Oleg Godes

Sculptor, teacher. Born in the family of Zalman Godes in Leningrad (1946). Studied at the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1962–65) and under Mikhail Anikushin at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad (1965–71). Member of the Union of Artists (1977) and Tsayar (1990). Lives and works in St Petersburg. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1974). Contributed to Petersburg-2001: Annual Exhibitions of New Works by St Petersburg Artists at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall in St Petersburg (2002), Twosome at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2002–03), Peterburg-2005: Annual Exhibitions of New Works by St Petersburg Artists at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall in St Petersburg (2006), Times of Change: Art in the Soviet Union (1960–85) at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2006), Reliefs in Russia at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2014), Paper Sculpture at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2014), Greek Salad at the Anikushin Studio branch of the Museum of Urban Sculpture in St Petersburg (2014) and Laboratory of Sculpture at the Anikushin Studio branch of the Museum of Urban Sculpture in St Petersburg (2015).