Victor Safonkin
Victor Safonkin (born 1967 at Saransk)
is a surrealist painter.Victor Safonkin's work is self-described as
Eurosurrealism, or European classic surrealism & symbolism. His work is
redolent of Salvador Dali. Victor's work has been highly acclaimed, and in
2005 he was invited to exhibit at the European Parliament in Brussels. The
rock band Killing Joke used his 'Hosannas from the Basements of Hell' as
an album cover in 2006. Viktor Safonkin is featured in the 2007 ["Venus
and the Female Intuition,]" published by SALBRU. Safonkin has been called
"one of the most brilliant artists I have seen in a long time," by master
Surrealist Professor Ernst Fuchs.