At present Yuri Sultanov works mainly in oils, concentrating on figurative work. His chief interest is in the female form, and there is a strongly erotic element in his work. He experiments with space and shape, combining several viewpoints simultaneously both to show the essence of the form and to deconstruct it. His palette is full of clear bright colours that create their own tension. Yuri was born in Pervouralsk, a city in the Urals, to the west of Sverdlovsk. From his earliest childhood he was always drawing and so went on to study at Art College. He changed direction drastically after this by going to technical college where he trained as a welder. However after 1 year working as a welder, he returned to fine art, and, in 1993, he was accepted as a student in the graphics department of the Art College in Nizhniy – Tagil. It was there that he met his wife, Natalya, who is also a very successful artist. He graduated in 1998. ​ Since 1994, Yuri Sultanov has successfully exhibited his work in Russia and in the west. He won an award in the International Bookplate exhibition in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1997, and gained the third prize the following year. (http://sultanovs.wixsite.com/arts/about)  ​  ​ undefined

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