Shtager Gallery
About Shtager GalleryShtager Gallery established in St. Petersburg and London and recognized as one of the UK’s promoters of Russian contemporary artists.
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Gregori Maiofis (Russian b.1970)
Toy Story Bromoil transfer, handcoloured with photo oils. Edition 6/12 85 x 47 cm £6,500 |
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Gregori Maiofis (b.1970)
Lenin's Science Makes One's Hands and Mind Stronger Bromoil transfer Edition 6/25 47 x 47cm £4,100 |
Gregori Maiofis (b.1970)
Closed Mouth Catches no Flies Bromoil transfer Edition 4/15 38 x 53 cm £4,100 |
Gregori Maiofis (b.1970)
Funt at Piano Bromoil transfer Edition 6/15 41 x 63cm £4,100 |
Gregori Maiofis (b.1970)
Ilmira and Funt II
Bromoil transfer
Edition 6/25
48 x 53cm
£4,100
Ilmira and Funt II
Bromoil transfer
Edition 6/25
48 x 53cm
£4,100
Gregori Maiofis was born in 1970 in Leningrad, Soviet Union, now St Petersburg, Russia. His grandparents, Solomon Maiofis (1911-1968) and Olga Ugriomova (1913-2009) were architects, father, Mikhail Maiofis (b. 1939) is a famous book illustrator.
In 1987-1989 studied at the Academy of Arts ( the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture n.a. Y. Repin) in St Petersburg at the graphic arts department. In 1991 his family moved to Los Angeles, California where he lived until 1995. Currently lives and works in St Petersburg, Russia.
“Gregori Maiofis has created a number of important series of works that speak to situations and emotions common to our humanity. “Proverbs” is an on-going series in which the artist focuses on truths that many children the world over must have heard from parents or grandparents: “If You Have Nothing To Say, Say Nothing,” “Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows,” and “Two Heads Are Better Than One.” Using trained circus animals in many of his images – from a gargantuan brown bear to monkeys, dogs, lions and most recently, elephants – in settings absent of artefacts or other cultural information, Gregori Maiofis offers visually poignant, strike to the heart-of-the-matter images”. Karen Sinsheimer
Curator of Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Gregori Maiofis has had solo exhibitions across Russia, Europe, and the U.S. since 1993. His work is in many museum collections including the following: Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Museum of modern Art, Moscow, Novy Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, National Gallery of Slovakia, Bratislava, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro.
In 1987-1989 studied at the Academy of Arts ( the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture n.a. Y. Repin) in St Petersburg at the graphic arts department. In 1991 his family moved to Los Angeles, California where he lived until 1995. Currently lives and works in St Petersburg, Russia.
“Gregori Maiofis has created a number of important series of works that speak to situations and emotions common to our humanity. “Proverbs” is an on-going series in which the artist focuses on truths that many children the world over must have heard from parents or grandparents: “If You Have Nothing To Say, Say Nothing,” “Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows,” and “Two Heads Are Better Than One.” Using trained circus animals in many of his images – from a gargantuan brown bear to monkeys, dogs, lions and most recently, elephants – in settings absent of artefacts or other cultural information, Gregori Maiofis offers visually poignant, strike to the heart-of-the-matter images”. Karen Sinsheimer
Curator of Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Gregori Maiofis has had solo exhibitions across Russia, Europe, and the U.S. since 1993. His work is in many museum collections including the following: Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Museum of modern Art, Moscow, Novy Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, National Gallery of Slovakia, Bratislava, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro.
