Museum of Modern Renaissance
About us
How many artists could you recall in the art history, who single handed has been able to create space in large scale where every single piece, every single detail all elements of the exterior and interior, such as color, images, object art furniture and decoration, merge into single harmony, into single piece of art.
Who has a courage and energy talent and ability to do all this without of moment of hesitation or doubts? Who believed only in his own abilities and skills without asking any help from anyone and counting only on himself? We call such a man – the Renaissance man.
And here we are. Here is the “Museum of modern Renaissance”, created by two artists with one soul, husband and wife:
Nicholas Shaplyko and Ekaterina Sorokina
Katia and Kolia
Museum of Modern Renaissance
Nicholas Shaplyko and Ekaterina Sorokina
Co-founders and owners of the “Museum of Modern Renaissance” and the “House of Art”.
They were born in Moscow, Russia and according to eastern calendar they both Pisces and it is symbolic, that they met each other on the river during white water canoeing. Since there their life and their art, which they create together is full of dynamic and symbolism, emotional like turbulent mountain river and artistically explosive like bottle of champagne.
They were granted Permanent Residence in the USA as Artists with Extraordinary Abilities in 1994. In Boston they had purchased the old Masonic Temple and transferred it into Temple of Art, they named it “Museum of Modern Renaissance”.
“The first Renaissance brought beauty and humanity back to society, and we think it is time to do it again”. – Nicholas said.
The original meaning of word “museum” is “house of muses”.
Museum of Modern Renaissance
Nicholas Shaplyko and Ekaterina Sorokina
This Museum is one of a kind and is a single piece of art itself. It gives you a unique opportunity to enter inside a single piece of art, inside another world, inside another dimension. Walls and ceiling are covered with frescos like paintings of mythological themes achieve stained-glass effect. Nicholas and Ekaterina work together on each painting and this union of male and female origin brings harmony to their art. They use black base background for all their artworks. It makes colors more refined, delicate, and alive. Nicholas and Ekaterina have created a new style and called it “Magical Realism”.
They travel a lot, finding inspiration for their work in ancient art of different countries. They write books and are always looking for new discoveries in their artistic journey.
Museum of Modern Renaissance
Process of Creation.
Creation is the complex process where we are working simultaneously in different media to create single images. Like for instance to create “Female Fawn” we do it in oil on canvas. To create bronze sculpture, we do pencil drawing first to see the image from different views and to convert it from 2D into 3D model. All this we do manually without using any computer programs to make our brain and our imagination work if full force. To do it we study legends and fairy tales of different cultures related to the mythological creature we want to depict. So, behind each artwork is the story. The story about this image “Female Fawn” or “Tapasya“ tells us that this creature was daughter of the Sun and Shadow. She plays on the flute and creates vibration which overcomes depression. This image, like a talisman helps to overcome hardship and difficult periods of life.