Maxim Bondarenko

I am a Russian artist based in Sacramento, California. I was born in the Soviet Union, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and lived in Moscow, Russia until the political climate of the country became a Kafkaesque nightmare. My creative spirit was diminished during that time, but found new life in the United States. I draw upon the traditions of academic art and Impressionism, with a particular focus on the use of color. To me, the color theory is close to religion. My system is built on beauty of the relationship between warm and cold tones, on conflict of so called complementary colors.
I wouldn't be able to convey pain and suffering, but rather a timeless atmosphere that a viewer can appreciate as a way of escape.

Republican Art College, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

2022 "Carpe Noctem", Kennedy Gallery, Sacramento
2019 “Male Gaze”, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York
2018 “Boy Bordello”, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York
2013 New Festival, Book Machine, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Featured as Maxime Kolino. Curator: Bernard Blistene
2010 "Artists Against AIDS, UNAIDS International Project, Central House of Artist, Moscow
2009 "Artists Against AIDS, UNAIDS International Project, Central House of Artist, Moscow
2006 Culture Center "Rotonda", Moscow.
2005 "Art Forum Ankara", Atatűrk Culture Center, Ankara, Turkey.
2003-2004 "Art in Interior" Central House of Artist, Bulgarian Culture Centre, "Decorative Art" magazine, Moscow.
2003-2004 "Art in Interior" Central House of Artist, "Decorative Art" magazine, Central House of Artist, Moscow.2003 "Zero" Gallery's exposition, Central House of Artist, Moscow.
2003 "Contemporary Art of East", IC UN, Moscow.
2003 International Salon "Art-Manezh", Moscow.
2003 International Salon "2003" "Decorative Art" magazine, Moscow.
2002 "Art Discoveries" Gallery, New-York, USA.
2002 "The Youth Of Uzbekistan", Exhibition Hall of the Fine Arts Academy of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
2002 "Perrier" Gallery, London, UK.
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