THE MYTHOS
KROMSKY is one artist: Born in Russia, working in mirror-polished chrome over steel.
What he did before the sculptures stays off this page. He does not talk about it, and if you ask twice he changes the subject.
Half his life has been spent in Asia. What he did before the sculptures stays off this page. He does not talk about it, and if you ask twice he changes the subject.
The work started in 2020, before there was a name on it and before there was anyone to sell to. He had things in him he could not say another way, so he built them instead. Chrome came later, and it stuck for a reason: chrome is a mirror. Stand in front of a finished piece and the first thing you see is your own face, bent.
He put his name on it in 2024.
"Society makes our soul ugly," he says, and he does not mean society out there somewhere. He means what we do to each other, the judgment and the rejection. That is what he casts in steel. The mirror finish does the rest of the work.
I BELIEVE IN A BRIGHT FUTURE. I KNOW I WILL DIE BEFORE IT.
SLAVA
The rhino is mine. White gi, black belt. An animal built like a weapon, wearing the uniform of someone who learned not to use it. Rhinos see almost nothing. They charge anyway.
I draw every piece before anything gets cut. Then it goes to the ateliers that cast, weld, plate and polish it under my instruction. Chrome forgives nothing. One bad weld, one particle of dust in the bath, and the whole surface is scrap. I reject pieces at that stage rather than sell them cheaper, which is expensive and which I would do again.
Editions stay small and they do not come back. Once a drop closes there is no reprint and no waitlist. Work already sits in private collections across Europe, Asia and North America.
The people who buy it tend to be founders, traders, crypto natives, anyone who built something without asking first. Most of them recognize the rhino before they can explain why.
I do not court galleries and I do not pitch brands. My past is not up for discussion. I would rather be working.
KROMSKY does not make decoration. It makes physical evidence of a life lived without permission.
Not for the modest.
HOW A KROMSKY SCULPTURE IS MADE
Chrome is not paint. It is a metal deposited onto steel inside an electroplating bath, and the surface it leaves is a real mirror rather than a coating that imitates one. That is why the finish reads as expensive from across a room, and why so few workshops get it right.
The sequence runs: drawing, digital sculpt, mold, casting or fabrication in steel, grinding, three stages of polish, then the bath. Grinding and polishing take the longest. A weld line still visible at that stage sends the piece back to the beginning.
Slava approves every surface before it ships. Anything that fails gets destroyed instead of discounted, which keeps the edition count honest and the secondary market clean.
Every finished sculpture leaves with a laser-cut stainless steel certificate carrying its production number and a serialized cryptographic code. Scan it and the ownership record resolves on the KROMSKY domain. One code, one owner.
THE RULES OF A DROP
Releases are announced, they open, they sell, and then the page turns black. The purchase button becomes the words SOLD OUT and stays that way. No backorders. No restock form.
Collectors holding a verified steel certificate get access to the private channel and a ten minute head start before every public release. That window is the entire loyalty program. There is nothing else to join.
Prices start at 2,000 USD for tabletop work and run past 30,000 USD for monumental commissions. Payment clears in Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT or card. Checkout is one page with no upsells, because nobody spending five figures on a sculpture needs to be sold twice.
Manifesto FAQ
Who is the artist behind KROMSKY?
KROMSKY is the work of a single artist, Slava, who was born in Russia and has spent roughly half his life in Asia. He began making sculptural work in 2020 and started releasing under the KROMSKY name in 2024. He works in mirror-polished chrome over steel, designs every piece himself, and approves every finished surface before it ships.
What are KROMSKY sculptures made of?
Steel, finished in electroplated chrome. The chrome is deposited in a plating bath rather than sprayed, which produces a true mirror surface. Larger works are fabricated and welded, smaller works are cast. Every piece is ground and polished by hand through three stages before plating.
Are KROMSKY sculptures limited editions?
Yes. Every release is a fixed, numbered edition that is never reproduced. When a drop sells out the listing closes permanently, with no restocks, backorders or waitlists. Edition sizes are published before each release.
How do you verify that a KROMSKY sculpture is authentic?
Each sculpture ships with a laser-cut stainless steel certificate carrying its production number and a serialized cryptographic QR code. Scanning the code resolves to the ownership record for that exact piece on the official KROMSKY domain. Codes are non-repeatable, so a duplicate certificate fails verification immediately.
What does a KROMSKY sculpture cost?
Tabletop works between 30cm and 50cm start at 2,000 USD. Statement pieces between 80cm and 120cm run 5,000 to 8,000 USD. Monumental works from 180cm are made to order and start at 15,000 USD. Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and card are accepted at checkout.