Andrey Yudin

Andrey Yudin

The artist from the town of Tver, was born in 1974. He graduated from Tver Art College and obtained a diploma as a graphic artist from the Moscow Printing Academy.

He has been a member of the Designers Union of Russia since 2000 and a member of Russia’s Artist Union since 2001. He completed an internship in Austria in 2002. In 2017, he was elected a member of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is a very active participant and organizer of various exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

His first solo exhibition was held in Paris in 1993. His French exhibition was opened by Jacques Chirac, while he was still the mayor of Paris. Following the Roman exhibition, one of his paintings is kept in the Vatican Library.

During 2005-2006, he took an active part in the following St. Petersburg art exhibitions:

“II Biennale of pastel” and “International graphics biennale “White inter-nights”

In 2007-2008, he taught design at Tver State University.

In 2008, he established his art studio. Andrey Yudin enthusiastically participates in exhibition, artistic, educational, and social activities. Since 2009, he has collaborated with Tver theaters as well as the Tver Academic Drama Theater.

A brief history of some of his artistic achievements includes:

In 2010, he participated in the International Art Festival in Kaposvar (Hungary) and was involved in organizing an international art festival in Osnabruck (Germany).

2012 – personal exhibition in “State Exhibition Hall at Kashirka” (Moscow).

2012 – exhibition of pastel “Bella Italia” as part of the “Night in Museum” initiative organized in “Khodynka” Exhibition Hall (Moscow).

In 2012, he actively collaborated with Rossotrudnichestvo and conducted exhibitions in Rome, Madrid, and Copenhagen, and in 2013, he was invited by Russian Centers of Science and Culture to exhibit his works in Cairo, Alexandria, and Prague.

In 2014, he conducted exhibitions in Warsaw, Malta, and the Czech Republic; in 2016 - in Malaysia. From 2017 to 2019, he conducted exhibitions on the theme of ballet (Armenia, Serbia, Romania, Malaysia, Czech Republic, Russia).

Many impressionistic paintings by A. Yudin are in the Mitsubishi corporate collection and in private collections in France, Germany, England, Italy, and the USA.

At the current time, he teaches both in the children's art studio at school and the art studio in the Museum. He also works with adults—aspiring artists and students of the Academy.

Andrey Yudin works in various styles with different mediums, but pastels remain his favorite. There is something intangible in his art, similar to what you may find in the works of Lithuanian artist Ciurlionis (although their styles differ dramatically), a subtle world of dreams and music, as well as in the works of the renowned hedonist Renoir with his love of sun and light. Those artists are favorites of Andrey’s. He was inspired by Ciurlionis during a visit to Kaunas, seeing the “Ciurlionis Museum of pastel,” and later by Renoir’s influence from the Museum of Impressionism “d’Orsay” in Paris.

The art of Andrey Yudin has something very valued by his teacher – the renowned Tver artist Vsevolod Sergeevich Solodov – a sincerity of emotions. Thanks to Solodov’s influence, Andrey found his unique style quite quickly and without prolonged exploration.