Phenomena of reality are getting accessible for us if we can give them a name. To give a name to impart from to a primary unformed matter is our natural way of communicating with the world, with one another, and the possibility of being understood by the other. It is an ending process. And I try to realize this connection using color, line, shape, etc.

Nikolay Cherny (Chernyayev) is an accomplished painter and drawer working in the fields of figures composition, land- and cityscape, and still life. Participates regularly in international, domestic, and local art shows, has won various awards and prizes. His artworks can be found in the Osten Collection of Drawing, Skopje, Macedonia; in collections of Brandeis University, Massachusetts; Hillel Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; private, communal, and corporate collections in the USA, Germany, Russia, Estonia, and Macedonia. As a professional designer he has had, also, in his artistic experience, such projects as development graphic and book design, illustrations, set- and costume design, etc. He was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, had his initial training in art at private art studios, and received his formal education in art – his BA and MA degrees – at Saint-Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design; improved his professional skills at National Research Institute of Industrial Design in Moscow (graduate course PhD program).