Marat Morik, RU
Marat 'Morik' Danilyan is an artist from Russia. He was born in 1982 in Novosibirsk. Since the early childhood Marat was keen on drawing and learned basic artistic skills in the art school for children. Later he received two degrees in philology and economics from Novosibirsk State University, but has engaged himself with arts.
In 1998 with popularization of the Internet Marat has learned about hip-hop culture and took interest in graffiti. For that reason he has learned and mastered the techniques of drawing with spray paint, as well as experimenting with letter shaping. Morik's work is a mixture of figurative based and letter based work. Working in gestural as well as geometric forms Morik is able to balance these two opposite forms.
With a background in graffiti Morik's recent work expands on more abstract and figurative elements. You can also see the experimentation taking place first hand in his work pushing farther with each wall or painting. Morik is another example of a graffiti artist turning his aim towards new subjects and inspirations. With an established skill set and story in graffiti Morik has used this to his advantage creating a contemporary aesthetic build upon modern terms. In his works Morik uses elements of realism, cubism and expressionism.
Today Marat exhibits his works in world famous street art galleries, and paints murals all over the world.