Born in Russia in 1963, Andrei Dorokhin trained as an architect and is now a well-known artist and designer in Minsk, Belarus. As a young artist, Dorokhin was part of the Soviet Union's "New Romantic" movement in the 1980s. The New Romantics favored colorful imagery imbued with fabulism and personal symbolism, reacting against the strictures, dogma, and dominance of Socialist Realist art. Although initially a rebellious, underground movement, by the late 1980s New Romantic artists had achieved such mainstream success that people queued for hours to get into their exhibitions. To a younger generation born when the old Soviet way of life was crumbling, this art represented freedom, hope, and a new dialog with artists in the West. In the 1990s, as borders relaxed, Dorokhin and other New Romantic painters began to exhibit their art in other parts of the world. Today, Dorohkin's work is exhibited and collected in the US, UK, Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and Israel, in addition to Minsk and Moscow.
Dorokhin uses an intensive multi-layering technique to create his paintings and collages, many of which are inspired by mystical and mythological themes. His AndieArtworks website features artworks from 1993 to the present, a charming flash animation, and special projects such as La Pensee de la Mort and OneGirlDiary. You can also view fourteen of Dorokhin's paintings on the MyArtPlot site.
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