Oleg Alexandrovich Kudryashov (24 January 1932 – 13 September 2022[1]) was one of the most important Russian painters and printmakers of the Post-War era.
[2] Kudryashov created sculpture, videos, performance pieces, book illustrations, and an occasional collage but, was primarily a printmaker.
Kudryashov did no preparatory studies prior to drawing directly on the plate using a large burin or engraving needle.
[8] In recent years, Kudryashov has exhibited alongside artists such as William Kentridge at the Kreeger Museum's 'Against the Grain,' as well as David Nash and Richard Serra at Robert Brown Gallery's 'Flattening the Form'.
Bridge to the Future' was written by Christina Lodder, Edward Lucie-Smith, Igor Golomstock and Sergei Reviakin and published in the United Kingdom in 2017.