Computer technology and industrial processes revolutionized art. It paved the change of perception that artists are just skilled laborers, and craftsmen, and allowed to accentuate that artists are first and foremost are thinkers and innovators. This transformation fueled my aspiration to become an artist.
The other side of it was was the desire to tell stories and express ideas visually, that materialized, as a result of years of studying of architecture, computer science and quantitative finance, as well as knowledge and experiences aquired in travels and work.
Yet, even with the advances in art creation technologies, imagination still remains the driving force of the creative process and cannot be replicated by machines. I let my imagination carve out the beauty of a concept or a story, and then represent it visually using computer and hand drawn designs, as well as scientific optimization methods adopted from the quantitative finance. The resulting artworks are equally the products of my imagination, and the visual imagery scientifically optimized and refined by a free running computer process.
Many works start out as a drawing, which is then altered using modern digital editing tools in combination with photographs and other mediums. The resulting work is often finished by hand.
Artsit Statement
Works are centered around the followoing topics:
- New York - The most interesting places of the New York City are presented in this series. New York is the city of peoples' dreams and aspirations, where one can reinvent oneself, and change one's destiny, and create new reality. When New York was founded, at the dawn of the modern age, London and Paris were 1500 years old, Rome and Beijing were 2000 years old, and Jerusalem was 4000 years old. And yet, fascinatingly, in the centuries to come, what started as a tiny colony at the far end of civilization, would rise as the greatest city in the world, the cultural and business center of the world, and the supreme laboratory of modern life. And, from an artist point of view, an endless inspiration for creativity. But for me, New York is also home with all the dear and favorite places. The series is constantly being updated with new art works.
- Toronto - Toronto series contain art works created while traveling for work between New York and Toronto in 2014-2015 years.
Toronto is the best city in the world and the best city to live for young people, as was concluded in 2015 by several major studies, including the Economist’s. This series is a tribute to Toronto and its status as a best metropolis in the world. Toronto’s iconic statue of the CN Tower is spectacular, representing a human attempt to confront conformity of the utilitarian architecture. Toronto presents many ways and views to represent its visual and aesthetic charm.
- Water - This series is inspired by an art exhibition in New York called Breaking Surface in August 2015. It includes many images where water is the main object of study.
- Abstract - Abstract views and visuals are experiment with, using visual language with an objective to create “affective” art that would contribute to a new understanding of the experiences of pleasure, discovery, inspiration, and infinity.
- Biblical - This series contains images that represent various stories and images from the Bible.
- Financial - This series is inspired by the modern financial theory. (such as Black Scholes Model, Capital Asset Pricing Model, and Fixed Income Mathematics). The fascinating thing about it, is that finance is as much art as it is science, as the very creation of the constructs would have been impossible if science hadn’t laid the initial groundwork, and the aim of all of these models is to try to logically explain the behavior of the stock market in an emotionless, rational manner. But the truth is, that human behavioral and emotional reactions impact the markets as much, and the impact the various market events have is far more reaching that any model can describe. And that essense of finance being part art and part science is captured and visualized in this series.