"Born in Gomel, in 1978. The artist is graduated from the Gomel Art College (1999) and the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (2005, Department of Department of Monumental Decorative Art). Scholar of the President special fund of the Republic of Belarus for Support of the Talented Youth (1999). Since 1999 – a member of a number of national and international exhibitions, as well as more than a dozen solo exhibitions. Since 2005 – a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists. In 2008 he was awarded the medal ‘Talent and Calling’ of the World Charitable Alliance ‘Mirotvorets’ (‘Peacemaker’). His works are at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, at the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City (USA) and others, as well as in private collections in Belarus, Russia, the United States, Israel, Japan, Italy and France. At the present the artist lives and works in Minsk." http://www.artmuseum.by/eng/vyst/the-last-exhibitions/vasily-peshkun-summer-vacation "...He sees an inexhaustible source of beauty and creative energy in the eternality of nature, therefore his works focus foremost on landscapes and still-lifes. A landscape for Vasiliy Peshkun is a space where man lives; a concrete place on a geographic map with it's own natural and architectural characteristics; it is a spiritually symbolic area that forms characters, ways of thinking, and the aesthetic values of an individual. The artist uses his perception of this space, his subjective view on the world, to attempt to reach a deeper connection between man and nature. ...Vasil creates all of his works exclusively in nature. This is the important principle of his work. A painting is created practically in one sitting. It is the result of a momentary burst of impressions that requires instant embodiment. His still-lifes reveal his admiration for the vast scope of nature's creations and his attentive study of their details. ... http://www.peshkun.com/index.php?dir=bio&lng=eng undefined

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