Vitali Gambarov - is an artist, a sculptor, a philosopher. Born in Russia, he received Masters of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine and Theater Arts of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, Republic of the Soviet Union.

 

Vitali has been inspired by the formal traditions of Russian Avant-garde artists Malevich and Tatlin and by architecture of Kenzo Tange while developing a unique style that characterizes his current oeuvre. Gambarov's creativity stems from the rich tradition of Russian avant-garde and reflects the conceptual framework of Suprematism and the Constructivist movement. His work contains elements of primitivism art in their simple androgynous forms and deformed figures. The black and white palette brings out some idiosyncratic elements of Gambarov's art that are destabilizing and unsettling. The frontal faces of his figures might lack some physiognomic features, staring out at the viewer with phantasmagoric visages. Their features are rendered in the posterior position, at times allowing only a peripheral glance at their faces. The personages that inhabit Gambarov's sculptures and bas-reliefs are constantly in contact with the audience, revealing their identity or deliberately avoiding any contact with the viewer. “Like day and night, good and evil, life and Death everything in the world exists in duality . Inspired and moved by the contradictory yet harmonious nature of a human being I work with white and black.”

 

Vitali has participated in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad, and his works belong to public and private collections in Russia, Europe and North America. His artworks are featured in the catalogues of the International Art Fairs of the 20th Century. He is a laureate of Special Prize of Artists Union of Russia –1988. In 1996, she was awarded a Grand-Prix of International Art Festival organized by The Hermitage Museum & Department of Art and Culture of Russia.