Valery Blokhin
Painting, drawing
Biography
Born on December 30, 1964 in Novorossiysk.
1984 – Graduated from Krasnodar Art College.
Since 1987 – takes part in Krasnodar, Regional, Republican, All-Russian and International exhibitions.
1990 – Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia.
1990– First personal exhibition, Karlsruhe, Germany
His works are held at: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow; Krasnodar Art Museum named after Kovalenko; Krasnoyarsk Art Museum; «Modern Art Gallery», Karlsruhe, Germany; Art Museum, Sochi; Stavropol Museum of Fine Arts; Vologda State Art Gallery; Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts; North Caucasus branch of the State Museum of Oriental Art, Maykop; Simferopol Art Museum; Cherepovets` Museum Association; Kostroma State Art Museum-reserve; National Museum of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Vladikavkaz; Museum Mimara, Zagreb, Croatia; Academy of Arts of the Czech Republic named after Masaryk, Prague, Czech Republic; Collection of Bank «Ziraat», Istanbul, Turkey; «Montcastle Gallery», Colombo, Sri Lanka; «UNIFEgallery», Lima, Peru; Samara Art Museum.
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1990 – Exhibition in Karlsruhe, Durlach, Exhibition Hall named after Käthe Kollwitz, Germany
1994 – Exhibition at The Town Hall of Shirmbek, Germany; «Medien Haus», Karlsruhe Region, Karlsruhe, Germany
1995 – Central Exhibition Hall, Krasnodar; Exhibition of artists of Kuban, Russian Ministry of Nationalities and Regional policy, Moscow
1996 – Museum of Fine Arts, Stavropol; Art Museum, Sochi; City Exhibition Hall, Northeim, Germany
1997 – The Russian Cultural Center, Saigon, Vietnam
1998 – «Genko — Gallery», Johannesburg, South Africa
1999 – Russian Culture Center, Delhi, Bombay, India; Russian Cultural Center, Luxembourg; Russian Cultural Center, Prague, Czech Republic; Art Museum named after Kovalenko, Krasnodar
2000 – «Montcastle Gallery», Colombo, Sri Lanka; «International Center of India», New Delhi, India; Russian Cultural Center, Kathmandu, Nepal; «X-Gallery», Amsterdam, Netherlands; «Ziraat Bankasi Gallery», Istanbul, Turkey; Russian Cultural Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
2001 – Russian Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile; «UNIFEgallery», Lima, Peru
2003 – Art Manege, personal box, Gallery «South», Moscow; Gallery «Stair», Krasnodar
2004 – Russian Cultural Center, Valletta, Malta; Russian Academy of Arts, Tsereteli Gallery, Moscow
2008 – Samara Art Museum, Samara
2009 – «The Silk Road», Krasnodar Art Museum named after Kovalenko
2010 – Personal exhibition in the project «Time to travels», Central House of Artists, Moscow
2011 – «The Silk Road», Art-Gallery «Parshin», Stavropol; Museum of Fine Arts, Rostov-on-don; Exhibition of the International Association of designers, Moscow
2013 – The North Caucasian branch of the State Museum of Arts of Peoples of the East, Maykop
2014 – Krasnodar Art Museum named after Kovalenko
Group exhibitions
1990 – «Golden Brush», Exhibition-Contest, Central House of Artists, Moscow; «Contemporary art of the Kuban», Museum « Mimara », Zagreb, Croatia
1992 – «White dragon», Central Exhibition Hall, Krasnodar; Gallery «Neo Shag», Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Malmo, Sweden
1993 – «Baba Yaga», Heidelberg, Germany; «Modern Art Gallery», Karlsruhe, Germany
1994 – «Sunny Square — I», Central House of Artists, Moscow; Festival of Contemporary Art, Sochi
1995 – «Contemporary Art of Krasnodar», Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe, Germany; «Sunny square — II», Central House of Artists, Moscow; «Transit», State Art gallery, Vologda, Historical Museum of Minsk, Belarus, Central House of Artists, Moscow; Festival of Contemporary Art, Sochi
1996 – Art Manege, Moscow; «Transit ‘96», Central Exhibition Hall, Minsk, Belarus; Exhibition in the Reception Hall, MGIMO University, Moscow
1997 – «Transit -97», Cherepovets, Vologda, Moscow, Belgium, Luxembourg, Paris; «Slavianski bazaar», The Chagall Museum, Vitebsk, Belarus; «850 years of Moscow», Russian Cultural Center, Kolkata, India; Museum of Fine Arts, Pretoria, South Africa
1998 – World Exhibition of Modern Art, Convention Hall, Los Angeles, USA; Exhibition in Fund of Small business support of Russia, Moscow
1999 – «Sunny Square», Central House of Artists, Moscow
2000 – «ART FAIR HOLLAND», Hague, Netherlands
2001 – «Sunny Square», Central House of Artists, Moscow; «Sunny Square», Manege, Moscow
2003 – Regional exhibition «The South of Russia», Central House of Artists, Moscow; Central Exhibition Hall, Krasnodar
2004 – All-Russian Exhibition «Green Noise», Art Museum of Plyos.
2006 – Art Manege, Moscow; «Art Salon», Central House of Artists, Moscow
2007 – Exhibition «Shalva Bedoev, Valery Blokhin», Gallery «Alyans-Art», Central House of Artists, Moscow; Art Manege, Moscow
2008 – Exhibition of the Russian Academy of Arts «Graphic works by Old and New Masters», Kostroma State Art Museum-reserve.
2009 – Exhibition of the Russian Academy of Arts, Pyatigorsk; Exhibition of the Russian Academy of Arts «Nature and Environment», Sochi
2012 – Project «East-West», Central House of Artists, Moscow; Exhibition-contest «Artists of Russia – For Clean Water». First prize; Art Museum, Sochi; Academic exhibition «Antiquity: face to face», Krasnodar – Cherkessk
2013 – Project «Graphic experiments », Central House of Artists, Moscow
2014 – Academic Exhibition «Artists of Russia to Crimea», Simferopol
2016 – «Nude, Nudo, Nu, Desnudo». East Meets West Gallery. Design Centre ARTPLAY, Moscow.
Titles and awards
1999 – Honorary member of the Academy of Arts of the Czech Republic named after Masaryk. Gold medal award by the Czech Academy of Arts.
2006 – Silver medal award by the Russian Academy of Arts.
2007 – Member of the Creative Union of artists of Russia.
2011 – Gold medal award by the Russian Academy of Arts for the series of exhibitions «The Silk Road».
2012 – Member-correspondent of the Russian Academy of Arts.
