VICTOR KOULBAK

Victor Koulbak Biography

 

 

Victor Koulbak was born in 1946 in Moscow, where he studied at the Art School from 1958 to 1964. He then spent two years working as a draughtsman for various publishing houses. In 1966, he was admitted to the Polygraphic Institute of Moscow, where he studied for three years, whilst continuing to work as an illustrator to earn his living. In 1975, he left Russia and presently divides his time between Paris and Malta. Over the last thirty years, Koulbak has exhibited his work in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United States.

Solo Exhibitions Include:

1975   Briiska Galleriet, Helsinborg, Sweden
1976   Grafikhuset Futura, Stockholm
   Galerie Leger, Mallmö, Sweden
   Galerie 27, Oslo
   Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris
1977   Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris
1980   Galerie Tajeishi, Tokyo
1981   Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris
1982   Lavrov-Tanenbaum Gallery, Toronto
1983   Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
1984   Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris
1985   Isetan Gallery, Tokyo
1986   Studio S, Rome
   Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York
1987   Isetan Gallery, Tokyo
1988   Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York
1997   Cité des Arts, Paris
1999   Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas, U.S.A.
2000   Beadleston Gallery, New York
   Jan Banni Gallery, Los Angeles
2001   Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris
2002   Beadleston Gallery, New York
   The National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta
2005   Portland Gallery, London


Group Exhibitions Include:

1976   Salon des Réalites Nouvelles, Paris
   La Peinture Russe Contemporaine, Palais des Congrès, Paris
1977   Unofficial Russian Painters, London Institute of Contemporary Art
1977   Février Russe, Vienna
   Washington International Art Fair
   The Figurative Approach 2, Fischer Fine Art Limited, London
   La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1977-1984   Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Gr. Palais, Paris
1978   Musée d'Art Moderne, Tokyo
1979   Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
   Grafeling, Munich
   Les Russes à Paris, Galerie Bellint, Paris
1980   Peintres russes, Lausanne, Switzerland


1982. U.S.A., New York, "Bilan de 1'Art Conternporain".
   U.S.A., Silver Point in America, Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida,
   Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas, U.S.A.
   Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts
1984   Bilan de 1'Art Contemporaine, Québec
1988   Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
2000   Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles