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Ivan Slavinsky was born in Leningrad in 1968 and raised in a cultural and highly educated family. His father was a famous artist, the head of an “official” art movement, highly appreciated in the Soviet Union; his mother, wasan acknowledged art critic. They had high standards and did not pay particular attention to the artplay of their son. Till one day…
he became ‘the self-styled ‘most expensive artist in the world”.
Ivan got the degree from Art School and spent only two years at the Academy. He did not see much sense in staying there as his father has always been his major teacher. He taught by his own example and attitude towards art. It is hard to define the style Slavinsky works in. There are too many different ones: surrealistic portraits and landscapes that evoke pictures from Ray Bradbury stories; or impressionist still life pictures. Ivan admits that every masterpiece, of any school, has inspired him to work. He has learned from all of them to pursue his own ideas.
As mentioned before, Ivan is a fantasist in his creative work. Though he easily shifts from style to style, he is predominantly surrealistic. But he depicts his fantasies with great technical skill.
In July, he opened his own gallery in his native city. He believes that every artist needs to have one. It gives the freedom to exhibit the works, and to create something not bothering whether it will be sold. He never had problems with that, but it always troubled him what the gallery would say about his other extra large size work.
Recently, he has been requested to paint the interior of the Archangel-Michael Cathedral in Cannes. It is an old Orthodox cathedral with a rich history, which houses the remains of Joann Kronshtadsky, Duke Andrey Vladimirovich. Slavinsky is very honoured, happily admitting that he has already received the blessing of the Priest.
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