Victor Skalkin

Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer. Born in the family of Alexander Skalkin in Moscow (1938). Studied at the 1905 School of Art in Moscow (1957–62). Designed sets at the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theatre and Contemporary Theatre in Moscow (1960s). Member of the Union of Artists (1967). Lived and worked in Paris (1983–84) and the town of Plyos on the River Volga (from 1999). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1960). Contributed to the group exhibitions of Moscow artists at the Illusion and Shock Worker Cinemas in Moscow (1962), Second Autumn Viewing of Pictures in the Open Air at Izmailovo Park in Moscow (1974), Preliminary Apartment Viewings for the All-Union Exhibition in Moscow (1975), Exhibition of Works by Moscow Artists in the House of Culture at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements in Moscow (1975), Valentina Apukhtina, Nikolai Zheltushko, Annamukhamed Zaripov, Larisa Naumova, Victor Skalkin, Lyudmila Soshinskaya: Painting and Sculpture in the House of the Artist at 11 Kuznetsky Most in Moscow (1989), Pull of Plyos at the Landscape Museum in Plyos (2000, 2004, 2007) and the Museum of Urban Sculpture in St Petersburg (2005), Plyos – Town of Artists at the Yelagin Island Palace Museum in St Petersburg (2005), Paths of Painting at the New Jerusalem Museum of History, Architecture and Art in Istra (2005), Russian Landscapes at the British Embassy in Moscow (2006), Times of Change: Art in the Soviet Union (1960–85) at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2006), Roadside Picnic at the Museum of History and Local Studies in Privolzhsk (2006), Bulldozers at the Peter Tchaikovsky Cultural Centre in Moscow (2007), From Moscow with Love at the Ivan Shemanovsky Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in Salekhard (2008), Green Noise at the Landscape Museum in Plyos (2009), Quiet Cloister at the Landscape Museum in Plyos (2010), Volga Expanses at the Museum of History and Local Studies in Privolzhsk (2012) and one-man shows at the Institute of Art Studies in Moscow (1997), Bibliothèque française – Musée de la civilisation française in Moscow (2002), Institute of International Relations in Moscow (2003), ASTI Gallery in Moscow (2003), Ivanovo Regional Museum of Art in Ivanovo (2003), Embassy of Iceland in Moscow (2004), Union of Artists at 20 Kuznetsky Most in Moscow (2004), Vincent Art Gallery in Moscow (2007), New Jerusalem Museum of History, Architecture and Art in Istra (2008), Union of Artists at 5 Old Garden Lane in Moscow (2011) and Isaac Levitan House Museum in Plyos (2012).