Yakov Khomich

Education

1997
Lives and works in Moscow

2023 VGIK. Specialty "Painting", qualification "Film and Television Artist, combined filming artist"

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Art Fairs

Works are in private collections in the USA, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Russia.

English

Korean

Biography

Yakov Khomich, born 1997

A contemporary artist based in France and Russia.

Yakov has been immersed in art since childhood; his father and brother are artists, and family visits to museums were a common occurrence. A school with a focus on the arts and a rich atmosphere of creativity shaped his worldview. After developing a broad range of visual experiences, including those in cinema, he enrolled in one of the country’s top film schools, although he chose to focus on painting. In 2019, a turning point came: breaking free from academic conventions, Yakov began a series of painting experiments that continues to this day.

Everything Yakov creates can be described with one word — eclecticism. His works resonate with elements of pop art and primitivism, hints of abstraction and conceptualism, as well as colors and techniques from Post-Impressionism and Expressionism. This embodies nearly the entire history of 20th-century art; Yakov has absorbed it and reinterprets it in his work.

Yakov debuted in 2019 with his first exhibition in Moscow and has participated in some of the most prominent art fairs in Russia: Blazar (2023) and Contour (2024). He is actively garnering attention from international institutions (Barcelona) and private collectors in the USA and Europe.

Statement

Painting is a passion I hold dear to my heart; I engage in it primarily for myself, yet the viewer’s perspective is equally important to me. It is essential to create work that resonates in the present, rather than something that may only gain appreciation after my lifetime.

If I were to distill my vision into a sentence or two, I would say this: strive to create something beautiful, to reveal the world as you truly perceive it. Craft your work in a manner that not only brings you joy but also speaks to at least one other person — to create pieces that would look right at home on their walls.

In today’s multifaceted world, it is challenging to view life through a single stylistic lens, as was common in the past. True originality comes from the blending of experiences and knowledge. The key is not to replicate but to introduce new signs and styles derived from this fusion.

For each idea I wish to bring to life, I dedicate myself to discovering a fresh, original language and style — one that evolves organically throughout the creative process.

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