Lucien Dulfan


Lucien Dulfan is a Soviet-born conceptualist artist, resident in the United States since 1990. During his career in the USSR, he was considered a Nonconformist artist.

Biography

Lucien Dulfan was born in 1942 in Bishkek during World War II, where his family was evacuated. The family returned to Odessa in 1946. After finishing his school he was accepted to the Grekov Odessa Art school from which he graduated in 1963. He became a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR in 1973, while working as a graphic artist for the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Iskra". Lucien Dulfan emigrated with his family to the United States in 1990, settling in New York City. He works in his art studio at Mana Contamporary in Jersey City.

Work

According to StrangeTime Art, Dulfan’s paintings "reflect the boundless energy, originality, and passion of the artist’s own personality." Lucien Dulfan also works with objects and installation art and creates so called "wooden paintings".
“My art is dramatic, bold and uncompromising: I paint the very interesting human story through the filters of my dreams and subconscious.” — Lucien Dulfan

Exhibitions