What is Leonid Sokov?
[[File:Leonid Sokov - 2012.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sokov in 2012]] '''Leonid Sokov''' ({{lang-ru|Леони́д Петро́вич Со́ков}}; October 11, 1941 &ndash; 4 April 2018) was a [[Russia]]n [[Soviet Nonconformist Art|nonconformist]] artist and sculptor. He was born in [[Tvern]], Russia. In 2001 he represented Russia at the [[Venice Biennale]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.studio-international.co.uk/reports/venice_biennale2.asp |title=studio-international.co.uk |access-date=2018-04-10 |archive-date=2008-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518114219/http://www.studio-international.co.uk/reports/venice_biennale2.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> He participated in the 2004 [[Gwangju Biennale]] in Gwangju, South Korea. He was known for his works being displayed at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in [[New York City]]. Sokov died in [[Copake, New York|Copake]], [[New York]] of a [[pulmonary embolism]] on 4 April 2018 at the age of 76.<ref>[https://afisha.rambler.ru/exhibitions/39555226-umer-skulptor-leonid-sokov/ Умер скульптор Леонид Соков] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.clevelandart.org/Explore/artist.asp?artistLetter=S&showall=true&recNo=414&woRecNo=0&display=list clevelandart.org]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokov, Leonid}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Russian artists]] [[Category:Russian sculptors]]