Alexey Kazachenko

Alexey Kazachenko was born in 1962 in Magdeburg (Germany)

He decided to be an artist when he was 5 years old. Alexey went to a small drawing group and inspired by his teacher, decided to stay in the arts for all his life.

As an artist Alexey began to develop in relatively early age, but he decided to continue developing his skills not in art schools or universities. His first success was in his teenage years, when he worked as independent artist on Arbat street.

But Alexey is not only a follower of the great artists. He went through his own difficult path of becoming an artist. Now in every work Alexey brings to the world his own vision. Each new work goes through a difficult path from idea to implementation.

Each piece of white paper is hand-painted by the artist. Alexey does not use chemical materials or artificial additive. Only natural ingredients.

Then follows a complex multi-stage path from inspiration to implementation. We can see and feel the end result of the artist’s painstaking work in his paintings. In each of his works, the artist leaves a piece of his soul, his heart and his love.

The paintings by Alexey Kazachenko are the reflection of reality in his own interpretation. It looks like something familiar to you and, perhaps, some memories are connected with it. Maybe it is doll in red dress with funny ribbon in her hair, with which you played in your childhood, or it is faceted glass, for which you used to drink tea. All things which your vaguely remember, but one hundred percent sure, that they existed. The masterpiece can be created only under impact of emotions and events. The inspiration is taken from a blank page: without sketching or planning.

The inspiration for his paintings Alexey finds in his dreams. His main purpose is to let the viewer to feel the atmosphere and to give an opportunity to see again the best moments in his life. the ideology of using is new combination of possible and impossible. Gradually his paintings became famouse. Now his paintings are stored in many private and public collections in Russia, USA, Netherlands, Japan, France, Italy and Switzerland as well as the numerous personal exhibitions (Pitsburg, Riga, Miami, Bologna, Moscow, etc).

Collage is an image that consists of parts diverse in color and texture. The largest of Alexey Kazachenko's works are created using this technique. Craft, canvas, paper, coloured by the artist himself are the basic materials used to create a collage.
Alexey employs a wealth of methods to create different textures, including tempera, monotype, ink, wax, encaustic painting, crayons and even etching.

Etching is an image born from the dialogue between plastic and ink. Alexey uses plastic matrices instead of traditional metal, and since they cannot be cleaned after printing, every work is truly one of a kind, existing as a 1/1 or in a maximum edition of 3/3.

After printing, he returns to each piece with watercolour, adding colour by hand with patience, passion, and love, making every etching a singular artwork that carries the unmistakable mark of its maker.

Mixed Media is an image that refuses a single material truth. Alexey brings together all materials that he has around: oil, monotype, wax, pastel, and whatever inspiration strikes him in that instant. There are no fixed rules, only the freedom to follow an idea wherever it leads.

Flowers, children's toys, still lifes, and ballerinas feel especially alive in this technique, shaped by Alexey's skilled and sensitive hands into something warm, layered, and full of quiet energy.