Lifelong learning Artist
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About
Dimitrii Grushchanskii (b. 1996) is a contemporary painter living and working in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
His paintings combine recognizable forms with more intuitive, open-ended imagery.Drawing on his queer experience, Grushchanskii explores the fragility of adaptation, belonging, and alienation.Grushchanskii is largely self-taught and also studied painting under the artist Elena Illarionova-Komarova.He works primarily in oil on canvas.
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Solo ExhibitionsGroup shows
•2026 - “Menagerie 2026,” Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley, VA, USA• 2026 - “We are the People” BRAA Annual Show, Blacksburg Museum, VA, USA• 2026 - NRV Plein Air group show at Montgomery Museum of Art & History, VA, USA• 2024 - “Menagerie 2024,” Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley, VA, USA• 2022 - “The New Artist” Boomer Gallery, London, UKPublications
• 2024 - Online publication in Silhouette, Virginia Tech Student JournalAffiliation
Blacksburg Regional Art Association (BRAA) since 2023Current Location
• Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Contact Information
• Email [email protected]
• Phone: +1 540-605-0598
• Current Location: Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
I’m always open to discussions about art and will happily respond to all emails.
2026
Neglected by. Family. Daughter. An artist statement.I want to understand my Mother.I kept the canvas empty for a long time, thinking about what her life had been like before me and how similar our childhoods were. I wanted to reflect a child’s need for closeness with a parent, and the loneliness that comes when that need is neglected. This is how the sea motif emerged, built on a composition that is deliberately unstable.I started to work with hand-mulled oil paints in an expressive, almost violent brushwork manner to capture the pain and compassion I felt while thinking about her as a child. The use of a limited palette came from the intention to echo the emotional distance that shaped her childhood and then mine.I can understand my Mother now.
"Neglected by. Family. Daughter" Oil on linen. 2026. 24.2 x 13.6 in (61.5 x 35 cm)
2025
Neglected by. Family.
An ongoing series exploring the relationship with my mother through emotional distance that shaped her childhood and then mine.Here she is a young adult standing on a ladya* that drifts on the endless ocean. The distance
she grew up with brought her here; she is now alone and uncertain of tomorrow. The void inside needs to be filled.* a traditional Slavic boat used in medieval Eastern Europe.
"Neglected by. Family. Alone Already." Oil study on canvas. 2025. 12 x 10 in (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
2024
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
More than a dozen species of Homo have been described nowadays. Evolution brutally dissolved maladaptive populations and the hypothetical genetic histories of distinct life forms. What would they be if they had survived?
These are the fieldnotes Paleoartist on the ones who never existed, whose language was never spoken. Inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and the speculative evolution of Nemo Ramjet's All Tomorrows.
"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
Threat detection system was overdeveloped.
Feeling of danger was permanent and eventually paralyzed their kind.
A respiratory system built along different lines, delivering too little to the skull.
The brain never had room to go further.
Slit-like eyes gave them only fragments of the world.
They had to move slowly to perceive the environment via sensitive vibrissae.
This pace proved fatal.
2023-2024
Neglected by. Algorithms.
Access to an enormous amount of information online creates a subjective sense of involvement and responsibility. Predatory social media algorithms hold us tightly, exploiting our mental capacity. In this series I aim to look into the stages of vicarious trauma arising from doomscrolling content on global turmoil.
"Neglected by. Algorithms. The Weight " Papier-mâché, mixed media. 2024.
"Neglected by. Algorithms. The Erosion" Papier-mâché, mixed media. 2024.
"Neglected by. Algorithms. Numbness" Papier-mâché, mixed media. 2024.
2019-2021
Neglected by. Visibility. An artist statement.Three paintings on being watched constantly and seen never — growing up gay in a closed city in Russia.
"Neglected by. Visibility. Tulpa of Containment" Acrylic and oil on canvas, 2021 31.5 × 23.6 in (80 × 60 cm)
"Neglected by. Visibility. Big Sister Is Watching You" Acrylic and oil on canvas, 2020 31.5 × 23.6 in (80 × 60 cm)
"Neglected by. Visibility. Hidden Place" Acrylic and oil on canvas, 2021 31.5 × 23.6 in (80 × 60 cm)
