Vladimir Yakobtchuk

Painter
   

St Petersburg artist Vladimir Yakobtchuk graduated 1987 from Art College (after K. Savitski) and graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture after I. Repin (The Academy of Arts 1988-1994)

He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in St Petersburg, and has also worked in Finland and Germany. He is a member of the Union of Russian Artists. and is the founder and chairman of the Society for Support of Artists. In 1996 he received the Grant of the President of Russia.

His work is held in public collections in Katten Cabinet, Amsterdam; Eero Rantanet Foundation, Helsinki, Finland; Art Museum of Rasio, Harkko, Finland, and in private collections worldwide.

GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1986 Printed Drawing from collection of Slitsian. Penza.
1992 Biannual of Contemporary Art. St.-Petersburg.
1992 Spring Salon-92. St.-Petersburg.
1993 Printed Drawing. St.-Petersburg.
1994 Artists of St.-Petersburg. Versailles, France.
1994 Autumn exhibition. St.-Petersburg.
1995 Art-Reality. St.-Petersburg.
1995 Master-Class. St.-Petersburg.
1995 Dialogues. St.-Petersburg.
1995 The First Exhibition of the Society for Support of Artists. St.- Petersburg.
1995 Walls. Helsinki, Finland.
1995 Christmas exhibition. St.-Petersburg.
1996 ABC of New Symbolism. St.-Petersburg.
1996 Painting and Drawing. St.-Petersburg.
1996 Master-Class. St.-Petersburg.
1996 St.-Petersburg-96. St.-Petersburg.
1997 Artists of Drawing. St.-Petersburg.
1997 Young Russian Artists. Rasio, Finland.
1997 Dialogues. St.-Petersburg.
1997 "G 33404475 T". Turku, Finland.
1997 St.-Petersburg-97. St.-Petersburg.
1998 Artists of Drawing. St.-Petersburg.
1998 Letters. St.-Petersburg.
1998 St.-Petersburg-98. St.-Petersburg.
1999 New Language. St.-Petersburg-97.
1999 Dialogues. St.-Petersburg.
1999 Letters. Cologne, Germany
1999 White and Black. Turku, Finland.
1999 St.-Petersburg-99. St.-Petersburg.
1999 Herbarium. Turku, Finland.
2000 III-International festival of experimental art and performance. St.-Petersburg.
2000 Herbarium. Rasio, Finland.

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yakobtchuk@mail.ru

His works use mixed media and forms/artifacts from contemporary culture