Vladimir Usatov
In his work, Vladimir Usatov draws on the good-natured humor of his native Vyatka in Northern Russia. Having mastered the rules and laws of classical art, he was able to go beyond them and establish himself as a primitivist.
It is precisely those elements of primitivism that draw us to his portraits and subjects and make them so highly original.
While naïve art has become fashionable again – with exhibits of folk and children’s art, and monographs of amateur artists – the primitive pictures of Usatov are something else altogether: they are the stylistic inspirations of a true master.
It is precisely those elements of primitivism that draw us to his portraits and subjects and make them so highly original.
While naïve art has become fashionable again – with exhibits of folk and children’s art, and monographs of amateur artists – the primitive pictures of Usatov are something else altogether: they are the stylistic inspirations of a true master.
Tatyana Malysheva,
art critic
art critic
Artist Biography
- He was born on January 9, 1964 in Dubrovka, the Kirov region
- 1992 – Graduated from Rylov College of Fine Art, Kirov
- 1992 – 1999 - teacher of Art School in Dubrovka
- 2001 – Exhibition Hall Vorovsky St., 52, Kirov
- 2002 – Entered the Creative Union of Artists of Russia
- 2008 – Exhibition Hall K. Liebknecht St., 71, Kirov
- 2009 – Alexander Grin Museum, Kirov
- 2009 – Regional Museum of Local History, Kirov
- 2010 – Na Kashirke Gallery, Moscow
- 2013 – Diorama, Kirov
- 2013 – XI Northern Russian Regional Exhibition, Syktyvkar
- 2014 – Diorama, Kirov
- 2015 – Alexander Grin Museum, Kirov
- 2017 – Bros. Vasnetsov Art Museum, Kirov
- 2019 – 1st place in the Exhibition-competition Osenniy Vernisazh, Kirovo-Chepetsk
- 2024 – 60th Anniversary Personal Exhibition in the Author’s Studio, Kirov
