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Vladimir Ovchinnikov

Vladimir Ovchinnikov was born in 1941 on Schuchie Ozero station in the Perm Region.
He was formed as an artist at the end of the 1960''s in the so-called ''hermitage group'', which was supervised by M.Shemyakin.
As artist and sculptor, Mr Ovchinnikov deals with ancient myths and Christian legends, interpreting them in a way that leaves a narrative impression, an effect of an eternal moment capable of absolutely unexpected metamorphoses. Working in Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater under Kustodiev offered Mr Ovchinnikov a true school of professionalism, to develop further during his work in the Hermitage and on church murals. Since the notorious 1964 exhibition in the Hermitage he participated actively in group exhibitions of underground art in Russia and abroad.

Since 1964 V.Ovchinnikov has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including exhibitions of the painters-nonconformists in the Gaza Palace of Culture (1974) and the ''Nevsky'' Palace of Culture (1975).

Personal Exhibitions
1986 - Museum of Underground Art, Jersey City, USA
1989 - Eduard Nakhamkin Gallery, New York, USA
1992 - Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
1992 - Galerie Marie-Therese Cauchin, Paris, France
1996 - State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 - Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
1999 - Svetlana Eberhart Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2000 Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

Vladimir Ovchinnikov's works are in collections of:
-The State Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia),
-State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia),
-Treryakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia),
-Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia),
-State Museum of St. Petersburg History (St. Petersburg, Russia),
-Modern Art Museum (Moscow, Russia),
-Metropolitan Art Museum (New York, USA),
-Modern Art Museum (Mongeron, France),
-Beijing Art Museum (China),
-Tartu Art Museum (Estonia),
-and in private collections in Russia and all over the world.

Vladimir Ovchinnikov lives and works in St. Petersburg now.