About Vladimir

Working in the realist manner, Vladimir Ribatchok is a master in the genre of easel painting, both landscape and portrait styles. Disciple of Professor Yu. Skorikov, Honored artist of Russia, one of the best representative of the Russian Academic School.

Vladimir Ribatchok has been a full time professional artist for over 30 years. Vladimir was born in Ukraine. His interest in art started in orphan home, where he spent his childhood. Vladimir first completed a degree in Fine Art from the College of Art and later went on to complete a bachelor in Art from Academy of Art of Saint-Petersburg Russia. While he leaved in Saint-Perersburg the masterpieces of Hermitage became his best teachers. Every summer he would go to the mountains of Caucasus to find his inspiration and oriental exotic, where he would work on paintings of people and landscape.

Vladimir Ribatchok is represented by the Oil Painters of America (OPA), Canadian Heritage Art company Kleinburg Canada , Matty Vuolanne Art's Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

Selected Public Collections

• •  Art Museum of Iverdon, Switzerland
• •  Emil Cedercreutz Museum, Finland
• •  The State Russian Museum, St-Petersburg, Russia
• •  Russian Trading House in Paris, France
• •  Society of Millers of Nante, Nante, France
• •  Military Medical Museum of Ministry of Defense of Russia, St-Petersburg, Russia
• •  Mayor's Office, Pushkin, Russia
• •  Medical Research Institute, St-Petersburg, Russia

Selected Group Exhibitions                                     

•    2007  Central Regional Juried Exibition of OPA, South Wind Gallery, Topeka Kansas                                  
•    2007   16-th Annual National Juried Exibition of OPA, Fredericksburg, Texas          
•    2007    Western Art Auction, Calgary Stampede, Alberta                                         
•    2007-2006   Western Art Show, Calgary, Stampede, Alberta                             
•    2007 Toronto Art  Expo, Toronto Convention Centre, Ontario              
•    2007 -2002    Buckhorn Art Festival, Ontario    
•    2007-1992     Group Exibitions Helsinki, Finland   
•    2005  Autumn Exibition Kleinburg, Ontario     
•    2004-2002      Peterson  Fine Art , Toronto, Ontario   
•    2001  Agora Gallery, SOHO, New York                                       
• •  Gallery 7, Toronto, Canada
• •  Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
• •  "Russian Realism in Finland", Helsinki, Finland
• •  "Modern Art of St-Petersburg", Boras, Sweden
• •  Vladimir Art's Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• •  Festival of Art, Lausanna, Switzerland   
•    Artists of Leningrad, Melburn, Australia
• •  Central Exhibition Hall, Leningrad, Russia
• •  Central Exhibition Hall of Art Academy of the USSR, Moscow, Russia
• •  Annual Spring Exhibitions, Leningrad, Russia

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• •  Conference Center, Vivamo, Finland
• •  Pori, Finland
• •  Lohja, Finland
• •  Vladimir Art's Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• •  Exhibition of the artist's works at the Seminar of the USA Universities in Chicago
• •  Anna Gallery, St-Petersburg, Russia
• •  Three Vladimirs Gallery, Pushkin, Russia