Discover the contemporary work of Kostyan Figastyan

Pailhès / France

Biography
Events
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2024 - present
In the spring, I arrived in the south of France and settled in a small village in the Ariège province. Here I continue to devote myself to artistic creation.

2022 - 2024
After the start of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, I was forced to leave the country, practicing art while traveling across Europe and Asia.

2017 - 2022
My activity main activity in the last 5 years has been art. Most (~30) of my sculptural works are in the collection of Yasnaya Polyana coworking in St. Petersburg (www.coworkingspb.ru).

2014 - 2016
I spent a year at the Antarctic polar station with the 60th Russian Antarctic expedition as a geophysicist.

2010 - 2014
I traveled. I devoted myself to self-education. I studied wood, its properties, varieties and processing methods.

2002 - 2009
I worked as a technical designer in various print production organizations. I gained extensive experience in professional processing of graphic data (layout, retouching, color correction), as well as in 3D modeling.

Artistic approach

Hello,

My name is Kostyan Figastyan. I am a woodcarver from Russia. Recently I came to France and settled in Pailhes, Ariège. I think some of you might be interested in my work, so I want to tell you a little about it.

I carve large wooden sculptures from whole tree trunks, but not only. I also create unusual miniature carved objects such as hair combs, spoons and smoking pipes. In my work I am constantly improvising, feeling the material and never knowing what the final piece will look like. My works are usually abstract, reflecting the time and place of their creation, as well as the emotions I feel while making them.

I prefer to work with unique material that I find on my path. Some of my sculptures exceed 5-3 meters, which requires tree roots or trunks to create them. I often use found wood or fallen trees in parks to give them a new life. The time spent on a project depends on the type of wood, size and other factors. A small object can be made in one day, while a large sculpture can take several months.

To get an idea of what I can create, you can visit my website and Instagram, where I share my projects and work process:

www.kostyanfigastyan.com www.instagram.com/kostyan_figastyan/ [hidden for your safety]

Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Write to me if you want to buy something, place an order, ask for advice or just get acquainted. I look forward to hearing from you,

Kostyan.

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Dates clés

2018

Gallery “21st century”, Moscow, 2018 This exhibition was the result of the year that the artist Oleg Katorgin and I spent at the Antarctic polar station with the 60th Russian Antarctic expedition. The exhibition presented works created during the expedition, as well as sculptures that I made later reflecting on this experience.

2021

The Big Mushroom Exhibition Galerie “Invalid House”, Saint-Petersburg, 2021 This exhibition was a project of the Saint-Petersburg underground art gathering artists' reflections on mushrooms, ranging from humor to science. For this exhibition, I created an impossible sculpture called “Moebius Mushroom”.

2017

Yasnaya Polyana Retrospective Yasnaya Polyana Coworking Space and Gallery, St. Petersburg, 2021 Most of the large-scale works I have created in the last five years have been purchased by and are presented at the Yasnaya Polyana Coworking Space and Gallery in St. Petersburg. This exhibition was a mediated tour of the works I created for this space.

2022

Out Galerie “24”, Saint-Petersburg, 2022 “Out” was a solo exhibition presenting an overview of my large and medium-sized works from the last five years, as well as several sculptures created especially for the exhibition. The exhibition featured 27 individual sculptures made of wood and metal.

2023

Residency at The Cube Gallery The Cube Gallery, Moira, Goa, India, 2023 The residency at The Cube Gallery gave me the opportunity to complete and publicly exhibit the result of three months of work in India. The exhibition featured 21 individual wooden sculptures found on a beach on the Arabian Sea in Goa.

2023

Second Breath The Other Space, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2023 Participation in the exhibition Second Breeze is an end-of-year summary. The exhibition presents more than 20 of my sculptural works of various sizes, made from materials found in Himalayan riverbeds.