Ivan Tarasyuk

Ivan Tarasyuk was born in 1957 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). He currently lives and works in St. Petersburg. Among the artist's achievements there are the honorary Russian Federation government distinction “Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation” (2012), membership at the International Academy of Fine Arts “Greece — Marino” (Italy), International Van Dyck Prize (Italy), The Medal and Honorary diploma of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.

EDUCATION

• The Sverdlovsk Art College
• The I. E. Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Department of Graphic Arts (1988)

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2004, 2007 — The Central Exhibition Hall Manege (St. Petersburg)
• 2008 — The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg)
• 2011 — The Russian Academy of Fine Arts (Moscow)
• Art museums in Vologda, Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Tula, Orel, Belgorod, Penza, Tambov, and Moscow (Russia), as well as in Belgium (1996, 1997), Switzerland (2001), China (2003), Denmark (2003), Germany (1998 2003, 2011), and Hungary (2004).

THE ARTIST'S WORKS ARE PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS

• The State Russian museum
• The National Library of Russia
• The State Hermitage Museum
• The State Museum of City Sculpture of St. Petersburg
• The State Museum of St. Petersburg History
• The State Naval Museum in St. Petersburg
• The Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg
• The State Museum of Circus Arts
• The Belgorod State Museum of Fine Arts
• The Bryansk Regional Museum of Fine Arts
• The Vologda Regional Art Gallery
• The Irbitsk State Museum of Fine Arts
• The Kaliningrad State Art Gallery
• The Kostroma United Historical & Architectural Museum Reserve
• The Memorial Museum-Estate of Artist N.A. Yaroshenko, Kislovodsk
• The Magnitogorsk Art Gallery
• The Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum
• The Novgorod State Art Museum
• The Novokuznetsk Art Museum
• The Orel Museum of Fine Arts
• The Penza Regional Art Gallery
• The Tambov Regional Art Gallery
• The Tula Museum of Fine Arts
• The Tyumen Regional Art Gallery
• The Sakhalin Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
• The Tobolsk State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
• The Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary
• Frederikshavn Art Museum, Frederikshavn, Denmark
• Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium
• The Sint-Niklaas Museum of bookplates and printed graphics, St-Niklaas, Belgium)
• The National Playing Card Museum, Turnhout, Belgium