VR Studio

Vladimir was born in Ukraine. His interest in art started in an orphanage, where he spent his childhood. Vladimir obtained his degree in Fine Art at the College of Arts in Krasnodar, Russia; later he acquired a degree in Leningrad and was a student of Yury Scorikov, professor at Leningrad Academy of Art, who was the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. While he lived in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), masterpieces of Hermitage became his best teachers. Every summer he would go to small concealed villages in the mountains of the Caucasus to get inspired by oriental romanticism, where he would create plain air paintings of people, horses and landscapes. Since 1992, Vladimir has become a member of the most prestigious artist organization, USSR Union of Artists, at Leningrad. Since 1993, he has been a member of the Russian Museums Association.

Vladimir currently lives in Toronto, Canada and has been a devoted professional artist for over 35 years. Working in the realistic manner, Vladimir Ribatchok is a master of the multilayer’s technique. In his paintings, glace and transparent layers harmonize together with a bold, confident brush strokes. Currently, his main focus is on the subject matter that excites him the most: Native American history, Pioneer, Horses and Landscape.

Vladimir Ribatchok is being represented by the Oil Painters of America ( OPA), Canadian Heritage Art company Kleinburg, Canada; Matty Vuolanne Art's Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.Vladimir Ribatchok’s paintings can be found in many private and permanent public collection worldwide:

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 Nantes, Nantes, 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 EXIBITIONS
2010 Eastern Regional Exhibition (OPA) Walls Fine Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2010 19-th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oil, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
2010 C.M. Russell Art Auction, Great Falls Montana
2010 Masters in Miniature, a benefit for C.M. Russell Museum
2009 Coeur d' Alene Gallery, Masters in Miniature
2009 C.M. Russell Art Auction, Great Falls Montana
2008 Western Art Show, Calgary Stampede, Alberta
2008 Artists Project Toronto, Canada
2007 Central Regional Juried Exhibition of OPA, South Wind Gallery, Topeka Kansas

· 2007 16-th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oil, 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

· 2002-2011 Buckhorn Art Festival, Ontario

· 2007-1992 Group Exhibitions Helsinki, Finland

· 2005 Autumn Exhibition Kleinberg, Ontario

· 2004-2002 Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario

· 2001 Agora Gallery, SOHO, New York

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