Armenian-Jewish Artist Anton Merkurov, a great-grandson of famous soviet sculptor Sergey Merkurov was born and grew up in Soviet and 90’s Moscow, and later between London and Moscow. Being a gifted and talented creative person and a part of artistic community he had all the opportunities to become an artist since his childhood, but in the beginning of his career Merkurov decided to work with new technologies and became an Internet expert, and after 20 years experience had a great success in this field, being one of the most demanded consultant and expert in Russia.
At the same time during all his life Merkurov works with family heritage, developing Sergey Merkurov’s Museum at Gyumri, Armenia, published a book with letters and memoirs, organising exhibitions and NFT drop with Lenin’s mask made by Sergey Merkurov, and continuing do paintings, short narratives and later NFT drops.
Merkurov’s life credo is «Love is the life and key to everything. Love is necessary. And Love is the thing is never enough» and that’s why Merkurov decided to transfer this statement as his main statement as an artist.
In 2015, at the age of 33, Merkurov began to create a series of artworks entitled “Heart and Angel,” drawing simple hearts in the naive art technique. After seven years, Merkurov has strengthened his artistic statement and came forward as an artist with his own unique technique, telling the world that love and humanity are the most important things in the world.