Mihail Chemiakin
Mihail Chemiakin | |
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Chemiakin in 2023 | |
| Born | Mihail Chemiakin (Михаил М. Шемякин) 4 May 1943 |
| Nationality | Russian-American |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture, Illustration, Musée imaginaire, Publishing, Scenic design, Stage design |
| Notable work | Sculpture: Monument to Peter I, installed courtyard of Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, 1991
Sculpture: Children - Victims of the Sins of Adults, installed Bolotnaya Square Moscow, 2001 Ballet: Chemiakin's staging of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" (set, costume, production design and creative concept), premiered Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 12 February 2001 Mihail Chemiakin’s Musée Imaginaire: Research into the history of art from the point of view of the transformation of images, 1963 - date |
| Awards | Order of Friendship, 2009 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1994 State Prize of the Russian Federation,1993 |
| Website | https://mihfond.ru/ |
Mihail Mikhailovich Chemiakin or Shemyakin (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Шемякин; born 4 May 1943) is a Russian-American painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist art tradition of St. Petersburg.