Igor Alexandrovich Parakhin.
He lives and works in Astrakhan.
Since 2001 he is a member of the Astrakhan regional branch of the All-Russian creative public organization "Union of Russian Artists".
Since 2006, he has been a member of the Board of the Astrakhan branch of the All-Russian Union of Artists.
In 2018 he was awarded the Gold Medal "Spirituality.Traditions.Mastery." in accordance with the decision of the Secretariat of the Union of Artists of Russia
The themes of the paintings of the famous Astrakhan artist Parakhin I.A. are landscapes, creatively conveying the unique beauty of the Astrakhan region and central Russia. Urban themes, the old Astrakhan, fishing theme, the villages of the Volga valley and spiritual theme, as well as holy places of the city of Astrakhan and the Astrakhan region, Churkino monastery. Igor Alexandrovich actively participated in the painting of churches and temples in the village of Krasny Yar, Kamyzyak. Performed the painting of icons of the Church of Prince St. Vladimir.
Over the years of creative work took an active part in International, All-Russian, regional and regional exhibitions:
1998 Regional Art Exhibition "Big Volga", Nizhny Novgorod.
In 1999, he worked in the stream at the Academic Dacha named after I.E. Repin.
2000 г. IX Regional Art Exhibition dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War "Big Volga", Volgograd.
2003г. Diploma of the Secretariat of the ARS Board for participation in the exhibition "Big Volga".
2003 Regional Art Exhibition of the South of Russia "Peace to the Caucasus",
г. Krasnodar.
2004 International Art Exhibition "Year of Russia in Kazakhstan", Atyrau, Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan.
2004, under the direction of artistic director G.L. Chaynikov works at Repin's academic dacha.
2007г. International plein air "Vladimir Ringing Tones".
2007 Winner of the IV All-Russian Contest of Young Artists
the name of the author is P.M. Tretiakov. P.M. Tretyakov, Moscow.
2007 г. All-Russian art exhibition "Young Artists of Russia" to the 250th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Arts.
2008 г. All-Russian art exhibition "Dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad", Volgograd.
2008 Jubilee Regional Art Exhibition "Big
Volga X", Cheboksary, Samara.
2008 г. Regional Art Exhibition "South of Russia", Sochi.
2009 Winner of the Boris Kustodiev Fine Art Prize. With a group of artists of the CIS trip to the Golden Ring of Russia.
2009 г. "XI All-Russian Art Exhibition", Moscow.
2011 г. All-Russian exhibition "Big Volga ХI", Saransk.
2011 г. Creative plein air in Sergiev Posad.
2012 г. All-Russian art exhibition "Unity", Nizhny Novgorod.
2012 г. Art exhibition "South Art Youth", Stavropol.
2012 -2013. XI Interregional Art Exhibition "South of Russia",
г. Rostov on the Don, Grozny. Grozny.
2016 г. All-Russian art exhibition "Faces of Russia",
г. Arkhangelsk.
2017г. Regional Art Exhibition "South of Russia", Zheleznovodsk.
2018г. Regional Art Exhibition "South of Russia XXII
г. Rostov-on-Don
Painting by Parakhin I.A. "The shrine of Astrakhan. Churkino Monastery" was published in the All-Russian magazine "Artist" №1 2013.
The works are kept in the Moscow Patriarchate, the State Central State Museum of Fine Arts named after P.M. Dogadin. P.M. Dogadin, private collections. Purchased by the Administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Artist Igor Alexandrovich Parakhin constantly improves his professional creative skills in plein airs: held by the Union of Artists of Russia, on the Golden Ring, at the Academic Dacha named after I.E. Repin, in the Caucasus and Astrakhan region.