Biography
Education, primary area of activity, artistic practice
Visual stories in the form of graphics, photographs, and videos
Photography, moving images, and graphic storytelling are the three primary areas of Igor Gladkov’s creative practice, through which the artist explores questions of human choice and the relationship between material values and authentic meaning.
Igor Gladkov was born in the Urals. He earned a higher education degree in Literary Creation from the Yekaterinburg State Theatre Institute, where he studied in the creative workshop of the renowned Russian playwright Nikolai Kolyada. In 2022, he completed a professional retraining program in Directing at the N. S. Mikhalkov Academy of Cinematographic and Theatre Arts. He has also participated in international educational programs and professional seminars focused on documentary filmmaking.
He works at the intersection of documentary visual practices, fine-art photography, experimental video, and graphic storytelling. In his work, he explores personal and social themes, combining direct observation of reality with artistic interpretation and various modes of visual narrative. His interdisciplinary approach is rooted in the interplay between different media, where traditional art forms engage in a dialogue with contemporary visual practices.