Exposing a vision of the happiness in the heart of the sleep or in the depths of Siberia through the house of Baba Yaga, the photos of Yury Toroptsov are a delight.
Born in 1974 in a small rural community near Vladivostok, Yury Toroptsov left his native Russia in 1998 to study at the New School for Social Research in New York after having won a prestigious scholarship. Upon obtaining his master's degree in non-profit management he pursued this career in a non-governmental sector. In 2003 Yury Toroptsov, then a consultant to the United Nations, changed his profession to follow his long-time passion - photography.
Nourished by his Far-Eastern origins, American travels and the current residence in Europe, Yury Toroptsov keeps at the core of his work what constitutes a common denominator for those distant cultures: people and their identity and the permanence of myths.
His photographs tell individual and collective stories of people by posing universal questions (beyond those of models) concerning the contemporary society. Memories, metamorphosis, profane and sacred are the recurring themes in his photographs.
Yury Toroptsov now lives and works in Paris.
Solo exhibitions
2008
"The dress of Marilyn", French National Center of Costume, Moulins during the International Festival Cinema & Costume (6/26 - 6/29/08)
"Happiness", Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (01/16 -03/30/08)
Art fairs
2008
Paris Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, represented by SFR Young Talents (11/13-11/16/08)
Scope Basel, Switzerland, represented by Saatchi Online (6/3 - 6/8/08)
Group exhibitions
2008
"A hotel photo, an artist's view", Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris (10/6 - 10/24/08)
"Legender une Vie", Les Correspondances de Manosque, France (9/24-9/28/08)
Contributed to Brooklyn Museum 's Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (6/27 - 8/10/08)
2006
"You said advertising?" Gallery of the House of Photographers, Paris (11/3 - 11/30/06)
"Histoires d'Eaux ", Gallery of the House of Photographers, Paris (1/2 - 1/31/06)
2005
"Histoires d'Eaux ", Halle au Blé, Alençon, France (1/29 - 2/28/05)
Video screenings
2007
Video projection "The dress of Marilyn", Bastille Design Center, Paris (11/29/07)
Video projection "The dress of Marilyn", Les Vergers de l'Art Gallery, Paris (5/17/07)
Born in 1974 in a small rural community near Vladivostok, Yury Toroptsov left his native Russia in 1998 to study at the New School for Social Research in New York after having won a prestigious scholarship. Upon obtaining his master's degree in non-profit management he pursued this career in a non-governmental sector. In 2003 Yury Toroptsov, then a consultant to the United Nations, changed his profession to follow his long-time passion - photography.
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