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Nickolas Chelyapov

Digital Still Videos

representedNewpost Beach, CA, United States47 works12 exhibitions

I am a professional scientist, but my genetic makeup always pushed me to the artistic world. I preferred company of artists to the company of peers, which even manifested in my choice of spouses. So, being immersed in the artistic world all my life, I finally realized I needed to let my personal artistic juices out. And allow visceral part of me to kick in and get out. As a scientist, I thought it will be a good idea to find a balance between cognitive and visceral sides. Hence, I decided to use opto-electronic approach to create images never existed before. But building blocks for creating these novel images are everyday very familiar objects. The closest definition for the final images will be ‘digital still-video’. The reason for that is that either the object involved in the creation of image is moving, or the imaging device, or both. When creating an image, I seek, by transformation, to reveal in objects of everyday life what they can be, or manifest, given they are brought in motion, which is not particularly pertinent to their nature. So, it’s the opposite of what I try to do as a scientist, where molecular motion at nanoscopic level is translated into steady-state observations with opto-electronic devices. I hope the approach to creating my images results in new and unexpected visual creations enriching viewers with new emotions and thoughts. My life is a cascade of transitions, transformations, and quite unobvious and unpredictable revelations regarding what I was, am, and/or potentially can be. There are several examples of that throughout my lifespan. The pertinent one is that I started my adult life as a Ph.D. in Biophysics and may retire as an ‘artist’. The start happened in Russia, and retirement will, hopefully, happen in the US.

Artist

Nickolas Chelyapov

Represented artist · Newpost Beach, CA, United States

About

My life is a cascade of transitions, transformations, and quite unobvious and unpredictable revelations regarding what I was, am, and/or potentially can be. There are several examples of that throughout my lifespan. The pertinent one is that I started my adult life as a Ph.D. in Biophysics and may retire as an ‘artist’. The start happened in Russia, and retirement will, hopefully, happen in the US.

Artist statement

I am a professional scientist, but my genetic makeup always pushed me to the artistic world. I preferred company of artists to the company of peers, which even manifested in my choice of spouses. So, being immersed in the artistic world all my life, I finally realized I needed to let my personal artistic juices out. And allow visceral part of me to kick in and get out.

As a scientist, I thought it will be a good idea to find a balance between cognitive and visceral sides. Hence, I decided to use opto-electronic approach to create images never existed before. But building blocks for creating these novel images are everyday very familiar objects. The closest definition for the final images will be ‘digital still-video’. The reason for that is that either the object involved in the creation of image is moving, or the imaging device, or both.

When creating an image, I seek, by transformation, to reveal in objects of everyday life what they can be, or manifest, given they are brought in motion, which is not particularly pertinent to their nature. So, it’s the opposite of what I try to do as a scientist, where molecular motion at nanoscopic level is translated into steady-state observations with opto-electronic devices.

I hope the approach to creating my images results in new and unexpected visual creations enriching viewers with new emotions and thoughts.



Works

Works

46 works

Red Plate
Red Platestill media · 20 x 15
letters
lettersDigital art · 30 x 20
Hello
Hellostill video · 20 x 15
Spider
Spiderstill video print on photo paper · 24 x 17
Hmmm
Hmmmphoto print · 29 x 24
Popster Board
Popster BoardDigital Art · 20 x 16
Chinese
Chinesestill video · 20 x 15
XDec
XDecDigital Art · 20 x 16
Big Brother
Big Brotherphoto on archive paper
bars
bars
City
CityPhoto on canvas
exotic landscape
exotic landscapephoto print · 29 x 24
Panter
Panterstill video print on archive paper
rhapsody in blue
rhapsody in bluestill video on archival paper
Clock #1
Clock #1still video print on photo paper · 17 x 24
Hmm
Hmmstill video print on photo paper · 24 x 17
Jxtpz
Jxtpzstill video print on photo paper · 20 x 16
White Wheel
White Wheelstill video print on photo paper · 24 x 17
3clock
3clockstill video · 20 x 16
Exotic Landscape
Exotic Landscapestill video print
Green Pool
Green PoolPhoto print on arch.paper · 27.5 x 36$425
Hello!
Hello!Still video on archive paper$105
Landscape
Landscapestill video print
Suprematism in Color
Suprematism in ColorStill video print
Big Brother Watch You
Big Brother Watch YouPhoto on arch. paper
Destiny by Nickolas and Irina Chelyapov
Destiny by Nickolas and Irina ChelyapovPhoto print on canvas · 29 x 28
405 near Getty
405 near Gettyphoto
Newport Beach
Newport BeachPhoto print on canvas · 36 x 27
Parking Lot
Parking LotPhoto print on canvad · 14 x 11
Rainy Day
Rainy Dayphoto
Swimming pool
Swimming poolPhoto print on canvas · 36 x 27
Hello
Hellostill video on archive paper · 20 x 15
Hmm...
Hmm...Digital art · 30 x 20
On the Plate
On the PlateDigital art · 20 x 30
Spyder
SpyderDigital art · 30 x 20
2 bars
2 barsDigital art · 30 x 20
red wheel of fortune
red wheel of fortuneDigital art · 30 x 20
Big Brother Watching
Big Brother Watchingphoto print on archive paper
Pop Art
Pop Artstill video print
Spyder
SpyderStill video print
Exotic Landscape after Henri Rousseau
Exotic Landscape after Henri RousseauDigital Still-Video Print · 30 x 20
My Gorge 02
My Gorge 02Digital Still-Video Print · 30 x 20
Russian Landscape 11
Russian Landscape 11Digital Still-Video Print · 20 x 30
Suprematist Composition 03
Suprematist Composition 03Digital Still-Video Print · 30 x 20
letters
letters
Spider twins
Spider twinsphoto print · 29 x 24

The record

Exhibition history

12 exhibitions