Rodion Gilmitdinov
New York , New York
Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov creates paintings that capture cities through broken lines, dynamic colors, and spontaneous brushwork. His compositions emerge as visceral reactions to his environment rather than strict representations. "My art is like visual diaries; it is spontaneous, raw, often nearly uncontrollable," Rodion tells me. He grew up in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where rhythm and silence shaped him. After moving to New York, the city’s chaos fueled his work. Without formal mentors, Rodion honed his skills through observation and persistence. He works in his studios in Brooklyn and Miami, where charcoal dust covers the floor and music fills the air. When not making art, he walks through the city, observes people, and spends time with his family and dog.
Artist Statement
I work on intuition and feeling. Emotion dictates form. A painting is not a representation but a reaction. My art is like a visual diary: spontaneous, raw, often nearly uncontrollable. I don’t strive for precision or symmetry. What matters to me is capturing a state, a moment, a gesture. Sometimes it’s just a line—but it can be more powerful than any image.
I’m from Samarkand. This city is not just my beginning, but a lens through which I see the world. Its rhythms, colors, contrasts, and sense of space continue to resonate within me, even here in America, where I now live and work. New York has a different pulse. Sometimes it’s aggressive, sometimes liberating. Here, I began a series of works where the city isn’t depicted directly, but is present in the broken lines, the sound of colors, and the energetic, almost nervous movement of the brush.
I work with charcoal, acrylic, oil, and oil pastel—materials that allow me to act fast and respond with my body. It’s important that the medium doesn’t get in the way; it must become an extension of my gesture. I’m not seeking form—I’m seeking a response. My goal is to create images that evoke memories, scents, and feelings. It might be something from childhood, a street you walked down, or just a color that stirs something inside you.
My art is a dialogue. Between instinct and attention. Between me and the viewer. Between personal history and something more universal. I don’t dictate meaning—I leave room for you to find your own.
I’m from Samarkand. This city is not just my beginning, but a lens through which I see the world. Its rhythms, colors, contrasts, and sense of space continue to resonate within me, even here in America, where I now live and work. New York has a different pulse. Sometimes it’s aggressive, sometimes liberating. Here, I began a series of works where the city isn’t depicted directly, but is present in the broken lines, the sound of colors, and the energetic, almost nervous movement of the brush.
I work with charcoal, acrylic, oil, and oil pastel—materials that allow me to act fast and respond with my body. It’s important that the medium doesn’t get in the way; it must become an extension of my gesture. I’m not seeking form—I’m seeking a response. My goal is to create images that evoke memories, scents, and feelings. It might be something from childhood, a street you walked down, or just a color that stirs something inside you.
My art is a dialogue. Between instinct and attention. Between me and the viewer. Between personal history and something more universal. I don’t dictate meaning—I leave room for you to find your own.
Artist Background
Namangan State University
Associate of Arts, 2013
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