Vadim Kirillov, sculptor

Vadim Kirillov was born in Moscow in 1967 year, graduated from the Moscow Art School and continued his education at the Moscow Art Academic Institute named after Surikov at the Department of Sculpture in the studio of the famous Soviet sculptor L.E. Кербеля.

Vadim has led one of the precepts of his teacher's favorite: "If you can not sculpt, it is better not lepi, artists and so much, and if it could not be - well, nothing can be done ".
The student met the expectations master. His diploma work was marked by the Kirillov-examinations nationalism Commission and sent to an exhibition of young European artists in Paris (UNESCO). This was followed by a three-year internship in the creative workshops of the Russian Academy of Arts, well-deserved result of which was Roman bas-relief of Ryazan on the southern facade of the restored Cathedral of Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.

"Sculpture has traditionally been a part of the architecture, it is perceived by us, the volume and shape, existing in space, – Kirillov says . – In my work I have tried to make the space — air, composition of the surrounding, – the active component of the product. The idea is the principle of the common grid. Vechesky human eye can perceive as bars, components of the grid itself, and the gap between them. And in the, In both cases, We see the same. Naturally, space can be active in and carry the same visual load, as the volume ".

Vadim's creative vision demanded by society. He - the author of the monument, -raise in order to 1999 in the town of Kashira in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great national poet, Alexander Pushkin. Among his works, caused public outcry, — high relief of the Slovenian poet, author of the national anthem Franz Preseren (should be given to write the original language), installed at the Embassy of Slovenia in the Mo-skve; sculpture "Ckripki" for the French city of Monte Carlo.

When the Russian Judo Federation decided to organize an international tournament for the Cup of the President of Russia (is known, Vladimir Putin has engaged in this sport), then a grand prize - a trophy entrusted to Vadim Kirillov . The sculptural composition of bronze weighing more than 40 kg represents a clash of two wrestlers, judokas.