RODION PETROFF

Rodionas Petrovas (Rodion Petroff, born in 1985) lives and works in Klaipėda. In 2011 he obtained a master’s degree at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. He became a Laureate of the JCE Biennale 2011 / 2013, Finalist of the “Young Painter Prize” 2012, 2013, 2014. He is a member of the Union of Lithuanian Artists since 2013. The artist organized 10 personal exhibitions and participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Hungary, Slovakia and China. R. Petrovas won  Klaipėda municipal scholarship in 2017 / 2018. Some of the latest works from the cycle “Noise” were exhibited at the “Déjà vu” exhibition of European contemporary artists in the 798 art district of Beijing (China) and at the “NordArt” exhibitions (Germany). R. Petroff’s unique style catches the viewer’s eye: photorealism, irony, motifs and plots full of paradoxes.