The artist

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, Germany, Malta, 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
2004 USA, New York, W.M. Brady & Co.
2005 Great Britain, London, Portland Gallery.
2007 USA, New York, W.M. Brady & Co.
2008 Great Britain, London, Portland Gallery.

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.
2006 Germany, Bad Frankenhausen, Panorama Museum.
2006 USA, Savannah, Georgia, Telfair Museum of Art.
2008 Great Britain, London, Art London.

Catalogues

Antonello Tronbadori, Luci del Sottosuolo, Studio S, Rome, Italy 1986
Michel Lancelot, Galerie lsy Brachot, Paris, France 1981
Valentine Marcadé, Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris, France 1976
Michel Gibson, Takeichi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1977
Leonide Korabelnikov, Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris, France 1984
Victor Koulbak, Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, USA 1988
Theodore F. Wolff, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, USA 1999
Townsend Wolf, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, USA 1999
Gerard Hagerty, Beadleston Gallery, New York, USA 2000
Franklin W. Robinson, Beadleston Gallery, New York, USA 2002
Victor Koulbak, W M. Brady & Co, New York, USA 2004
Theodore R Wolff, Portland Gallery, London, Great Britain 2005
Nicolas Bokov, WM. Brady & Co, New York, USA 2007
Nicolas Bokov. Portland Gallery, London, Great Britain 2008

Books

René Huyghe, Les signes du temps et l'Art moderne, Flammarion.
Gérard Xuriguera, Les Figurations, Editions Mayer.
Nicolas Bokov, Or d'Automne et Pointe d'Argent. Conversation avec Victor Koulbak,
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Press

Magasiner. Aftenposten 12.10.1974
Enköpings-Posten 19.12.1975
Enköpings-Posten 22.12.1975
Aftenposten 20.02.1976
Morgenbladet 20.02.1976
Dagbladet 23.02.1976
Morgenbladet 03.03.1976
ArbeiderbIadet 09.03.1976
Aftenposten 18.03.1976
Svenska Dagblader 27.03.1976
KvälIs Posten 03.04.1976
Svenska Dagbladet 04.04.1976
Lc Quotidien de Paris 19.06.1976
12 Express 15.11.1976
Tempo 21.11.1976
The New York Times 24.11.1976
Oggi 06.12.1 976
Herald Tribune 09.12.1976
Le Figaro 05.0 7
The Times 09.01.1977
Elle 10.01.1977
Morning Star 19.01.1977
Daily 'telegraph 22.0 1.1977
Time Out 28.01.1977
Le Monde 12.12.1977
Le Figaro 02.01.1978
Le Point 02.01.1978
Art News 03.03.1978
Le Point 01.09.1980
Le Point 15.09.1980
Le Figaro 30.09.1981
Pensées Russes 17.01.1985
The Sunday Republican 12.01.1986
Secolo d'ltalia 02.03.1986
Corriere della Sera 05.03.1986
Europeo 17.03.1986
Il Giornale 18.03.1986
Secolo d'ltalia 23.03.1986
Republica 18.04.1986
Rome Daily 27.04.1986
The New York 'limes 31.10.1986
Art & Antiques 09.11.1988
The New York Times 23.12.1988
Figaro-Magazine 31.03.1990
Pensées Russes 01.05.1992
La Croix 16.02.1 997
Daily News 12.05.2000
Côté Est 0901.2001
Le Journal du Dimanche 04.1 1.2001
Jours de Chasse Autumn 2001
Elle 05.1 1.2001
The Sciences Spring 2001