ALEXANDER S. MILOV

Sculptor, Artist, Director, Curator

Born April 1, 1979, Odesa (Ukrainian SSR, USSR)

Residence: Odesa, Ukraine

Current location: Bali, Indonesia

E-mail: lovemilove.com@gmail.com

Website: lovemilove.com

Education

1996–1999 — Odesa Theatre Lyceum, Acting course

1995 — Odesa M.B. Grekov Art College, Department of Art Design

1992 — Animation Course, Odesa Film Studio

Selected Artistic Biography

1996–2005:

Early Career — Street Art and Urban Design Founder of Odesa street art movement; Presidential scholarship laureate of Ukraine; official license holder for street art. Art director of Extreme Design agency (murals and extreme sports). Founded 3D graphics and animation studio Catapulta. Designed public spaces across Odesa including Mouse Club, Paparazzi,Coconut, Malibu, Solnechny, Strawberry, and art-café Vykhod.

2006–2015:

Monumental Forms and Film Projects Mastered blacksmithing, casting, stained glass, mosaic, and make-up art. Participant in the Ukrainian-Japanese Contemporary Art Festival (Odesa) and exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Kyiv). Animated film 'Pripevochka' screened at Cannes Film Festival (2009). Created films 'Revenge' (Grand Prix at KinoMedia and Molodist festivals) and 'Hugs' (official promotion of Odesa). Founded

MAMAI Production. In 2014 created Darth Vader visual campaign in Ukraine. In 2015 participated in Burning Man with the project LOVE and transformed Lenin monument into Darth Vader monument (Odesa).

2016–2020: International Projects

Created monumental sculpture 'Archangel Michael' (33 m, 13 tons). Founded annual festival Agon–Baba (Fire-Girl). Realized sculptures LOVE (Hungary, Ukraine), Listen to the World with Your Heart (Sydney, Australia), Monument to Power (Moscow), and Artefact Chernobyl (Ukraine). Lectures: 'Innovation in Art' (Skolkovo, Moscow), 'Social Responsibility of an Artist' (Zaporizhzhia), and 'Monomyth' (Mason Stone, Moscow). Created sculpture series 'Family' (Father, Mother, Son, Daughter) and Eye of Kalmykia project for the Kazakhstan government.

2022–2025: War Period

Sculpture 'LUNA (The Birth of a New World)' for Nuanu (Bali); works 'Coronavirus' and '3Love' for Global Citizen Forum (Dubai). Sculpture 'Agon–Baba 7' for Lampu festival (regional Burning Man, Indonesia). 2024 — Sculptures 'To Love' and underwater 'Teddy Bear' for Metamorphosis park (Bali); sculpture 'Moth' for Burning Man (USA). Sculpture 'Dragon' for Metamorphosis underwater park (Bali); project 'Tree of Life' for Burning Man (USA).

Main Fields

• Monumental and public sculpture

• Conceptual and performance art

• Cinema and animation

• Urban design and architectural plasticity

• Intercultural art residencies and educational initiatives

Selected Projects

• Iron Man — Odesa, Ukraine (2010)

• Archangel Michael — Ukraine (2016)

• LOVE — Hungary, Ukraine (2015)

• Listen to the World with Your Heart — Sydney, Australia (2019)

• Artefact Chernobyl — Chernobyl, Ukraine (2017)

• LUNA (Birth of a New World) — Bali, Indonesia (2023)

• 2 Love — Bali, Indonesia (2024)

• Dragon — Underwater Park Metamorphosis, Bali (2025)

• Moth — Burning Man, USA (2025)

• Agon–Baba — Annual since 2016 (2016-2025)

Selected Exhibitions

• Group exhibition 'Takoe' — Odesa Union of Artists, 2010

• Group exhibition 'Takoe' — Museum of Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2010

• Solo exhibition 'Gates to Paradise' — Odesa Union of Artists, 2010

References

Wikipedia: Alexander Milov

Wikipedia: Love (Milov sculpture)