VLADIMIR KUSH

SURREALISMO

The Very Start...

• Born 1965, outside Moscow, Russia
• Father was a mathematician, and scientist
• Went to art school after regular school day
• Father would bring Kush banned books to read

MILITARY

• Drafted at 18
• Unit commander assigned him to draw propaganda posters
• Sold paintings to Americans at the US Embassy
• KGB questioned his loyalty

LOVES FLOWERS

• Inspired many paintings like this one
• Favorite: Red Amaryllis
• Most of Kush's paintings are focused on nature

"AMERICAN ODYSSEY"

• Came to Los Angeles in 1990
• Made money drawing potraits
• Dreamed of seeing Hawaii's "Colors"
• Spent his savings for a plane ticket

GRAND OPENING

• Opened his first gallery in Lahaina, Hawaii in 2001
• 2003-Las Vegas
• 2005-California and New York

LEFT-SIDE VS. RIGHT-SIDE

• In 2009, after the economy crash, Kush opened a new shop
• This gallery kept the other galleries from bankruptcy
• Claims he can switch from the left side of his brain to his right
• Artist and Businessman?

VLADIMIR kUSH