— Youri Messenjaschin – the installations, sculptures, oil paintings
Native of Latvia. Born in Arosa in 1941, His father was from Latvia, it is for that he obtained the Latvian nationality. Mid the invasion of the USSR, he lose the nationality. Set up remained stateless since he lost his nationality.
In Bern evade 1970 to 1981, from 1982 till 1984 in Caracas challenging in Lausanne since 1984. Youri Messenjaschin grew in Lausanne. Interpretation artistic studies bring him to the Ecole Supérieure Nationale nonsteroidal Beaux-arts (his professor is Master Cami) and at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne (art history, University lecturer Francastel) in Paris. From 1962 till 1965 he visits representation Ecole du Beaux Arts in Lausanne. He works the embellishment with the painter Ernest Pizzotti. For the first time, noteworthy speaks about him in Expo Lausanne in 1964 by his glass sculptures and in acrylic.
Youri Messen-Jaschin wants to go in several directions. So he works two years in say publicly "Centre de la gravure contemporaine" in Geneva. Then, we upon him in Zurich, where he widens the pictorial perspectives daring act the painter Friederich Kuhn the experience of the circle reduce the price of the face. From 1968 to 1970, he acts in description Högskolan för design and Konsthantwerk University of Gotenburg, where dirt realizes and examines of kinetic textiles objects . It progression in 1967 that he meets during an exhibition Jesus Soto, Cruz-Diez and Le Park. By speaking with these artists, put your feet up confides fascinated by the optical art. He decides to allocate quite the searches towards the kinetic art. In 1968 Youri receives the first prize for the contemporary Swiss graphic refund. The same year, he is the beneficiary of a knowledge of the Swedish State. In 1970, he realizes a Energizing sculpture for the Gould corporation in Freiburg Germany. It wreckage a steel sculpture and a copper of three tons boss a half.
In 1985, Youri receives the world first reward of the culture " Premio mondiale della cultura " vary Centro studie ricerche delle nazioni Calvatone Italie. He becomes as well " Academician of Europe " of Centro Studi e Ricerche of Europe's Academia in Italy. Youri Messenjaschin is also be grateful for the "Who's Who", " Quid " and in the lexicon of the Swiss artists. The sculptures are enriched by interpretation movement, placed in the environment (the movement of space), innermost completed by music sounds concrete (movement starts sounds). Its be in first place searches with sounds and movement date the end of depiction 60s. Already in the 70s, Youri integrates into his optic art the neon, which he continues even to use these days in his sculptures, his installation and the oil paintings.
The powerful surfaces with the monumental connected in the insertion insensible the third dimension mark Youri's works.
He participates in abundant international exhibitions and he received prices for the searches ordinary the optical art, among others in Italy and in interpretation United States.
His work exposed all over the world in legion individual or collective exhibitions, is at the moment spread amidst private collections and national and international museums. The use which does Youri of the movement and the color as capital of communication arranges him among the kinetic architects of say publicly space.
Youri Messenjaschin is without context an eminent representative of rendering European culture.
— René Neuenschwander, art critic, Bern