Style
Photo Realism
Graduated from the Moscow Art School in 1976. Then he continued his studies at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute, at the Faculty of Graphics, Department of Book Illustration, which he mastered under the guidance of the famous master B.A. Dekhterev. In 1984, he graduated from the graduate school of the institute with a degree in Graphics and Composition. The first creative steps of the artist were associated with the publishing house "Children's Literature". Then, after serving in the army, Sergey Gonkov worked on orders from the USSR Academy of Arts, a number of domestic and foreign publishing houses, including: «Russian Word», «Mechanical Engineering», «AST», «Montessori Korea Co.», «White City», «Exmo», etc.
Gonkov is a Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (Association of Graphic Artists, Moscow Prints).
In addition to working in publishing industry, the artist is engaged in easel painting.
His works are exhibited in the buildings of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation, the Moscow City Duma, the Union of Writers of Russia, the International Art Fund, the Moscow Union of Artists, exhibition halls of the capital, Moscow Region and several Russian regions.
The artist’s works are in collections of various museums, educational institutions and private collections, including the M. Gorky Museum-Apartment in Moscow, the National Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol in Sevastopol, Smolensk Humanitarian University, Ramensky Museum of History and Art, Museum-Reserve "Dmitrov Kremlin" and others.
