Painters of Vitebsk

Artist – a magician, a big heart. It retrieves beauty finds freshness in all subordinates element.

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Exhibitions

 

Since 1962 Gennady Shutov has been taking part in regional, national, international and national exhibitions. Hise works were exhibited in Poland, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Cuba, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Mexico, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. In 1976–1986 he worked as a Chairman of Vitebsk branch of the Union of Artists of the BSSR. In 1986 he was awarded the order of the Badge of Honor. In 1996 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus. G.Shutov is a winner of the Special Prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus for his significant contribution to the development of contemporary visual art (2011). His creativity is well-known to professionals as well as to all lovers of watercolors. Multi-layer painting technique in his still lifes has become one of the trademarks of the Vitebsk School of watercolors. The works by Gennady Shutov are at art museums of Minsk, Kiev, Ashgabat, Vitebsk, Polotsk, Moscow, the United States.

 

Art exhibitions of G. Shutov

 

International, all-union

1966-1994

– І–ІХ all-union exhibitions of watercolours, Moscow.
1972

– international exhibition, Bulgaria;
– international exhibition, Yugoslavia.

1973

– international exhibition, Mexico;
– international exhibition, Mongolia.

1974

– international exhibition, Finland;
– international exhibition, Poland.


1975

– international exhibition, Hungary.

1981

– international exhibition, Cuba.

1991 – international exhibition «The Artists from the Town of Chagal and Malevich», Szczecin (Poland).

2007

– international exhibition «Akvarelnaya Syabryna» (Picture Gallery), Polotsk.

2008 – international exhibition «Baltic Bridges», Kaunas (Lithuania).

2009 – International Biennale of Watercolors "Water + Paint", Minsk, Polotsk.

2010 – international exhibition "Together", Minsk.

2011 – International Biennale of Watercolors "Water + Paint", Minsk, Polotsk.

Republican

1966

– 1st republican exhibition of watercolours, Minsk.

1969

– 2nd republican exhibition of watercolours, Minsk.

1972

– 3rd republican exhibition of watercolours, Minsk.
1975

– 4th republican exhibition of watercolours, Minsk.
1977

– republican exhibition «Watecolours – 77», Minsk.

1980

– republican exhibition of watercolours.

1986

– republican exhibition of watercolours and picture, Minsk..

1990

– republican exhibition of watercolours.

1992 – republican exhibition of watercolours, Minsk.

1993 – republican exhibition of watercolours, Minsk.
2002 – republican exhibition «Vitsebskaya Syabryna», Vitebsk.

2006 – republican exhibition of graphics (Art Gallery), Minsk.
2007 – republican exhibition «Kalasaviny», dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Y. Kupala and Y. Kolas (Art Gallery), Minsk.

2008  – republican exhibition «Picture and Sculpture» (Art Gallery), Minsk;
– republican exhibition of still life (Art Gallery), Minsk;
– republican exhibition «1st biannual exhibition of painting, graphics and sculpture» (Art Gallery), Minsk.


2009 – republican exhibition to the 1000th anniversary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Minsk.

2010 – republican exhibition "II Biennale of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture", Minsk.

2011 republican exhibition "of Graphics, Minsk

2012 – republican exhibition "III Biennale of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture", Minsk.

Group and personal

1979

– personal exhibition (the Museum of Local History), Vitebsk.

1987

– exhibition of Vitebsk artists, Frankfurt (Germany).
1988

– personal exhibition, Ruba.
1989

– personal exhibition (Marc Chagall Museum), Vitebsk.

1990

– exhibition of watercolours of Vitebsk artists, Warsaw, (Poland);
– personal exhibition (Exhibition Hall), Polotsk.

1994

– exhibition to the 75th anniversary of Vitebsk Art School, Vitebsk;
– personal exhibition, Polotsk;
– personal exhibition, Minsk.

1995

– exhibition «Vitebsk Watercolours», Vitebsk;
– personal exhibition, Sweden.

1996 – personal exhibition, Polotsk.

1997 – personal exhibition, Polotsk.

1999 – personal exhibition (Exhibition Hall of UA), Vitebsk.

2000 – personal exhibition (Exhibition Halls), Smolensk, Novopolotsk;
– personal exhibition (gallery «Na Bastionnoy»), Pskov (Russia);
– exhibition of Vitebsk artists, Minsk.

2003 – personal exhibition (Picture Gallery), Polotsk.

2004 – personal exhibition (Art Gallery), Minsk;
– exhibition «Parallel Worlds of Art» in collaboration with Irina Shutova (Marc Chagall Museum), Vitebsk.

2006 – exhibition «Parallel Worlds of Art» in collaboration with Irina Shutova (Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Minsk.
2009 – anniversary personal exhibition (National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus), Minsk.

2012 exhibition «Parallel Worlds of Art» in collaboration with Irina Shutova (exhibition hall of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the Republic of Belarus), Minsk; (Moscow International Art Salon Central House of Artists -2012 "Ways-roads"), Moscow (Russia); Vitebsk.
2013 – exhibition «Parallel Worlds of Art» Gennady Shutov and Iraida Shutova (exhibition association "Central House of Artists"), Moscow (Russia).

Open-airs, contests

1971

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Leningrad..

1973

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Murmansk.

1974

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Ufa.

1975

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Vitebsk.

1976

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Moscow.
1977

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Sevastopol.

1979

– international open-air, Baku (Azerbaijan).

1980

– international open-air, Zielona Góra (Poland).

1981

– all-union art group of the watercolourists, Kiev.

1982 – all-union art group of the watercolourists, Ashkhabad.

1984 – all-union art group of the watercolourists, Tashkent.

1985 – all-union art group of the watercolourists, Brest.

1996 – international open-air named after Belynitsky-Birulya, Mogilev.

1998 – international open-air named after I. Khrutsky, Vitebsk, Ushachi.