Timeline
1979 – 1984: Special School for the Arts, Moscow
1986 – 1989: Architecture, The Polytechnik, Moscow
1988 - 1992: Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow
1995: Moved to London

Alexander Selivanov, Russian born artist, began his journey into the art world at the receptive age of ten. In 1986 he studied architecture at the Polytechnic of Moscow with his final place of study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow. He now works and lives in London developing a distinct body of London architectural portraiture.

Selivanov recently commented:
“My classical manner has been developed to incorporate architectural portrait and compositional abstract into one. Typically and traditionally London is seen with splendid aesthetic quality. However, my vision of London, which I have captured in portraits, is a language of life of urban suburbia. Streets and avenues; the buildings which populate them, magical suburban London is unnoticed. Yet with its atmosphere, the architecture is there in various elements. The veins and arteries of this characterisation are the pipes, the windows and their cills, the structures fixed to the wrinkly bricks. All stretching and sprawling with complete congruity, creating compositional abstract uniformity, bringing to life and fantasy."

Art works by Alexander Selivanov can be found in public and private collections in Germany, USA, France, Holland, Austria, the UK and Russia.

The Colomb Art Gallery is proud to exhibit a number of paintings by the Russian artist Alexander Selivanov. View all art by Alexander Selivanov