Ted Vasin
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Ted Vasin is a painter
and sound artist based in San Francisco.
Born the only child of an artist and an geologist in Moscow
, Russia
, Ted Vasin often attended the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard
where his grandfather Alexander Falkovsky was a costume and stage designer who created costumes for Oleg Popov
, Yuri Nikulin
and Karandash
. His grandmother, Alexandra was a chapel soloist at the Yelokhovo Cathedral in Moscow. After study at the Moscow Art College Vasin found his way to the Bay Area.
Vasin has exhibited internationally and participated in residencies through programs at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
, exhibiting at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
and the de Young Art Center in San Francisco,. In 2006 Ted was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation
grant. Vasin is represented by 101/exhibit gallery.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and sound artist based in San Francisco.
Born the only child of an artist and an geologist in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Ted Vasin often attended the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoi Boulevard was the only circus in Moscow between 1926 and 1971 and still remains the most popular one. The circus building was opened on 20 October 1880 as the Solomonsky Circus. Known by a variety of names during the Soviet period, the troupe was awarded the Order of Lenin...
where his grandfather Alexander Falkovsky was a costume and stage designer who created costumes for Oleg Popov
Oleg Popov
Oleg Konstantinovich Popov is a famous Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. Popov is also called the "Sunshine clown".He was born on 31 July 1930 in Moscow, the son of a clock-maker. He studied elements of acrobatics, juggling, and other circus skills in his youth...
, Yuri Nikulin
Yuri Nikulin
Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films.He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990...
and Karandash
Karandash
Mikhail Nikolayevich Rumyantsev , better known under his stage name Karandash , was a famous Soviet clown....
. His grandmother, Alexandra was a chapel soloist at the Yelokhovo Cathedral in Moscow. After study at the Moscow Art College Vasin found his way to the Bay Area.
Vasin has exhibited internationally and participated in residencies through programs at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, comprising the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in California.-External...
, exhibiting at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor is a fine art museum in San Francisco, California...
and the de Young Art Center in San Francisco,. In 2006 Ted was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. It was established at the bequest of Lee Krasner, who was an American abstract expressionist painter and the widow of fellow painter Jackson...
grant. Vasin is represented by 101/exhibit gallery.