Sunset over the ocean, 2021
Valery Rybakou

Artist Statement:

Valery Rybakow - a bright, original artist, whose work is based on a combination of various styles and art: the artist's brushwork is close
to the art of realism, open colour palette of his works, the transmission multicolour life and joy of life, is characteristic of
Impressionism; direct perception of the world - of naive art.

Currently in the works of Valery Rybakow dominated by still life and landscape.

Nature proved to be remarkably in tune with the artist's inner perception of the world, so it works regardless of the chosen genre, organically, missed "by itself". In the landscape artist, filled with the play of light, captured the unique beauty of native
wildlife: warm golden colours of autumn, the variety of flowers, the endless expanses of the fields.

“My heart is completely open to art. Thus, I enjoy creating inspired and beautiful paintings from the bottom of my soul. Each of my
artworks reflects my feelings, sensitivity, passion, and the music from my soul. True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe
that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression.

Valery Rybakow was born in Belarus.

Education:

1997 - 2002 Belarussian National Technical University, Belarus.
2001 - 2002 worked as an artist-designer in the City Television "Intex", Belarus.
Since 2010, a member of the Professional Artists Union of Russia.

Exhibitions:

2010 took part in a charity auction of paintings held in Moscow, Russia.
2010 published the book "Light painting with palette knife", Belarus.
2011 took part in the competition of Fine Arts "Temples Berasteyshchyny" second degree diploma, Brest, Belarus.
2011 donated the painting "Way to truth 201" to the museum, Belarus.
2011 participated in a regional open-air artists "Krayavidy Berastseyshchyny", dedicated to historical places Lyakhovichi area, Belarus.
2011 by personal request painting "Flowers 179" transferred to a lifetime exposure to the Museum of Modern Art "Museu de Arte Contemporanea MAC Bahia Brasil", Brazil
---------------------------------- Exhibitions ----------------------------------
2010 Solo exhibition "I am artist", Baranovichi, Belarus.
2011 Group exhibition "Declaration of love", Brest, Belarus.
2011 Solo exhibition "The sky is getting closer ...", Baranovichi, Belarus.
2011 Group exhibition "Temples Berasteyshchyny", Brest, Belarus.
2011 Group exhibition "Krayavidy Berastseyshchyny", Lyakhovichi, Belarus.
2011 Group exhibition West bank Gallery, London, Sensation Modern artists, United Kingdom
2012 Group exhibition "Game of lines", Lida, Belarus.
2013 Solo exhibition "Symphony of colors", Brest, Belarus.
2013 Solo exhibition "Colors of Life", Slutsk, Belarus.
2014 Solo exhibition "Symphony of COLORS", Baranovichi, Belarus.
2014 Group exhibition March Cats, Minsk, Belarus.
2014 Solo exhibition in Office of Internal Affairs of the Brest Regional Executive Committee, Brest, Belarus.
2016 Group exhibition "BelarusArtWeek", Minsk, Belarus.
2016 Creative visit to China. 3 Solo exhibitions, China.
2017 Group exhibition "I Monet, I Shishkin, I Malevich", Minsk, Belarus.
2018 Group second All-Belarusian exhibition "I Monet, I Shishkin, I Malevich", Minsk, Belarus.
2019 Solo exhibition "Spring Tenderness", Baranovichi, Belarus.
2020 Solo exhibition "Emotions on canvas", Baranovichi, Belarus.

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Member of the Professional Artists Union of Russia.

Artistic Influences:

Art can destroy and heal the human soul, defile and educate. And only a light of art can save mankind: it heals the wounds, gives hope for the future, is the world of love and happiness.

I tried different techniques during my career, but I especially fell in love with painting with oil and pallette-knife. Every artwork is the result of long painting process; every canvas is born during the creative search; every painting is full of my inner world. Each of my paintings brings different moods, colours and emotions. I love to express the beauty, harmony and spirit of this world in my paintings.