Sokovnin, Vladimir Borisovich

Born in the family of graphic artist Sokovnin Boris Alekseevich and Sokovnina Irina Fedorovna, an engineer and economist at Soyuzmultfilm studio . Father’s brother, Sokovnin, Yuri Alekseevich, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation , actor of the Moscow Theater of Satire (performer of the role of Pan Yurek in the television “ Zucchini“ 13 Chairs “ ”).

After school, he worked as an assistant director on Central Television in the TV shows “ Cinema Travel Club ” (with V. A. Shneiderov ) and “ Cinema Panorama ” (with director K. B. Marinina ).

He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts of the Moscow Textile Institute . He defended his diploma as a costume designer for the film “Sorcerers” ( Odessa Film Studio , 1982, director Konstantin Bromberg ) ^[1] . The last work in the cinema was the production, together with N. A. Zhuravleva, of a number of designer costumes for the film “Kin-dza-dza!” ( Mosfilm , 1985, directed by Georgy Danelia ).

Continuing to work as a film artist, he was engaged in painting and participated in exhibitions of the Union of Artists of the USSR . Several years at the Academic dacha to them. Repin was trained by prominent artists A.M. Gritsay , S.P. and A.P. Tkachev , and A.P. Levitin . The most famous paintings of that time: the triptych “Memory” (1984, is in the Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill) and “Theater of the Revolution” (1985, in the collection of the Union of Artists of Russia ).

The stage in the artist’s creative biography can be considered work on the restoration of the picturesque decoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow in 1998–2000 ^{[2] [3]} .

In the 2000s, many exhibitions were held in museums and exhibition halls in China ^{[4] [5]} .

In total, he participated in more than 150 professional art exhibitions ^[6] .

The main works are made in the genre of portraiture , landscape , painting.

• 2001 - Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 3 degrees. He was awarded the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II for his work on the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior ^[2]
• 2002 - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation ^[2]
• 2005 - Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 2 degrees. Awarded by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II for the revival of the shrines of Russia ^[2]
• 2007 - Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts ^[2]
• 2011 - Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Arts
• 2012 - Full member of the Russian Academy of Arts ^[2]
• 2012 - People's Artist of Russia . The honorary title was awarded on December 26, 2012 by decree N 995 of the President of Russia ^[7]
• 2016 - Certificate of Merit of the President of the Russian Federation - for merits in the development of culture, the media and many years of fruitful work ^[8]
• 2018 - Order of Friendship - for merits in the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity ^[9]

• The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
• State Theater Museum. A. A. Bakhrushin , Moscow
• State Yaroslavl Museum of Art , Yaroslavl
• Meeting of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation , Moscow
• Collection of the Russian Academy of Arts , Moscow
• Collection of the Union of Artists of Russia
• Meeting of the Administration of the President of Russia , Moscow
• Meeting of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia , Moscow
• Baoli Art Museum, Beijing
• Museum of the Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing
• White House Collection, USA , Washington
• State Art Museum of Indonesia , Jakarta
• Art Museum of Angola , Luanda
• Khiva State Historical Museum, Uzbekistan
• Private collections in Russia, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, China, USA, Indonesia

• Official site of Vladimir Sokovnin
• Vladimir Sokovnin on the website of the Russian Academy of Arts
• Magazine "Spark". "Beijing Repin"