R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Mar. 2015 | Page 74

Oleg Dourjaguine aka Oleg Dou is a native

artist of Moscow. He is in his early thirties
and is now one of the most promising artists
of his generation.

_____ BEGINNING _____

Born of the union of a designer and a

painter, he is rocked by the culture and art
from a young age. At 13, he was offered a
computer with Photoshop, the famous
image editing software. It was a revelation!
Oleg discovered computer graphics as his
art. This gift will change the course of his life.
He explored what this software had to offer
by modifying his classmates’ faces on class
photos. In 2005, he bought his first camera
and had the idea of linking photography and
computer graphics by retouching portraits.
He then found his signature.
Yet trained to be a designer, it is his photos
that attract the attention of Liza Fetissova,
director of RTR gallery. A year later, she
allows him to exhibit at the gallery, opening
for him the door to the world. Today, he
presents his photographs in galleries around
the world: France, Belgium, Spain, United
States, Netherlands, Russia, etc. Being an
artist seems to be his vocation. Oleg Dou has
also received several international awards
such as the International Colour Awards,
the Arte Laguna Prize or International
Photography Awards.

OLEG DOU//PHOTO