Michael Lasuchin
Interviewed by SAI in 1999 by The University of the Arts team of Jamie Rice (interviewer-videographer) and Barbara Mail (advisor).
Artist's Statement:
Never accepting or rejecting a commitment to establish stylistic or technical systems as my objective, I am searching for the elusive solutions to a given problem, a singularly unique symbol – invention standing as a representation of an unknown yet familiar entity. A discovery of such a new vision, then, may qualify as a source of a great satisfaction. While based in a set of traditions, both centuries old and contemporary, and also steeped in that mysterious spirit of Russian Icons, and still not comprehending it all, I have to believe that artistic perfection is always a mystery. A mystery that occasionally appears as a soaring manifestation, an inspiration toward a world never seen before.
Selected Collections:
- Allentown Art Museum, Allentown PA
- Berlin Museum, Berlin, Germany
- Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY
- Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- Museo de Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada
- Museo d'Art, Barcelona, Spain
- Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
- National Academy of Design, New York NY
- National Russian Academy of Art, Research Institute, St. Petersburg,
Russia
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
- The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
- The State Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
- The State Tretjakow Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
- Capital Art Center, Taichung, Formosa
- Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain
- Venable-Neslage Gallery, Washington D.C.
- The Print Club, Philadelphia PA
- Alfred University, Alfred NY
- Rosenfeld Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- Coos Art Museum, OR
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- International de Obra Graphica y Arte, Segovia, Spain
- First World Print Competition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
- 11th International Graphics Bienniale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
- Library of Congress National Exhibition, Washington D.C.;
- International Print Biennial, Krakow, Poland
- International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Bilbao, Spain
- Printmaking: East/West Exchange, Tianjin, China
- Pennsylvania Treasures, University City Science Center, Philadelphia PA
- The Ideal Made Real, Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA
- Abstraction in Russia, XX Century, The State Russian Museum, St.
Petersburg, Russia
- A Legacy of Excellence, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg PA
Selected Awards:
- National Watercolor Society
- Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey
- Philadelphia Watercolor Club
- American Color Print Society
- The Print Club
- Boston Printmakers
- Library of Congress
- Honolulu Academy of Arts
- Mellon Froundation - Venture Fund
Selected Teaching Experience:
- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA: 1972-90
- Temple University, Philadelphia PA: 1970-71
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
- Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore MD
- West Chester State University, West Chester PA
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.
Education:
- Rostow College of Art, USSR
- Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts), Philadelphia PA: BFA
- Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA: MFA
Contact Information:
120 East Cliveden Street
Philadelphia PA 19119
215-848-3257
