belarusian Artists
belarusian Artists		belarusian artists
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	Contact Address Igor Barchenko 220094 Belarus Minsk PO Box 26 Tel: +375 17 238-90-91   Fax: +375 17 238-82-17

Biography : Born in 1963 in Minsk, Belarus Personal exhibitions: 1994 Gallery "Im Hof", Essen, Germany 1994 Gallery "1", Catholic University, Lublin, Poland 1994 Gallery "The 6th Line", Minsk, Belarus 1996-2000 The National Gallery of Arts, Minsk, Belarus 1998 Gallery "Zlato", Moscow, Russia 1998 UNESCO Show-room, Moscow, Russia 1999 "Stichting Muset", Eindhoven, Holland 1999 Administration of Russian Federation Fund of Culture, Moscow, Russia 2000 Gallery of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's Theatre, Moscow, Russia 2000 The Days of Belarus in Sweden Exhibitions: 1988 - 2000 Participant of numerous exhibitions in Minsk, Belarus 1990 In Memory of Bruno Schulz, Leningrad, Moscow, Russia 1991 Exhibition "Belarusian Painting", Norblin Museum, Warsaw, Poland 1991 Gallery "Saheta", Warsaw, Poland 1992 Modern Belarusian Arts, Altes Museum, Monchengladbach, Germany 1992 Belarusian Arts, East European Cultural Center, Cologne, Germany 1992 Belarusian Painting, Fondation L'aigle Gallery, Roemond, Netherlands 1992 Belarusian Arts, Hanenhof Gallery, Geleen, Netherlands 1993 Modern Russian Painting, Gallery M, Linz, Austria 1993 Three Artists from Minsk, Gallery "Im Hof", Essen, Germany 1994 Artists Forum, Bonn, Germany 1995 Modern Belarusian Arts, Martin-Luther House, Monchengladbach, Germany 1995 Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia 1996 Modern Belarusian Arts, Music Hall, Monchengladbach, Germany 1996 "Slavic Window", Gallery "Arte Directo", Granada, Spain Publications: Magazine Mastatstva (Arts), No. 6, 1994 Magazine Mastatstva (Arts), No. 4, 1995 Magazine Mastatstva (Arts), No. 9, 2000 Newspaper Kultura (Culture), 1994, June 29 Essence of creativity Every moment of the life is wonderful. Every day of the life is a splendid gift. Understanding of all these common truths makes us treating with a particular care and trembling all those wonderful moments that the fortune presents us with. The ability to astonish is the first merit of an artist. If a spectator feels astonishment and delight the artist has fulfilled his task. Search of new forms, new techniques of painting… There is simply no time to do it. In the morning you look out of the window and see a garden. The trees are soft green in spring and red in autumn. We go out of home and realize that the world is full of children's voices, rustle of the leaves and singing of the birds. There are beautiful women and infinite sky. To get all these and paint on the canvas - is the life sufficient to do it? It's a great happiness to see unusual details in usual things and situations. Attempt of reproducing subtle features is inconceivable satisfaction. And as a reward the reaction of spectator is. An artist is not a creator. An artist is only a mediator between the Universe and spectator. Creative work is not an achievement of any goal. Creative work is an endless way toward it. Artist is a traveler. Spectator is a fellow traveller. The number of people agreed to travel with me allows hoping that I create something really interesting. I invite you too. Valera Pessin. My artistic credo is very easy: I love painting and making are exhibitions I love meeting new people I love women and children I love birds and flowers I love Van Gogh's paintings and Rembrandt's drawings I love music of Mozart and Britten I love Brodsky's poetry and Borhese's stories I love dawns in the Crimea and sunsets by the Baltic sea I love strong coffee and good tobacco I love a forest and a sea I love a wind and a rain I love the sun and the stars I love walking on the road I love looking out of the window I love…