Andrey Sledkov is a well known, Moscow-based Russian sculptor and the creator of many monuments. Andrey graduated in 2010 from the Moscow Art Institute named after Surikov. When he was just 23 years old, he established his first monument in the Russian capital. A year later, Andrey joined the Moscow Union of Artists and the Moscow Union of Sculptors. He took part in the Russian ART Week on many occasions. In 2008, he took first place for the Red Bull "Art of Can" competition and was sent to France to exchange experience. Also, he participated in the master class of the International Summer Academy of the Vitra Design Museum in conjunction with the Georges Pompidou Center.Andrey's sculptures are installed not only in many cities of Russia, but abroad as well. He became the author of the first-ever Russian monument to Ivan the Terrible, located in Orel. In 2018, he installed a ten-meter monument to Alexander Nevsky in the westernmost region of Russia. He was awarded the medal of Marshal Zhukov and the Samara cross for his contribution to the culture of Bulgaria and the maintenance of historical art work.Andrey occasionally gives lectures and teaches master classes in sculpture and design. He has his own sculpture studio, located in Moscow, where he makes and casts his creations out of various materials, including bronze, ceramics, gypsum and modern polymeric materials.
