Igor Barkhatkov

Artist Igor Barkhatkov is one of the most notable representatives of realism in modern Belarusian easel painting. He works in the landscape, portrait, still life, and story-based thematic genre painting. Igor Barkhatkov's creative journey has been shaped by the fact that he is a member of an artistic dynasty. Igor's father is the famous Belarusian painter Anton Barkhatkov. The artist’s travels with his father to the Akademicheskaya Dacha and his conversations with F. Reshetnikov, V. Tokarev, V. Sidorov, and Y. Kugach left a great impression on the young artist, and they endowed the artist with a serious attitude to art. Each work by Igor Barkhatkov is a complex structure, which he organizes according to the rules of great art. The artist only paints from nature. He lets his composition and the other requirements of the picture guide his work. He takes a strict and measured approach to color. His desire for completeness, including even when he is working on small sketches, creates a sensation that even the air has some ponderous significance, and his impeccable use of tone allows even his most dense works to sparkle. By choosing to depict his landscapes at the very peak of each season, the artist is able to locate the ground plane and horizon line in space with incredible accuracy. He focuses the viewer's attention on the shape of the shadows that are cast by the sunset and the proportionality of the lines and the shapes of rural buildings. Igor Barkhatkov constantly seeks to improve his system of painting by creating a colossal range of interconnections using the color gray. The artist reveals the richness of the lyrical intonations of the Belarusian landscape, creating true-to-life images that are enriched by a deeply spiritual theme.

1958 born in Minsk
1974 - 1976 studied at the art studio of V. Sumarev
From 1975 regular visits to the creative studio complex Academic Cottage
1976 - 1985 attended the drawing studio of O. Lutzevich
1978 - 1984 studied at Belarusian State Theatre and Art Institute under P. Krochalev and M. Dantzig
1984 - 1987 studied at the workshops of the Fine Arts Academy of the USSR in Minsk under M. Savitsky
1986 studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin
1986 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden
1988 member of the Belarusian Union of Artists

2010 - laureate of the "For Spiritual Revival" award

Permanent collections:

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia
National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
National Center for Contemporary Arts, Belarus
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus
Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, Belarus
Mogilev Regional Arts Museum n.a. P. V. Maslennikov, Belarus
Grodno State Museum of History and Archaeology, Belarus
Würth Collection, Germany
Justus Frantz Collection, Germany
Magli Collection, Italy
Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Hill, Russia
Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, Italy
State Literary Museum of Yanka Kupala, Belarus
State Literary-Commemorative Museum of Yakub Kolas, Belarus

1982 - All-Union students exhibition / Leningrad
1982 - Poets of Belarusian Land / Palace of Art, Minsk
1983 - Youth of Republic / Palace of Art, Minsk
1985 - Cultural Workers for Peace / Palace of Art, Minsk
1985 - Forty Years of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War / Palace of Art, Minsk
1986 - We are Building Communism / Manege, Moscow
1987 - Personal Exhibition / Palace of Art, Minsk
1987 - Exhibition of Young Artists / Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
1990 - National art exhibition dedicated to 500th birthday anniversary of Frantsisk Skarina / Palace of Art, Minsk
1991 - Personal Exhibition / Palace of Art, Minsk
1992 - Belarus Art Month / Art Hub, Abu Dhabi
1993 - Personal Exhibition / Galerie Heize, Salzburg
1993 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Hotel Drouot-Richelieu, Paris
1995 - Personal Exhibition / Galerie Fayla, Brussels
1995 - Personal Exhibition / Palace of Art, Minsk
1996 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1996 - Officina del’ Arte / Museo della Stampa, Orzinuovi
1997 - National Art Exhibition / Palace of Art, Minsk
1997 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Fine Art Gallery Aggie Hendrikx, Roermond
1997 - Five Seasons of the Year / Museum of Modern Art, Minsk
1997 - Personal Exhibition / Peter Noldus Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1997 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1997 - Personal Exhibition / Galerie Rocha, Barbizon
1998 - VIVAFIRENZE / Romualdo del Bianco Foundation, Florence
1998 - Exhibition of the Barkhatkov Dynasty / Fine Arts Museum, Murmansk
1998 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Znad Wilii Gallery, Vilnius
1998 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1999 - National Art Exhibition of Landscape / Palace of Art, Minsk
1999 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Fine Art Gallery Aggie Hendrikx, Roermond
1999 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2000 - Flowers Show / Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
2000 - Landscapes of Belarus / Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia
2000 - The Pendulum of Time / Palace of Art, Minsk
2000 - Art Expo / Manege, Moscow
2000 - Exhibition of Artists’ Dynasties / Palace of Art, Minsk
2000 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2001 - Belarus — to the Third Millennium / Palace of Art, Minsk
2001 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Fine Art Gallery Aggie Hendrikx, Roermond
2001 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2002 - Central Artists’ House - 2002 / Moscow
2002 - Wiek XX / De Kazerne Galerie, Nieuweschans
2002 - Dall’ ‘800 italiano al ‘900 russo / Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia
2002 - Exhibition dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Yakub Kolas and Yanka Kupala / Palace of Art, Minsk
2003 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Fine Art Gallery Aggie Hendrikx, Roermond
2003 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Peter Breughel Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2004 - Personal Exhibition / Museo della Stampa, Orzinuovi
2004 - Personal Exhibition / LaSandr-Art Gallery, Minsk
2007 - Group Exhibition of Belarusian Artists / Russian Art Gallery, Moscow
2007 - Pittori dell' Est / Pinacoteca Repossi, Chiari
2007 - Personal Exhibition / LaSandr-Art Gallery, Minsk
2007 - Posttradition / Palace of Art, Minsk
2008 - My Quiet Country / National Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk
2008 - My Quiet Country / Nesvizh City Museum, Nesvizh
2009 - Personal Exhibition / LaSandr-Art Gallery, Minsk
2011 - In 3B format / Palace of Art, Minsk
2011 - Personal Exhibition / Pride of Poland, Janow Podlaski
2012 - Soul of Belarus / Embassy of Belarus, Prague
2013 - Four Brushes / National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk
2014 - National Art Exhibition / Palace of Art, Minsk
2015 - Personal Exhibition / Vysocina Museum, Trebic
2015 - Belarusian Still Life / Palace of Art, Minsk
2016 - Subjective Realism / Palace of Art, Minsk
2016 - The Art of Sovereign Belarus / National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk
2017 - Masterpieces of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus / National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2019 - Labyrinth III / Palace of Art, Minsk

Alexander Ivanov, Pavel Korin, Vitold Bilinitsky-Birulia, Vladimir Favorsky, Vincent van Gogh, Fyodor Vasilyev, Isaac Levitan, etc.

painting, landscape, realist, nature, realism, belarus