IGOR SHIPILIN

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SEASONS
PAINTINGS/ IGOR SHIPILIN
Igor Shipilin is a painter, a water colorist and a graphic designer born in 1961 in Crimea, Sevastopol. He is educated in the field of arts
including the Ilya Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad, and the Moscow Academy of Printing and has
been involved in professional exhibitions since 1986.
Igor Shipilin is considered to be one of the leading contemporary landscape masters of the region. His paintings represent the romance
of Crimean landscape, contemplative scenes of historical significance and nature. His work has been influenced by the late Crimean
impressionist, Feodor Zakharov.
Shipilin is an active member in the Crimean art scene a member of National Union of Artists of Ukraine and a chairman of the Sevastopol
Union organization as well as the curator for the traditional open air in Sevastopol. In 2008 2009 he received acknowledgment from the
State Russian Museum for his efforts in organizing several projects and exhibitions for Crimean artists. He has been exhibiting actively
since 1989, including a series of exhibitions in London. His works are held in collections in The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg,
Sevastopol Art Museum of M.P. Kroshitsky, and Simferopol State Art Museum.
What makes Shipilins works unique? His art parades natural and historical attractions as traditionally portrayed by artists from different
eras, but at a first glimpse inconspicuous areas with a leisurely pace of life in small towns. These are the places where the artist spent
his childhood and youth, those places where you always want to go back to reflect and stop the running of time, to draw strength and
inspiration in healing the soul with the simplicity of the usual life and environment - thats the world of the works of Shipilin. Needless to
say that hes an incorrigible romantic. Crimea that Igor Shipilin is masterfully looking to show us is obviously real, but at the same time
poeticized by the artist. There are no dramatic conflicts and psychological bursts, sometimes even sounding of sad notes of nostalgia, a
retreat in solidarity with the author - life is amazing in any form.
The artist has a deep appreciation for the open air work. His paintings can be considered as psychological landscape, where by showing
his native land, he tells the audience about the eternal motherland and faith. His paintings are a fusion of real places (cozy streets, small
yards, old houses, the mountains, the sea), of memories from the past and present, and his own imagination. What is important for Igor
Shipilin is to translate the particular mood of Crimea. He has said to be creating the same work throughout his life, painting the same
motif.
My task is simple, to convey the image of old Crimea, comfort, and the warm blue sea.
The ability of the master - to see the beauty everywhere and adjust it on his canvas, based on his emotions, feelings and memories, this is
what Shipilin does. As a result, ordinary and familiar scenes are transformed into memorable and original compositions.
In front of Igor Shipilins works, the viewer cannot help but continue the artists story about the simple and precious moments of life that
remain with us forever.
Leila Tairova. Art Critic
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 SEPTEMBER.
APPLES
oil, canvas,
50x40, 2015

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 SPRING. PLUM AUTUMN. YELLOW LEAVES WINTER. SNOWFALL
BLOSSOMS GENTLY FALLING QUIETLY BY EVENING
oil, canvas, oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
80X80, 2013 80x80, 2013 80x80, 2010

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 APRIL. CHERRY IN BLOSSOMS. CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
WICKET GATE HOUSE IN SOKOLINOYE
oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
50x40, 2015 60x80, 2015
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 SPRING IN VASILEVKA
oil, canvas,
50x80, 2011

SEVASTOPOL. ALMONDS
OVER THE SOUTHERN BAY OLD WALNUT
oil, canvas, oil, orgalit,
50x30, 2015 50x70, 2015

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 BLACK SEA. EVENING LIGHT.
DRIFTWOOD BALACLAVA
oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
85x100, 2014 60x80, 2013
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 LILAC BUSH. EVENING
VINEYARD. EVENING IN HERSONISSOS
oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
60x80, 2015 80x100, 2012-2015

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 SLOPES OF KARA DAGH
oil, canvas,
40x120, 2004-2014
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 EVENING. LANDSCAPE
RAINY DAY. LILAC WITH A GOAT. AUTUMN
oil, orgalit, oil, canvas,
70x80, 2015 70x60, 2013-2015

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 A STREET IN SEVASTOPOL SEVASTOPOL IN APRIL
oil, orgalit, oil, canvas,
25x35, 2015 50x70, 2015

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 A BOUQUET OF FISHERMENS BOOTH AT
WILDFLOWERS BALAKLAVA. SEPTEMBER
oil, orgalit, oil, canvas,
50x40, 2015 50x80, 2014-2015
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 HERSONISSOS. OLD
HOUSE WITH CYPRESS
oil, canvas,
30x40, 2015

HERSONISSOS. VIEW
SPRING IN HERSONISSOS OF THE BASILICA
oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
50x60, 2009 35x50, 2015

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 PERSIMMON HAS MAY EVENING.
BLOOMED. OCTOBER CHESTNUT IN BLOSSOM
oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
60x70, 2014 50x80, 2015
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 SAINT PETERSBURG.
ETUDE
oil, cartun,
19x27, 2013

SEA SHORE.
HERSONISSOS IN APRIL ABU DHABI. ETUDE
oil, canvas, oil, canvas,
70x80, 2015 14x20, 2014
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 IGOR SHIPILIN/ BIOGRAPHY:
Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
In 2014 Awarded diploma and the gold medal in 2015 by Russian Academy of Arts in exhibition-competition
Artists of Russia for Clean Water

Shipilin artworks are held in The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Sevastopol Art Museum of M.P. Kroshitsky, Simferopol
State Art Museum, and as well in private collections all over the world.

Born in Sevastopol (Crimean Peninsula), in October 15th, 1961

1977 - graduated from Sevastopol Childrens Art School
1983 - became member of the creative association Working Palette
1990-1991 - attended Repin Institute in Leningrad
Since 1994 member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU)
1999 - graduated from The Moscow State Academy of Printing
Since 2001 the organizer of the League of Watercolors of Crimea
2007-2009 chairman of the Sevastopol Organization NUAU
2008 - Award winner of the field Fine Arts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, for a series of Crimean landscapes
2011 - Honorary Diploma by the Department of Culture and Tourism of the SSGA For contribution to the development of culture and art of
the city of Sevastopol

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1992 - Watercolors Leningrad series, Art Museum M.P. Kroshitsky. Sevastopol
1996 - Exhibition, Business and Cultural Center. Sevastopol
2001 - Gallery Art, Art Museum M.P. Kroshitsky. Sevastopol
2002, 2004, 2006 - Gallery Les Oreades, Central House of Artists. Moscow
2005 - Exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of the Crimea. Simferopol
2007 - Gallery Petley Fine-Art. London
2007 - Educational center Vorontsov House, branch of the Academy of Sciences. Simferopol
2008 - Life by the Sea , Exhibition Hall National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Kiev
2009 - Gallery Les Oreades, Central House of Artists. Moscow
2010 - The Old New Thing, Saratov University, an educational center Virtual branch. Sevastopol
2013 - 12 months, Art Museum M.P. Kroshitsky. Sevastopol
2014 - Somewhere in the Crimea, MD-Art Gallery. Moscow
IMPROVISATION. 2015 - Life by the Sea , N2N Gallery. Abu Dhabi
WINTER PALETTE 2015 - Sunny Days, Gallery MD-Art. Moscow
mixed media,
43x49, 2015 Participated in over 130 exhibition group and individual since 1989. Over 25 recorded Plain Airs.
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