Gay photo artist Dmitriy Gushchin

Biography of Dmitriy Gushchin LGBTQ photographer

Experimental gay photo artist Dmitriy Gushchin is based in Boston, US. He initiated black and white film photography training from his father at the age of 12, managing personal darkroom and blending his own chemical solutions. While transitioning to color film and later to digital photography LGBTQ photographer mastered his technique as well as his philosophy and esthetics of art creation.

Dmitriy had to flee Russia as a political refugee due to his activities demanding human rights making Boston US his new home city. This background makes gay photo artist very sensitive to LGBTQ struggles, societal and political. Dmitriy’s art is his way to cherish, protect, support and his love expression to bravery and uniqueness of each and every LGBTQ+ member.

Dmitriy’s latest passion is imaginative story telling through composite portraiture. Gay photo artist is fascinated with discovery of deeply hidden emotions of figure and interactions with dreamy and inventive backgrounds.

LGBTQ photographer’s artworks were exhibited all over the United States and Europe, as well as in Canada and Middle East.

Gay photo artist statement:

As a person of diverse background (Russian and Ukrainian mix, American, gay photo artist, scientist, healer and mystic), Dmitriy’s message is quite complex to deliver and visual art is a perfect platform to express it. LGBTQ photographer’s works is a study of relations between human and technology, myth and history, death and desire, attraction and sexual identity through composite pictorial storytelling.

As a scientist Dmitriy Gushchin have always been fascinated by the concepts of time and space and philosophical aspects of technology dependence and denial of nature to the point of nature being replaced with technology in the modern human mind. This is why machinery and watch mechanisms are almost constantly invading Dmitriy’s works and becoming human comfort, aspiration and counterpart at the same time.

As a mystic, Dmitriy Gushchin’s inspiration comes from his dreams, where creativity of sub consciousness is the key. Lucid dreaming is his realm, where Dmitriy connected to himself the most. There are no rules in there, so the artist can truly be HIMSELF. Dreams, even nightmares, are a powerful source of energy, inspiration, healing, personal liberation and the best opportunity for self-connection. Dmitriy hope that his viewers can relate and cherish that as much as he does.

Gay photo artist biggest motivation is a discovery of human nature with all of its twists and turns. Human nature could be dark, sexual, humorous, loving, obsessive, etc. but always beautiful. True beauty of Human Nature reveals itself only in relations to the dynamics of space and time creating a powerful energy flow which inevitably activates a strong bond between an artwork and a viewer.

Dmitriy Gushchin was born and raised in toxic and homophobic environment of Russia. LGBTQ photographer had to flee the country as a political refugee due to his activities demanding human rights. This background makes him very sensitive to LGBTQ struggles, societal and political. Dmitriy Gushchin’s art is his way to cherish, protect, support and his love expression to bravery and uniqueness of each and every LGBTQ+ member.

Dmitriy Gushchin’s biggest influences are Caravaggio, Gustave Moereau, James Bidgood and of course Dorothea Tanning.

Gay photo artist’s shows, awards and publications:

May-June 1999 Group Digital Art Show. Crystal Art Fine Art Gallery and Studio, Boston MA, USA.

October-November 2007 Personal HealMeStone Jewelry Show. Book World, Brookline, MA, USA.

September 2022 Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine September 2022, Toronto, Canada.

October 2022 MAGIX 2022 Group Show. Exibizone, Toronto, Canada.

March 2023 MassArt Auction, Boston, MA, USA

April 17 – 26 ARTBOX EXPO at New York Art Week, New York, NY, USA

April 25 – May 25 2023 Inspirations 2023 Group Show. Exibizone, Toronto, Canada.

May 2023 Observica Contemporary Art Magasine – #23 – Special Edition 2023

June 1 – July 31 2023 TIME 2023 Group Show. Exibizone, Toronto, Canada.

June 1 – July 31 2023 WINGS 2023 Group Show. Exibizone, Toronto, Canada.

June 15  – August 15 2023 Gallerium Art Prize 2023. Gallerium, Toronto, Canada.

June 29 – July 29 2023 The Studio Door, San Diego, CA, USA. 6th Annual PROUD+ Exibition

July 2023 issue of The RAGE monthly Southern California Magazine

July 15 – September 15 2023 Rebellion 2023 Group Show. Exibizone, Toronto, Canada.

July 20 – September 20 2023 Curves 2023 Group Show. Exibizone, Toronto, Canada.

August 1 -31 2023 ARTBOX SHOW. Nicoleta Gallery, Berlin, Germany

August 28 – October 6 2023 Texas Photographic Scociety. TPS 31 The International Competition Group Show. Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, The University of Texas Permian Basinin, Odessa, Texas, USA.

September 1 – October 31 2023 Human Exhibition. Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, Washington DC, USA.

September 6 – 10 2023 SWISSARTEXPO, Zürich, Switzerland

September 8 – October 28 2023 7th Annual National Juried Art Competition & Exhibition CCAN 2023: Center for Contemporary Arts, Abiliene TX, USA. 

October 6 – November 5 2023 The Wickford Art Association’s PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT ‘From Ordinary to Extraordinary’. North Kingston RI, USA

October 21 – November 22 2023 Mystery, Magic & the Macabre group show. DEINES CULTURAL CENTER, Russell KS, USA

November 1-30 2023 Andakulova Gallery, Dubai, UAE

November 1-30 2023 Thomson Gallery, Zug, Switzerland

November 3-18 2023 Kitsch and Kaboodle exhibition at ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, USA

December 6-10 2023 The Art Basel Weeks Miami, art hotspot Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA

December 6-27 2023 Big Gay Art Show, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ, USA

December 5, 2023 – January 20, 2024 PRC Members Exhibition, VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA USA

December 23,  2023 Cambridge Day Newspaper Article, Cambridge, MA, USA

January 1 -January 30, 2024. Casa Del Arte Palma, Palma, Spain

January 19 – March 17, 2024. 2024 International Juried Exhibition at The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ USA

February 1 – 29 2024 ARTBOX SHOW. Nicoleta Gallery, Berlin, Germany

March 1 – 30 2024 ARTBOX SHOW. Thomson Gallery, Zug,  Switzerland

March 2024,  2024 TPS National Photography Award, Top 10 Finalist, Juror Olivia Parker.

April 1 – 30 2024 ARTBOX SHOW. Nicoleta Gallery, Berlin, Germany

April 1 – 13, 2024 MassArt Auction, Boston, MA, USA

April 12 – June 30 2024 Texas National Exhibition and Competition 2024, Austin State University, TX, USA

April 18 – July 14 2024 Cape Code Museum of Arts. “Departures” Group Show. Dennis MA USA

May 1 -31 2024 Cipriarte Venezia Gallery, Venice, Italy

May 16 – June 14 2024 Beyond the Photograph: Artificial Intelligence, Photorealism & (Other) images that fool the eye show, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providance, RI, USA

July 1 -31 2024 Nicoleta Gallery, Berlin, Germany

July 2 – August 3 2024 7th Annual PROUD+Show, San Diego, CA, USA

August 21-25 2024 SWISSARTEXPO, Zürich, Switzerland

September 10-30, 2024 Andi Art Gallery, Athens, Greece

September 20 – November 22, 2024 Texas Photographic Scociety. TPS32 International Competition. Cain Art Gallery, Del Mar College, in Corpus Christi, Texas

October 4 – NOVEMBER 16, 2024 8th Annual National Juried Art Competition & Exhibition CCAN 2024: Center for Contemporary Arts, Abiliene TX, USA.  ***JURORS AWARD***

October 16 – 20 2024 PARIS ARTEXPO 2024. Galerie Agnes Nord, Paris, France.

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