Mikhail
Yuryevich Shankov

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.

In 1983 he graduated from the Moscow Art College in memory of 1905.

In 1983-1991 studied at the Moscow State Art Institute. IN AND. Surikov in the workshop of Professor I.S. Glazunova (thesis "Ambush Regiment").

Personal exhibitions were held in Moscow (1987) and Boston (USA, 1992).

The works are stored in the Serpukhov Art Museum, private collections in Russia and abroad.

Born in 1962 in Samara. Vocational training includes studies in: 1978-1982 - Moscow School of Remembrance of the Revolution of 1905. 1983-1991 - MGHI them. Surikov (workshop portrait of Professor Glazunov). 1982-1992 - designed 12 books of Russian writers (L. Tolstoy, N. Leskov, A. Gorky). In 1991, he delivered a lecture “Freedom through Tradition” at Yale University (USA). In 1992, he spent 3 days studying at the Art Center in Sharon (USA). From 1991-1992 he worked at the Russian Art Gallery in Boston (USA) at the invitation of the Sheremetev family. He currently heads the workshop of historical painting at VAZHViZ. Main exhibitions: 1983 - 15th Moscow Youth Exhibition. Manege. Moscow. All-Union Book Exhibition. ENEA. Moscow. Exhibition of works by students of the portrait workshop. Havana. Cuba. 1986 - Personal exhibition in the Central House of the Soviet Army. Moscow. 1987 - Traveling exhibition of Moscow artists. Smolensk. Pskov Novgorod. Leningrad. Impressions from a trip to Italy. Manege. Moscow. 1988 - Exhibition of works by students of the portrait workshop. Nicosia. Cyprus. 1991 - Personal exhibition in the Sheremetev gallery. Boston. USA. Exhibition of works by Russian graphic artists. Graphics Gallery. Washington. USA. Exhibition of paintings "Ambush Regiment". Yale university. New Haven. USA. 1992 - Exhibition at the International Trade Center. Boston. USA. Auction. Channel 2. Boston. USA. "White knight". White House. Washington. USA. 1993 - “Orthodoxy. Autocracy. Nationality. " Moscow. Exhibition of works by Russian painters. Hong Kong.