Yuri Tsvetaev was born in 1948 in Moscow. In 1972
graduated from the Bauman Higher Technical College. In 1992 graduated from Moscow
Poligraphic Institute.
Since 1993 - member of Moscow Union of Artists. Without
preconceived purpose, Yuri Tsvetaev begins drawing whatever the sacred moment
inspires him to, and goes on working with open-minded spirit until the result
is achieved. It is only afterwards that Tsvetaev observes what his inspiration
has produced, and discovers his own painted commentary on human existence. It
is an inscrutable process where thoughts are inexplicably living in shelter,
where terrors disguise themselves as many-eyed twists of the mind, where
mothers grow together with their dream fragments. And through it all, we can
see the creation of growing relations between religions, economies and spirits
of the times. The miniature paintings by Tsvetaev are creatures in their own
right, of which he himself claims: "I am not the owner of my
"creations"; most probably they are my lords, and if I am not
painting them, it means that they have not invoked for me yet; and when it
happens, I will feel it and start immediately."