Vladimir
Fedorovich Shumsky (Shestakov)

Born in Chita region. August 6, 1948.

In 1965, arrived in Irkutsk. In 1966 he entered the Irkutsk College of arts, painting Department, from which he graduated in 1972 ( with a break for service in the Soviet army).

Exhibitions began to participate since 1975 ( Art. Sculpture. Graphics). In 1979 he became the laureate of the exhibition " Youth. Creativity. Modernity.", For the painting "Vietnam".

In 1987, he moved to Tuapse district. Together with his wife Kuklis L. D.

From 2002 to 2006, he lived in Kazan.

In 2003 graduated from the Kazan school of design.

Participant of exhibitions:

- International exhibitions design. Kazan.2003.

-Group exhibition "ARTISTS FORUM", Galleri West Fine Art, West lake, USA. 2003.

-Group exhibition "THE LAPIS PRESS", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SEMOMA, San Francisco, USA. 2003.

-" Kazan vanguard", 2004.;

-Exhibition-competition "Fanagoria-art", 2010, Art Museum, Krasnodar;

-Exhibition-competition "Artists of the South of Russia for clear water", 2010. Art

Museum, Sochi;

-exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Irkutsk school of art, 2010. The Irkutsk art Museum;

-international exhibition-contest, 2010 dedicated to 140 anniversary of Ivan Bunin, the Museum of Ivan Bunin, Yelets.

Works are: the Kazan art Museum, in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Winner of the "Molodost, tvorchestvo, sovremennost"in Irkutsk,1976

The winner of the contest "Artists of the South of Russia for clear water". Sochi,2010