Andrey
Polikarpovich Khomyakov

Hamsters Andrey Polikarpovich (1929-2006)

Honored artist Buryat Autonomous Soviet socialist Republic
People's artist of the Buryat ASSR
Honored artist of Russia
Laureate of the State prize of the Buryat ASSR in the field of literature and art member of the Union of artists of the USSR (1960)
The order of "Friendship of peoples"

Born August 3, 1929 in the village of Upper Santoy Ivolginsk district of the Buryat ASSR.
In 1953 he graduated from the Irkutsk art school (studied under A. Zhibinov and A. K. Rudenko).
In 1959 — graduated from Leningrad higher art-industrial school im.In.And.Mukhina, Department of ceramics and glass (studied with A. B. Smirnova). After graduation he came to work in the Buryat branch of art Fund of RSFSR.
In 1960 he was invited to Kiev factory of artistic glass.
In 1967 he returned to Ulan-Ude.

Participant of the II decade of Buryat art and literature (1959, Moscow).

From 1956 — participant of Republican, Russian, zonal, all-Union and international exhibitions, including personal in an Art Museum. C. S. Sampilov (1967, 1980, 2000,Ulan-Ude).

Worked in the technique of ceramic, fireclay, glass, graphics.

The author of works: vases — "Green sea" (1964), "Nacre" (1965), "Sunflowers"(1966), "Sheep" (1960), "Ekhor" (1959); sculpture — "Friends" (1965), "Glee" (1967), "arrow" (1969); panel — "BAM. The Severomuisk tunnel, the" (1978), "surharban" (1972), etc.

Major works are in the state art Museum of them. C. S. sampilov(Republic of Buryatia), in museums of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and in private collections.

Died 22 July 2006.