Arthur Kulkov

Arthur Kulkov (born August 20, 1983) is a Russian male model born in Siberia. He's work has been prominently featured in publications like GQ and Details (magazine). He has landed a cover for both publications, a rarity in the male model industry.

Early Life
He immigrated from Russia arriving in New York. He struggled living in the city and learning a new language. He attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York and graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Marketing. He got scouted by someone in the industry while playing soccer, his favorite pastime during his college years.

After several times saying he wasn't interested to the scout, he eventually went along to meet some people and started his modelling career.

Career
While most models struggle getting exposure in print work at the begging of their careers, Kulkov struck big success working for brands such as Barneys New York, Original Penguin, Sisley and Russell & Bromley during the Fall 2008 season, his first ever and he has not even made his runway debut.

He has been prominently featured in international editions of GQ including American, French and Italian and Details (magazine) since the beggining of his career due to his chameleon-like habilities, his professionalism and adapting to whatever the client or designer wants. . These habilities have been praised by editors and stylists all over the industry.

He has been featured in advertising campaigns for many diferent fashion companies for various seasons in a row, a rare thing in the modelling world, including Dolce & Gabbana, Lacoste, Perry Ellis, Banana Republic, ,Gap, J.Crew, Nordstrom, Rag & Bone and Tommy Hilfiger.

He has been featured in publications like L'Uomo Vogue, V Man, Esquire, L'Officiel, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, among others. And worked with photographers like Doug Inglish, Steven Klein, Mariano Vivanco, Paola Kudacki, Ben Watts and Alexi Lubormirski.

He has opened for numerous designers including Dolce & Gabbana, D&G, Moncler, Carlo Pignatelli, Giorgio Armani , Vivienne Westwood, Y-3, Corneliani, Trussardi, Alexis Mabille, Louis Vuitton, and Mugler, and closing for designers like Michael Bastian, Y-3, Lacoste, Simon Spurr, Banana Republic, DKNY and Band for Outsiders.

In 2011, he solidified his status as a top model by becoming the face of Dolce & Gabbana for several seasons in a row, starting with the Fall 2010 campaign.

He became a permanent fixture for Tommy Hilfiger since 2011 being prominent featured in advertisements for "The Hilfigers" lifestyle campaign and monthly lookbooks. He has drawn himself into acting having appeared in the 2012 short film The Main Event in America directed by AW McKnight where he plays Phonix Mostlyn, a lightweight boxer who struggles choosing between his dream of being a champion fighter or his love for a man. The film showed during the Honolulu Film Festival where he got positive reviews. This is his first feature film.

Achievements
In 2010, he was awarded the cover of GQ's special issue called Style Manual. Being the only model to land such cover.

Later, in 2011, he landed the March cover of Details (magazine) along fellow model friends Sean O'Pry and Noah Mills. A rarity in the male model industry.

In 2012, he appeared on the cover of Chaos magazine where he was interviewed about his life, his career, what he thinks about the modelling industry and was is coming next for him. The very first dedicated issue to a model.

During the spring 2013 season, he acquired a fragrance deal from Tommy Hilfiger called 'Freedom by Tommy Hilfiger' which print and tv spot campaign show him along Victoria's Secret angel Lily Aldridge and he also landed the Banana Republic's Love campaign.

Reception
He is currently signed with Re:Quest Model Management in New York, Bananas Models in Paris and Why Not Model Management in Milan.

He is currently ranked #8 in The Money Guys List, which annually ranks the models who make more money inside the fashion industry.

He's also being featured in street style websites like Backyard Bill and The Sartorialist and magazines like GQ, which published an article about him, and T Magazine for his eye-catching personal style.