Timur Tsaku,1972 | Surreal / Hyperrealist painter

Timur Tsaku was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

After graduating from art school in 1987, he continued his education in the P.P. Ben’kov College majoring in theater decoration and taught painting and sketching in the Tashkent Academy of Art and Theater.

In 1991, Tsaku left for Israel, where he began working on Chayot HaKodesh (The G-d’s Angels) paintings, that were later combined into one of his most significant art series.

This series made Tsaku famous in the art world, and especially among the American artists of the realism genre.

He returned to Israel in 2001 to create biblically-inspired Israeli art.

In 2006 Tsaku started working on portraits of Jewish holy men (“Tsadikim”).

The virtuoso skill of his technique has helped to establish Tsaku as a true master of a portrait genre.

His portraits are characterized by their hyper-realistic style, and reflect a unique combination of artistic talent, black-and-white components and astounding technique of precision in the small details.

The figures in his paintings take up the majority of the area of the pictures, with an abstract view in the background.

Pictures of people and animals that he paints, using the “triple zero” paint brush and a magnifying glass, look almost like photographs.

His successful virtuoso technique reflects the uniqueness, mood and character of the individual in a way that evokes pause.

His works are so unique that the artist is immediately identifiable.

His paintings arouse astonishment, combining hyper-realism and surrealism.

Tsaku was commissioned to paint a portrait of Boris Yeltsin in 2011 and he continues painting the official portraits of many of the Russian statesmen and diplomats.

His creations are displayed in the most prestigious art galleries in the United States, select collections in Israel, and in the private collections of President of Russia Vladmir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and many other famous personalities.

Timur Tsaku è un rinomato pittore iperrealista e surrealista Uzbeko naturalizzato Israeliano, nato a Tashkent.

È celebre a livello internazionale per i suoi dipinti figurativi acrilici ed a olio, eseguiti quasi interamente in composizioni in bianco e nero di straordinaria precisione.

Le sue opere fondono un realismo di qualità fotografica con elementi mistici, biblici e surreali.

Tsaku dipinge utilizzando pennelli a punta finissima ("triplo zero") e una lente d'ingrandimento per definire i minimi dettagli di volti, tessuti ed animali.

Inizia le sue opere creando sfondi astratti e d'atmosfera in acrilico, dai quali lascia progressivamente emergere i soggetti iperrealisti.

La scelta del bianco e nero conferisce alle sue tele l'aspetto di antiche fotografie stampate, accentuando il contrasto ed il mistero dei soggetti.

Dal 1996 espone regolarmente nelle più prestigiose gallerie d'arte americane ed europee.

Alcune sue opere sono incluse nelle collezioni permanenti del Museo d'Israele e della Residenza del Presidente a Gerusalemme.