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                                                                             Dimitry Gerrman

Dimitry Gerrman was born and spent his childhood in Belorussia, in the city of Gomel. He began to sculpt at an early age of seven. At the age of fifteen he came to the capital of Berlorussia, Mink, where he became a student at the Glebov Art College. His early work was inspired by the old masters and later on Rodin, Bourdelle and Maillol became of most influence. He graduated in 1974 with honors and in 1978 completed his first commission, monumental relief dedicated to the Russian Revolution on a public building in Gomel.

In 1980, he came to the royal Russian city of St Petersburg to continue his education. He became a student of the famous Muchina Academy for Arts and graduated in 1985 from the Department on Monumental Sculpture under the mentorship of professor Valentina Ribalko. During these years he continued his studies in Art history at the hermitage and the State Russian Museum. After graduation he took active part in national exhibitions and worked on commissioned projects such as ‘Monuments to the Victims of World War II’ and eight life size figure compositions for the Sports Center in Siberia. 

In 1989 he decided to immigrate to the United States and in January 1990 arrived in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after his arrival, he began to create his work for private collectors and exhibit his work throughout the country. In 1993 he was commissioned to create a Lester Levy Humanitarian Award of which US Senator Barbara Mikulski became the first recipient and in 1994 his sculpture ‘Crying Violin’ became international Ellie Wiesel Holocaust remembrance Award which was presented to Steven Spielberg for his movie Schindler’s List.

In 1996 he became a member of the National Sculpture Society. His work can be found in Museums, and public places such as the State Russian Museum, United States Senate in Washington, Zimmerli Art Museum in Rutgers University, Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Alex Raydon Foundation in New York, Kolodzei Art Foundation, USA.

Private collections around the world include USA, England, France, Russia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Brazil, Venezuela, Switzerland and Germany.

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