Mikhail Anatolyevich Krunov
Mikhail Anatolyevich Krunov (born December 4, 1954, Moscow) is a Russian artist and painter.
Biography
In 1981, he graduated from the Art and Graphics Faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute.
Since 1982, he has been a member of the Youth Association of MOSKh (Moscow Union of Artists).
In 1991, he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR.
Artistic Work
Krunov's painting style is defined at the intersection of figurative art and abstraction. As the artist himself says, in his works he is constantly testing the boundaries of painting. At one time, the main motifs of his paintings were trees and birds, later — "large-scale geometry."
Selected Exhibitions
2025 — "Theorems and Lemmas of Mikhail Krunov." MastART Gallery, Moscow
2018 — "Surface." Nadia Brykina Gallery, Moscow
2016 — "The Formula of Form." Central House of Artists, Moscow
2003 — Group exhibition "Abstraction in Russia in the 20th Century." State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
1991 — "Seventh Triennale," Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi
1991 — "ART MYTH 2," Moscow International Art Fair, Central Exhibition Hall "Manege," Moscow
1990 — "STI in Visual Art," House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
1990 — "Soviet-English Group Exhibition," Central House of Artists, Moscow
1990 — "Origins. Action," exhibition in cities of the Mediterranean: Turkey, Italy, Israel
1990 — "Asia-Europe Biennale," Ankara
1990 — "Painting on Paper," Moscow, London
1989 — "Ecology-89," 1st International Art Manifestation, Warsaw
1988 — "All-Union Youth Exhibition," Moscow
1988 — "Still Life and Interior," Leningrad
1984 — "Spring Exhibition of Moscow Artists," Moscow
1983 — "We Are for Peace. Spring Exhibition of Moscow Artists," Moscow
Works in Collections
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow
Museum of Nonconformism, Moscow
Marc Chagall Museum, Vitebsk
Museo Civico di Padova, Italy
Private collections in Russia, USA, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, Poland.
