Mihail Chemiakin (Russian, b. 1943) exhibition poster signed by the artist lower left. This 1994 poster is from the exhibition entitled Metaphysical Head at the University of San Francisco where Chemiakin was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa. Framed. Mihail Chemiakin is a famous painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist art tradition of St. Petersburg.