Dmitry Shorin - darling of the silovaki

Dmitry Shorin is a young Saint-Petersburg artist who has an exhibition opening today at the Marble Palace in St Petersburg of the Russian State Museum.

He was born in Omsk in 1971 and initially studied at the Omsky Technological University , folowed by four years at the Textile Institute, St. Petersburg. He won a prize in the St. Petersburg Camel exhibition and has initiated joint projects with other artists in St. Petersburg. He has held solo exhibitions in Russia and Belgium.

As the centre of gravity moves toward St Petersburg fluttering around Putin and his silovaki Shorin achieves notable status with the oligarchs by these bright, clean images. The image above was promoted by Red Bull in their Hangar 7 exhibition of modern artists ..."Fly By"