Timur Karim, Barber

25X25cm
oil/canvas
2020

The artist was born in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), and graduated from the High School of Arts there. From 1990 to 1996, as a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture of Tajikistan, he studied at the Ili Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St. Petersburg, at the Department of easel painting. In the famous Portrait Studio, under the guidance of Professor Viktor Iosifovič Rejchet, he perfectly mastered the realistic academic workshop and the secrets of his favorite techniques: oil painting and watercolor. After graduation, he moved to Poland in 1998, and currently lives in Lancut.In addition to easel painting, he realizes sacred polychromies, including those in the Chapel of St. Andrew in the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Krakow-Lagiewniki. Since 1997, he has participated in international plein-airs, works at home and abroad. Participation in individual and group exhibitions in Polish galleries and museums, also in Russia. In 2010, he won the Grand Prix of the 2nd International AKT Competition, organized by Marquart Gallery in Lodz, while in 2011 he took 1st and 2nd place in the 8th International Russian Art Week Competition in the "Fantezi" category.