Bidspirit auction | Igor Borisovich Obukhov (b. 1970).

Igor Borisovich Obukhov (b. 1970). Double Happiness. West. 2026. - Oil and acrylic on canvas. Diameter: 28 cm. Frame: plaster and ceramic, 44 cm. Igor Borisovich Obukhov (born 1970) is a Russian painter and graphic artist whose practice also encompasses enamel work and author’s porcelain. He is Professor of the Department of Painting and Drawing at the Far Eastern State Institute of Arts, a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Culture and Art, a member of the International Committee of the Asian Art Association, and a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Obukhov graduated from the Far Eastern State Academy of Arts and has established himself as one of the leading contemporary artists of the Russian Far East. His creative practice is distinguished by its diversity of media and its ability to bridge fine art, decorative art, and contemporary visual culture. The artist has held twenty-eight solo exhibitions in Russia, China, and Serbia. His achievements have been recognized with numerous honours, including the Nicholas Roerich Prize Diploma (2012) and a Diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts for his contribution to the development of professional visual arts in the Urals, Siberia, and the Russian Far East (2022). Works by Igor Obukhov are represented in the collections of the State Hermitage Museum, the State Art Museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the Primorye State Art Gallery, the ARKA Contemporary Art Gallery, the ARTETAGE Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia, the Heilongjiang Provincial Art Museum (Harbin, China), and the Ningbo Art Museum (China). Between 2016 and 2023, Obukhov created a series of watercolours and collectible porcelain postcards centred on the character Vlad, whose image is connected to one of Vladivostok’s most recognizable symbols—the Red Army soldier depicted with a banner and trumpet in the monument Fighters for Soviet Power in the Far East by sculptor A. I. Teneta. Reinterpreted through the artist’s imagination, this figure has come to be regarded as one of the emerging contemporary symbols of Vladivostok. Combining narrative imagery, cultural symbolism, and refined craftsmanship, Obukhov’s works reflect an ongoing dialogue between historical memory, regional identity, and contemporary artistic expression.