ILYA VOLYKHINE
All That's Left & Then Some

EXHIBITION: 6 - 30 AUGUST 2008

Drinks with the Artist, Saturday 16 August, from 3-5pm.

ILYA VOLYKHINE

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"Artists as far back as the earliest cave drawings and sculptural pieces in clay have conveyed their particular spirit by portraying the human form. Children with no formal training at various levels of aptitude will spontaneously and enthusiastically draw the human figure. There is no more immediate imagery available to an artist with wider potential for metaphorical meaning and expression than the human body. A drawing of the figure can say everything the artist needs to say. The urge to unlock the secrets of capturing the look of the body is endlessly renewable and tantalizing..."

About the Artist

Born in the USSR 1967
in Australia since 2000

Ilya Volykhine was born in Ust Labinsk, Russia, in 1967. He emigrated to the United States in 1991 (New York City) and came to Australia in late 2000. Volykhine has held several solo exhibitions in Australia and his work has been selected for various group exhibitions, including the infamous Archibald Prize, AGNSW (2003), the Blake Prize for Religious Art (2004), the Mosman Prize (2006) and most recently his work was selected to exhibit in the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award exhibition which toured nationally from 2007 to January of 2008. Ilya Volykhine has only recently become a citizen of Australia and currently lives and works in Sydney.

Ilya Volykhine's CV

Previous Exhibitions

It's a Helluva Town  - 21 to 22 December 2007

Blue and Other Colours - 2 to 23 December 2006

Stories - 12 to 30 October 2005

Back in the USSR - 2004

Domestic - 2003

People Places and Things - 2002

Visit Ilya's website: www.artofilya.com

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