Biography:
Nikolai Bogomolov was born in 1956 in Vologda, Russia and has lived in St.Petersburg most of his life. Though Nikolai graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Technology and worked for 10 years as a research scientist, art eventually consumed him and in 1989 he devoted himself exclusively to painting. Nikolai once described this transformation: "An artist grew inside me like a tree, gradually filling the entire inner space".
Since then, Nikolai has participated in several groundbreaking projects, including the "All for One Earth", which included group shows in St.Petersburg and San Francisco and the creation of a mural on a five-story building in St. Petersburg, and
Urisman Fine Arts, which brought St.Petersburg’s most renowned artists to the US Pacific Coast.
Nikolai continues to work in a several mediums, including oil on canvas, acrylic on hand-made paper, and digital art and computer graphics. Since 1996 he has been teaching computer graphics and design in the Educational Media Center in St.Petersburg, passing on his aesthetic and visual talents to a new generation of artists.
Select Solo Exhibitions:
2004 ArtCity Gallery, St.Petersburg
2002 Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg
2002 Studio-show San Francisco, USA
1999 32nd Ave Exhibition ,San Francisco, USA
1998 Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg
1993 Central Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg
1993 Khiron Gallery, St.Petersburg
1991 Dostoevsky Museum, St.Petersburg
1981 Institute of Technology, St.Petersburg, Russia
Select Group shows:
2005 Museum of Non-conformist Art, St.Petersburg
2004 Philharmonic Hall, St.Petersburg
2003 Palitra Gallery, St. Petersburg
2001 Museum of Non-conformist Art , St. Petersburg
2000 10th Anniversary of Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg
1999 Humangarten, Chicago, USA
1997 Urisman Fine Arts, EBMUND, Oakland, USA
1997 Ostrov - 10 years", Samoilovs Museum, St.Petersburg
1996 Kismet Gallery, San Jose, USA
1994 Contest "Golden Brush" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1993 Go Figure", Eight Street Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1992 In From the Cold", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1990 All for One Earth", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Nikolai Bogomolov was born in 1956 in Vologda, Russia and has lived in St.Petersburg most of his life. Though Nikolai graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Technology and worked for 10 years as a research scientist, art eventually consumed him and in 1989 he devoted himself exclusively to painting. Nikolai once described this transformation: "An artist grew inside me like a tree, gradually filling the entire inner space".
Since then, Nikolai has participated in several groundbreaking projects, including the "All for One Earth", which included group shows in St.Petersburg and San Francisco and the creation of a mural on a five-story building in St. Petersburg, and
Urisman Fine Arts, which brought St.Petersburg’s most renowned artists to the US Pacific Coast.
Nikolai continues to work in a several mediums, including oil on canvas, acrylic on hand-made paper, and digital art and computer graphics. Since 1996 he has been teaching computer graphics and design in the Educational Media Center in St.Petersburg, passing on his aesthetic and visual talents to a new generation of artists.
Select Solo Exhibitions:
2004 ArtCity Gallery, St.Petersburg
2002 Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg
2002 Studio-show San Francisco, USA
1999 32nd Ave Exhibition ,San Francisco, USA
1998 Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg
1993 Central Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg
1993 Khiron Gallery, St.Petersburg
1991 Dostoevsky Museum, St.Petersburg
1981 Institute of Technology, St.Petersburg, Russia
Select Group shows:
2005 Museum of Non-conformist Art, St.Petersburg
2004 Philharmonic Hall, St.Petersburg
2003 Palitra Gallery, St. Petersburg
2001 Museum of Non-conformist Art , St. Petersburg
2000 10th Anniversary of Palitra Gallery, St.Petersburg
1999 Humangarten, Chicago, USA
1997 Urisman Fine Arts, EBMUND, Oakland, USA
1997 Ostrov - 10 years", Samoilovs Museum, St.Petersburg
1996 Kismet Gallery, San Jose, USA
1994 Contest "Golden Brush" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1993 Go Figure", Eight Street Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1992 In From the Cold", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1990 All for One Earth", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, USA