Kirill Doron earned his degree at the Moscow Art Institute and was a Professor of Art at the Art Institute of Moscow. He immigrated to the US in the early 1980s and began his painting career, becoming known as a landscape artist before concentrating on still life painting. Mr. Doron has won numerous awards, including many Gold Medals from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in Hartford, the Pastel Society of America, the Knickerbockers Artists Society in New York City, the Paint and Clay Club, Silvermine and Ridgefield Guild of Artists in Connecticut. His paintings are widely collected and have been reviewed in the New York Times. He has exhibited in prestigious shows nationally at galleries including the National Arts Club, the Phillipe Staib and Lever Galleries in New York City, and galleries throughout Connecticut and New York State. [http://www.morrisongallery.com/kirill-doron/] Growing up in Soviet Russia, Kirill discovered a passion for art and illustration, but was stifled by the government at every turn. As a painting and drawing instructor, he was forced to teach a very limited program, approved by the government. The difficult political climate took a toll on him and he emigrated to the US in 1981, settling in Ridgefield. Now, Connecticut has become a part of him. He has developed a deep connection with the landscape, falling in love with the east coast architecture and old barns, but more importantly the affinity between the people and old places. “Its strange,” he says “because its nostalgia for something I’ve never had.” Kirill likes to paint simple objects, “I like broken glass, tool boxes, pieces of brick, the simple, beautiful, but forgotten.” Light is often an intense focus in Kirill’s paintings. It pushes him to “think about myself, life and especially change.” For him, light is life. [https://handwrightgallery.com/artists/kirill-doron/] undefined

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