Belenikin, Valery Egorovich

Valery Egorovich Belenikin, Russian artist, was born in 1961 in Moscow.

In 1991 he graduated from the V.I. Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute (the monumental workshop of Yu. K. Korolyov ).

Since 1991, his exhibition activities began.

From 1991 to 1997, about 70 personal exhibitions were held in Russia and abroad (in Australia, Austria, Belgium, USA, Sri Lanka, etc.).

In 1997, the artist moved to the United States. Exhibited in the best galleries in New York and Long Island (where he held a charity auction in favor of the Philharmonic (Sauf Hampton)). Holds an exhibition at Government House in Harrisburg , PA. In 2000 he opened his own gallery in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and then in the antique town of Lambertville, New Jersey.

In 2006, his exhibition “A Look into the Future” was successfully held at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. It caused a positive response among art critics and had a wide public outcry.

In 2007, the artist returned to his homeland and continued to work on a series of paintings: “Slavic myths”, “100 portraits of prominent Russian people”, “Cities of Russia”.

Member of the Union of Artists of UNESCO.

The works of Valery Belenikin are in private collections in Russia, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Australia, Japan, Tunisia, Sweden, the USA, Argentina and other countries.

In 2009, the artist was mentioned in the Encyclopedia of Fantastic Artists by Gerhard Hubart. Lexikon der phantastischen. Künstlerinnen & Künstler. Surrealisten / Phantasten / Symbolisten / Visionäre .

• 1989 - group exhibition "Moscow-Leningrad", Moscow Artists Union , Moscow;
• 1990 - personal exhibition, Central House of Artists , Moscow;
• 1990 - group exhibition, Polytechnic Museum , Moscow;
• 1991 - participation in a group exhibition, Brussels, Belgium;
• 1992 - personal exhibition at the Moscow City Golf Club, Moscow;
• 1992 - personal exhibition , in the Gallery M'ARS , Moscow;
• 1992 - participation in the Sotheby's auction at the Art-Myth exhibition in Manege, Moscow;
• 1993 - participation in the exhibition "Art Expo", Adelaide, Australia;
• 1993 - personal exhibition in the gallery of modern art, Melbourne, Australia;
• 1993 - personal exhibition at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, Moscow, Russia;
• 1993 - exhibition at the Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia;
• 1993 - personal exhibition in the Central House of Arts , Moscow, Russia;
• 1998 - auction at the College of the Arts, South Hampton, Long Island, USA;
• 1998 - participation in the exhibition " Euroart'98 ", 2 International exhibition of independent contemporary artists, Barcelona, ​​Spain;
• 1998 - personal exhibition, Ozone Gallery, Soho, New York, USA;
• 1998 - personal exhibition, Zalman Gallery, 57 Street, New York, USA;
• 2000 - personal exhibition in the gallery of sculptures "Showcase Ltd.", Pennsylvania, USA;
• 2003 - personal exhibition, PNC Bank, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA;
• 2004 - participation in the auction at the Mason Fleur Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA;
• 2005 - group exhibition at the Museum of James A. Michener, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA;
• 2005 - personal exhibition at St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, USA;
• 2006 - personal exhibition in the White House, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA;
• 2006 - personal exhibition “Looking into the Future” , Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia;
• 2008 - personal exhibition in the Slavic Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia;
• 2009 - The Third Moscow International Festival of Arts “Traditions and Contemporaneity”, Moscow, Russia;
• 2009 - personal exhibition “On the Road to Forever”, Moscow International Oil and Gas Club, Moscow, Russia;
• 2012 - exhibition in the Russian Center (inaccessible link) Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Journal of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art “Dialogue of Arts” No. 3 of 2006. Article “Picturesque Dialogues by Valery Belenikin” p. 36
• Magazine "New Village" No. 2 (23) 2008. Article "Valery Belenikin - a spiritual vector and creativity." Page 106
• Contemporary artists of Russia. Valery Belenikin