Vladimir Petran is a Belarusian artist. Was born in 1962 in the city of Pruzhany, Brest region.
A seeker of life, he sees his art in meeting his audience at the crossroads of the universe. His style has been described as "figurative surrealism", although this label falls apart from one work to another. By combining themes and techniques that are not often related to each other, he creates paintings that have the quality of sculpting or embossing.
The artist, who never agrees to take the world at face value, tries to nudge his audience to see the past in what seems simple and embrace a little more uncertainty in his life. What he expresses is universal, although at the same time it is almost universally forgotten. He brings these overlooked parts of existence to the fore.