Michael Solovyev (Canada)

Michael’s traditional academic art education, extensive experience as a head theatre stage designer, and oil painter career now inform his priority as a watercolor artist .
Michael is an artist of great renown, with exhibitions and workshops all over the world. He sees his work as an artist as an exploration and observation of the world . His stage designer background has provided two main insights fundamental for his subsequent artist career – understanding that the light is paramount to the art and the love for collective co-creation.
Watercolour flows, it exists in time as an alive being. Michael works together with the medium in a fascinating process which leads to interesting outcomes. Michael considers adrenaline and experimentation the necessities of the creative process, always challenging himself with new techniques, ideas, stories, and materials.
Michael Solovyev at IWM2026