Andrey Sledkov

An artist can draw his inspiration from the past - historical events - or dream about the future and try to create something that have never existed. I don’t do neither of this, instead I choose to show in my sculptures the present.

Many people I’ve met in my country underestimate the importance of current events, I’m afraid they don’t see how much everybody’s wellbeing depend on it. My mission is to draw their attention and also give the future generation and idea of what was happening beforehand.

How do I prefers to do it? I use the language of classical academic sculpture. To be honest, I consider the tendency of using very obstruct “language” in sculpture to be a sign of degradation. I want to show that there is a place for classical language in the modern world of art, that with its help you can express your current thoughts and feelings.

Andrey Sledkov is a well known, Moscow-based Russian sculptor and the creator of many monuments. Andrey graduated in 2010 from the Moscow Art Institute named after Surikov. When he was just 23 years old, he established his first monument in the Russian capital. A year later, Andrey joined the Moscow Union of Artists and the Moscow Union of Sculptors. He took part in the Russian ART Week on many occasions. In 2008, he took first place for the Red Bull "Art of Can" competition and was sent to France to exchange experience. Also, he participated in the master class of the International Summer Academy of the Vitra Design Museum in conjunction with the Georges Pompidou Center.Andrey's sculptures are installed not only in many cities of Russia, but abroad as well. He became the author of the first-ever Russian monument to Ivan the Terrible, located in Orel. In 2018, he installed a ten-meter monument to Alexander Nevsky in the westernmost region of Russia. He was awarded the medal of Marshal Zhukov and the Samara cross for his contribution to the culture of Bulgaria and the maintenance of historical art work.Andrey occasionally gives lectures and teaches master classes in sculpture and design. He has his own sculpture studio, located in Moscow, where he makes and casts his creations out of various materials, including bronze, ceramics, gypsum and modern polymeric materials.