Mikhail Abramov

Michael Abram (Abramov), Russian artist - emotionist. Born in 1965, graduated from high school in 1983, he served in the army. In 1993 he went to England and studied at Kendal University, faculty of English literature and visited artists ' studios. Until 2003 he lived in London, was engaged in business connected with real estate. Back in Russia, opened the restaurant "Makarov" in St. Petersburg and began a lot to draw.
The first personal exhibition of his works was organized in 2008 in St. Petersburg "Belka and Strelka" D.M. Pilikin and Inna Pozina. In 2013, the second solo exhibition was held in the Kazakh capital Astana, where Abram worked during the year. In 2013, the picture of Michael Abram, "St. Petersburg lovers" won the special audience prize at the IV International competition of portraits Portrait now!", held at the St. Petersburg Museum of modern art "Erarta" concern "Carlsberg". The third solo exhibition of Michael Abram took place in the gallery "Master" in St. Petersburg in 2014.
In 2012, Michael Abram became the founder of the Association for the support of young artists (APM) and the new cultural trend Emotionism".
"My pictures are always an attempt at dialogue with the soul of the viewer," says the artist.

'What emotionism is''
In every picture, next to the signature, I put a circle with
a serial, catalogue number of the paintings. In this circle under the layer of
paint and gloss, there is a drop of my blood , symbolic token, a piece of my
soul encased in the work, as well as Deposit that forgery of the painting will not be possible in the future.
Don't expect a simple answer to the question which art is
emotionism and which not. The answer lies in the field of mental vision and
nothing else. Only possessing a living, active soul will help you. For those who
have no soul, or it is not sufficiently developed, or asleep - this, of course,
can be a big question, subject for judgement of their head, which in this
situation deftly tries to substitute the soul. Explaining what is emotionism to such a person is like telling a blind about colors that
he sees only as shades of gray, it is useless on the basis of physical laws.
It works the same way with a soul. If a person possess a soul, he or she sees, through it, hears, feels, and therefore is able to distinguish emotionism from not emotionism on their own, without someone's hints and prompts. I don't want to offend anyone, but there's no other way I can explain it.
Emotio...