Victor Koulbak was born in
1946 in Moscow, where he studied at the Art School from 1958 to 1964.
He then spent two years working as a draughtsman for various publishing
houses. In 1966, he was admitted to the Polygraphic Institute of Moscow,
where he studied for three years. He then continued to work as an
illustrator to earn his living. Five exhibitions in which he tried
to show his work were closed down two-to-three hours after opening.
In 1975, he left Russia and is presently living in Malta. His work
has been shown in France, Sweden. Norway, Belgium. Japan, Italy England,
Austria, Canada and the United States.
One man shows
1975. Sweden, Helsinborg, Briiska
Galleriet.
1976. Sweden, Stockholm, Grafikhuset Futura.
1976. Sweden, Mallmö, Galerie Leger.
1976. Norway, Oslo, Galerie 27.
1976. France, Paris, Galerie Etienne de Causans.
1977. France, Paris, Galerie Etienne de Causans.
1980. Japan, Tokyo, Galerie Tajeishi.
1981. France, Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot.
1982. Canada, Toronto, Lavrov-Tanenbaum Gallery.
1983. Belgium, Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot.
1984. France, Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot.
1985. Japan, Tokyo, Isetan Gallery.
1986. Italy, Rome, Studio S.
1986. U.S.A., New York, Leslie Cecil Gallery.
1987. Japan, Tokvo, Isetan Gallery.
1988. U.S.A., New York, Leslie Cecil Gallery.
1997. France. Paris, Cité des Arts.
1999. U.S.A., Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center.
2000. U.S.A., New York, Beadleston Gallery.
2000. U.S.A., Los Angeles, Jan Banni Gallery.
2001. France, Paris, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature.
2002. U.S.A., New York, Beadleston Gallery.
2002. Malta, The National Museum
of Fine Arts
Group Exhibitions
1976. France, Paris, Salon des Réalites
Nouvelles.
1976. R.F.A. Esslingen a. N., Kunstverein, "Nonkonformistische
russische Maler" .
1976. France, Paris, Palais des Congrès.. "La peinture
russe contemporaine".
1977. England, London Inst. of Contemporary Art, "Unofficial
Russian Painters".
1977. Austria. Vienna, "Février russe".
1977. U.S.A., Washington. "Washington International Art Fair"
.
1977. England. London, Fischer Fine Art Limited, "The Figurative
Approach 2".
1977. Italy, Venice, "La Biennale di Venezia".
1978. Japon, Tokyo, Musée d'Art Moderne.
1979. Belgium, Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot.
1979. Germany, Munich, "Grafeling".
1979. France, Paris, Galerie Bellint, "Les Russes à Paris".
1980. Suisse, Lausanne, "Peintres russes" .
1977-1984. France, Paris, Gr. Palais, "Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui".
1982. U.S.A., New York, "Bilan de 1'Art Conternporain".
1982. U.S.A., Florida, Palm Beach, Norton Gallery. / Pensacola Museum
of Art, Pensacola. / Florida, "Silver Point in America".
1982. U.S.A., Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center.
1982. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Springfield, Museum of Fine Arts.
1984. Canada, Québec, "Bilan de 1'Art Contemporain".
1988. U.S.A., Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University.
2000. U.S.A., Los Angeles, Jan Baum Gallery.
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