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Alexander Florensky
Born:
1960, Leningrad
Movements:
Nonconformism
Nonconformism
Artist. Husband of Olga Florenskaya. Born in the family of Oleg Florensky in Leningrad (1960). Studied ceramics at the Vera Mukhina School of Art and Industry in Leningrad (1977–82). Trained at the Institut les Arts Plastiques (1990). Founding member of the Mitki group (1985). Helped to found the Mitki Gazette and Mitkilibris Publishing House (1992). Contributed to the Mitkimeyer cartoon (1992). Curator of the Mitki-VKhUTEMAS Gallery (1997). Lives and works in St Petersburg.
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