VASILIY NICHOLAYEVICH GRIBENNIKOV WAS BORN AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THE CITY OF ROSTOV ON THE DON, RUSSIA. AT A VERY EARLY AGE, HE DISPLAYED HIS ARTISTIC TALENT BY PAINTING EXQUISITE MARINE AND STILL LIFE SCENES. IN 1970 HE WAS ACCEPTED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS KUBANSKY ART AND GRAPHIC UNIVERSITY, AND UPON GRADUATING WITH HONORS, HE WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE STAFF OF THE MOST ELITE AND WORLD RENOWNED N.E. REPIN ART INSTITUTE. IN 1980 VASILIY BEGAN TO EXHIBIT HIS PAINTINGS IN EUROPE AND THROUGHOUT RUSSIA.
IMPORTANT EXHIBITS:
1980 - YOUNG ARTISTS OF RUSSIA, ROSTOV ON THE DON
1980 - YOUNG ARTISTS OF RUSSIA, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
1996 - RENOWNED RUSSIAN ARTISTS FAIR, BRUSSELLS, BELGIUM
1996 - ART EXPOSITION OF ELITE RUSSIAN ARTISTS, SAN OVETAIN, FRANCE
1996 - ONE-MAN EXHIBIT AND SALE, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
1999 - CONTEMPORARY ELITE RUSSIAN ARTISTS, VENICE, ITALY
2000 - ART FAIR "GOLDEN BRUSH OF RUSSIAN ART", MOSCOW, RUSSIA
2000 - CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ARTISTS SHOW, BREST, FRANCE
2002 - GRAPHIC AND CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ART, BARCELONA, SPAIN
PRSENTLY MR. GRIBENNIKOV IS WELL KNOWN IN EUROPE, CANADA AND SAUDI ARABIA WHER MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS WERE ACQUIRED BY PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND ART BROKERS. DURING HIS EXHIBITS IN FRANCE, HE ADMIRED THE WORKS OF THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS LIKE GALIEN LALOU AND EDUARD CORTES, AND WHILE IN ITALY, HE WAS FASCINATED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY SIDE, VENICE CANALS AND STILL LIFE WORKS IN THE MUSEUMS BY ITALIAN MASTERS.
AS AN ARTIST OF GREAT DILIGENCE, HE CAPTURES THE BEAUTY WHICH IS ALL AROUND AND WITHIN US AND FORMULATES HIS GOAL IN TERMS OF TRANQUILITY AND CALMNESS, WHICH IN TURN GIVES HIM A SENSE OF STABILITY AND SATISFACTION. IN HIS OWN WORDS "WHAT I PAINT MUST NOT ONLY PLEASE ME, BUT THE PUBLIC AS WELL". GRIBENNIKOV ALSO MANIFESTS A BROAD ARTISTIC RANGE IN PAINTING ROMANTIC AND NOSTALGIC SCENES AND VISIONS OF THE PAST. HIS CANVASES REFLECT IMPRESSIONISTIC AND FLEMISH STYLES, YET MAINTAINING HIS OWN COMPOSITION. HIS TECHNICAL SKILLS AND INTUITION FOR COLOR AND LIGHT ALLOWS HIS CANVAS TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE THINGS AS THEY WERE IN THE PAST.