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Vladimir Sokhonevitch

Born

1954, Kharkov, Russia.

Type of Artwork

Blacksmithing, Metalwork
Prepared to undertake commissions.

Art Education

1972-1974 Ust-Kamenogorsk Construction Institute, Architectural Department.
1976-1983 Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design, Department of Metal Art, blacksmith artist.

Workshops

1991 Workshop during the Congress of Russian Blacksmiths, Moscow.
1991-1996 Workshop during the Congresses of Blacksmiths, Aahen.
1996 Workshop in Stenebyscholan, Sweden.
1998 Workshop during the International Baltic Sea Forging Week, Turku, Finland.
1999 Workshop during the festival Mare Balticum, Oldenburg, Germany.

Teaching

1983 to date, Lecturer in the Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design, Department of Metal Art.

Solo Exhibitions

1994 Exhibition in the Museum of Applied Art, Saint-Petersburg

Mixed Exhibitions

1983-1999 Participant in various exhibition in the following countries: Russia, Belgium, England, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Sweden, Holland.
1986-1996 Participant in Congresses of Russian Blacksmiths, Moscow.
1991 Exhibition of the 2^nd World Congress of Blacksmiths, Aahen. Germany.
1991 Exhibition of the 10^th Congress of Blacksmiths, Czechoslovakia.
1991-1994 Exhibition in Furendaal, Holland.
1992 Exhibition in Greshenhall, England.
1993 Exhibition in Aldenbilsen, Belgium.
1994 International exhibition, Decorative Art, St. Petersburg.
1995 Exhibition in Goetheburg, Sweden.
1996 Exhibition in Stenebyscholan, Sweden.
1997 Exhibition, Habitare, Finland
1998 Exhibition, International Baltic Sea Forging Week, Turku, Finland.
1999 Festival, Mare Balticum, Oldenburg, Germany.

Awards

1990 1^st place in the nomination of Metalwork, Congress of Blacksmithing, Moscow.
1993 Award of international exhibition, Decorative Art, Moscow.
1996 Award of Silver Button, Aahen.
1997 Winner in the Henry Cort Millennium competition, Fareham.

Catalogues/Publications

'Environment Written in Steel', Finland, 1998
Metal Design International 2000, Yearbook, Gephaistos, 1999
Kinetic Metalworks/Mir Metalla (World of the Metal), No. 2, 1999

Collections

Many works bought for private collections at different times.

Artist's Statement

I liked metal heated by fire at first sight. There is something mystical and supernatural in the work of a smith when a formless piece of iron turns into the subject of art and it astonishes by its slimness, gentleness and spirituality.

Kinetic qualities are inherent to my forged sculptures and they allow us to think about the transition of matter in motion. My figurative composition tends to be fluid and human figures tend to be implicit rather than realistic.

I draw attention to the plastic properties of forged metal. I emphasise the smooth movements of the forged rods; their connections, crossings and completions. I also like to combine roughly forged metal with glass or sheet metal.

I consider the words of the famous architect, L. Khan, to be my credo: "The aspiration to cognize, the aspiration to question, the aspiration to live, the aspiration to express oneself are proper to us."

Artist's Work

Design