Andrei Engelman

I now live in Portland, Oregon, but I was born in the Kyrgyz Republic when it was still the USSR. This is a mountainous area, where it is sunny 300 days a year. I saw clear sky day and night. Even in early childhood, I was struck by this bottomless sky and stars, which seemed very close and accessible. I felt an incomprehensible involvement with the cosmos, asked "strange" questions to people around me, and if they could not explain, then life itself gave clues.

My unanswered questions gave rise to my interest in the secret and esoteric. My perception and understanding of the surrounding metaphysical space and reality is reflected in my creative work. I can only show how I see, understand and feel this world, and cannot impose my opinion on others.

Welcome to a strange world, painted in a good mood, with love for the world and gratitude.

Self-taught

2024
Participated in juried arts festivals: Salem Arts Festival, Gresham Arts Festival, Charbonneau Festival of the Arts

2023
Participated in juried art festivals: Silverton Arts Festival, Corvallis Fall Festival, Gresham Arts Festival

2022
"Abstract realities" group exhibition, Art at the Cave, Vancouver, Washington, May 2022

Participation in juried art festivals: Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Silverton Arts Festival, Corvallis Fall Festival

2021
Wallowa Valley Festival for the Arts, September 2021, awarded prize for Best Mixed Media
Phoenix Rising Gallery, Vancouver, Washington, March-June (group show)
Elsinore Gallery, Salem, Oregon, January-March (group exhibition)

2020
"Human and Humanity", Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Warsaw, Poland (solo exhibition)

2019
Hala Koszyki shopping/business center, Warsaw, Poland (solo exhibition)

2018
Club/cafe Kafka and Jas & Malgosia Club/cafe, Warsaw, Poland (solo exhibitions)

2017
Gallery Dubovy Park, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (solo exhibition, "Nomad's Dream")
De Plek Business Center, Haarlem, Netherlands (solo exhibition)

2016
American Book Center Treehut, The Hague, Netherlands (solo exhibition, "Nomad's Dream")

2015
Sacred Heart Hospital, Eugene, Oregon (solo exhibition...