Grigory Mikhailovich Mayofis
Born in 1970 in Saint Petersburg. Studied at the I.E. Repin Institute. Since 1991, in addition to Saint Petersburg, has also lived in Los Angeles and Nashville, USA. The artist's interests are represented by the company 'Williams - Bell', USA (Williams, Bell and Association).
Works in collections
Works are held in private collections in Russia, Germany, France, and the USA.
Exhibitions and auctions
1990 Group exhibition 'Artists of Moscow and Leningrad'. Soviet Cultural Foundation. Moscow; 1990 Festival of Leningrad Galleries. Central Exhibition Hall. Leningrad; 1991 '5 Young Artists of Leningrad', ESEC Academy, Paris; 1992 Graphics of Saint Petersburg Artists. Geographical Society. Saint Petersburg; 1993 'Nashville Metro Arts Commission Gallery'. Nashville, USA; 1994 'Little Chests of Saint Petersburg'. Krymsky Val Gallery. Moscow; 1995 Exhibition at 'Merchants'. Nashville, USA; 1996 Exhibition at Krymsky Val Gallery. Central House of Artists. Moscow; 1996 '200 Years of Art in Tennessee'. Tennessee State Art Museum. Nashville, USA; 1996 'Artopia' Festival. Nashville, Tennessee, USA; 1996 'Two Artists'. Williams-Bell Gallery. Nashville, USA; 1996 Tennessee Bicentennial Celebration. Performing Arts Center. Nashville, USA.
Critic
...From a formal viewpoint, Grigory Mayofis's painting 'X-rated' can be regarded as a combination of semiotic elements to some extent present in all works of this artist. Using this painting as an example, it is possible to distinguish two levels of meaning formation: metadiscursive and rhetorical... Vadim Erent.
Bibliography
Exhibition catalog '5 Artists of Leningrad', article on Mayofis, ESEC Academy, Paris, 1991; 'Different Strokes', 'The Tennessean', Nashville, USA, June 17, 1993; Text in the brochure for the exhibition at 'Arts Commission' Gallery, Nashville, USA, 1993; Interview in the newspaper 'Chas Pik', Saint Petersburg, March 6, 1996; Text in the brochure for the exhibition at Krymsky Val Gallery, Moscow, 1996.
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