Collection: Aleksei Pozdnovato

Aleksei Pozdnovato is a Russian-born digital artist and illustrator based in Spain. At the heart of his work is an unabashed adoration of the male form. 

Using saturated colour, dramatic shadows, hard-edged shapes and playfully exaggerated proportions, Pozdnovato gives his figures an almost sculptural presence. From shy to confident, weary to defiant, exposed, private or lost in thought, the male ideal is celebrated and subverted.

His figures are most often alone, making the viewer’s gaze part of the encounter. There’s desire here, certainly, but also tenderness, humour and occasional isolation.

Pozdnovato’s work celebrates the pleasure of looking at men while always leaving room for the person beneath the body to emerge.