These works aim to crystallize the ambitions and paradoxes of contemporary progress. Approaching technology as a site of inquiry rather than critique, Yuri treats the microchip as both material and metaphor. Painting on the very components that transmit and store private data, emotions, and memories, he gives visual form to a felt digital presence while highlighting the hidden structures of machines that shape our world.
Working on a tiny scale, often painting with a single eyelash, thte artist’s meditative practice resists the pressure of increasingly rapid and shallow engagement. His works do aim for an immediate impact… then something more profound. Looking closely at small details is known to activate a flow state, where regrets of the past and anxieties of the future fade away, giving way to mindful reflection. These particular microchips offer an antidote to doomscrolling.
Spiral Galaxy, oil on microprocessor, 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Water drop, Oil paint on random access memory card
Mushroom Cloud, oil on microchip, 2x2 cm
💡, oil on microchip 1x2 cm
🧠, oil on microchip, 2 x 2 cm
Reclining Nude, 5x2 cm
Tall ship, oil paint on microchip, 2026
☁️ , oil on microchip, 1.5 x 2 cm
✌🏻, oil on microchip, 2x1 cm
Dove, oil on microchip, 10 x 14 mm
Campfire, oil on microchip, 2025
Hammer, Oil paint on microchip, 1.2 x 0.6 cm, 2018
Banana, oil on microchip, 2024
☁️ , oil on microchip, 1.5 x 2 cm
🔒, oil on microchip, 1x2 cm
Nº2 Pencil, Oil paint on microchip, 0.5 x 1.5 cm
Iceberg, Oil paint on microchip
🌊, oil on microchip, 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Apple (bitten), oil paint on microchip, 2026
Window Cleaner, Oil paint on microchip, 3 x 1 cm, 2017
Seascape, oil on microchip, 3x3 cm
Detail of sculpture: American Online Civil War, oil paint and circuit board assemblage on wood
Protest, Oil on microchip, 1.5 x 5 cm, 2017
Protest, oil on microchip, 2 x 2 cm, 2018
Looking my digital self in the eyes, Oil paint on RAM card, 2020
☁️, oil paint on microchip, 2026
Standing Nude, 2x1 cm
🍷, oil on microchip, 0.8x2 cm
Apple Core, , Oil paint on microchip, 1 x 1 cm, 20181 x 1 cm
Colt .00045, Oil paint on microchip, 1 x 1.5 cm, 2018
<3 2.0, Oil paint on microchip, 2019
iEye, oil on microchip, 1.5 x 2 cm, 2018
Narcissus, Oil paint on microchip, 2020
iEye, oil on microchip, 2 x 2 cm, 2018
Worker Bee, Oil paint on microchip, 1 x 1 cm
Pelvis, OIl paint on microchip, 2015
Wave, 2.5 x 2.5 cm, 2013
Hourglass, Oil on RAM memory stick, 3 x 8 cm, 2016
Reclining nude, Oil on Microchip, 2012
Nude Descending Staircase, Oil paint on RAM, 2014
iEye, oil on microchip, 1 x 1 cm, 2018
Validation Virus, oil on microchip, 1 x 1 cm, 2013
Hawk Feather, Oil on microchip, 5 x 1 cm, 2016
Snowden, OIl paint on microchip, 1.5 x 1 cm, 2015
iEye, oil on microchip, .6 x 1 cm, 2015x
