Valerii Moshkov

Photo by Vladimir “Doctor” Skorikov

Prominent plastic and portrait artist, Monumental-decorative art and composition, Small sculptures.

Born on 10 December 1947, in the village of Bogorodskoe, Sergachevskiy Region, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Education

1972–1977 – Y. A. Yevstigneyev College of Performing Arts, Faculty of Theatrical Set Design, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Employment

• 1972–2000 – Lived and worked in Chişinău, Moldova,
• 2000–present – Lives and works in Hof, Germany.

Collections

Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Public Sculptures

• Don Quixote, Glien, Germany, 2007,
• The Milkmaid Shepherd, monument, Arneburg, Germany, 2005 (This monument was created to honor all milkmaids and shepherd women around the world, in particular, the one who saved the town of Arneburg-on-Elbe from enemy soldiers),
• Boris Pasternak, bust, Tretyakov State Gallery Sculpture Garden, Moscow, Russia, 1994.

Collaborative Exhibitions

• Chişinău, Moldova,1979, 1980, 1987-1990. Some of the exhibitions are those of Moldovan experimental art:
  • The Exhibition of Moldovan Experimental Art, local community center “Dom ofitserov”, 1994,
  • “Я + я + …” (“Ya + ya + …”) or Me + Myself + …, curated by Mikhail Shevelkin, Expocenter (formerly VDNKh), Chişinău, Moldova, 1993,
  • “Поиск-2” (“POisk-2”) or Search-2, curated by Mikhail Shevelkin, 1989,
  • The Artists’ Union of Moldova young artists’ sculptural en plein air, public space behind the National Gallery of Art, Pushkin St., Chişinău, Moldova, 1987,
• Moscow, Russia,1987, 1991 and 1993,
• Jerusalem, Israel in 1993,
• Sculpture garden at the University of Anatolia, Turkey, 2008,
• Germany:
  • Daetz Centrum International Wood Carving Museum, Lichtenstein, 2010–2011,
  • Sculptural Symposium, Hamburg, Germany, 2006,
  • Kunstkreuz-2006, Kunstraum 1, Berlin, Germany, 2006,
  • Kunstreuz-2005, Zuzammen leben, Kunstram 1, Berlin, Germany, 2005,
• Academy of Fine Arts, Paris, France, 2005.

Individual Exhibitions

• “Летит душа” (“LetIt dushA”) or Fly, Soul, Monastery Gallery, Hof, Germany, 2004,
• Nativity Scene, Market Square, Hof, Germany.