukraine …
Interview: Julia Volchkova
Born in Nizhnevartovsk, Siberia (Russia) in 1987, Volchkova Yulia Anatolievna (Julia) studied drawing from an early age. In 2004, Julia won in the competition of the faculty of art and design. In 2010, she graduated from the Institute and went to Saint Petersburg and she began drawing graffiti and street art. Soon after that Julia …