Vitold Smukrovich

Vitold was born in 1967 in St Petersburg, Russia (then Leningrad, USSR). He studied during 1979-1986 at the special school for gifted in art children & from 1986 to 1994 at one of the best art schools in the world, the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Art named after Ilia Repin (under professor V.Reihart). In 1996 he was accepted as a member of a prestigious St Petersburg Union of Artists.

In the art he creates blended traditions of Russian realistic school, French impressionism and influences of Art Deco/Art Nuvo. Two artists influenced him the most - of Austrian Gustav Klimt and Russian (later American) Nikolay Feshin

Major exhibitions:

1993 personal exhibition in the Russian-German Cultural center of St Petersburg

1994 to 2002 a series of personal exhibitions in Finland

1997 collective exhibition of St Petersburg’s artists called “Changing Times”, St Petersburg, Russia

1999 International Art Salon, Moscow, Russia

2000 International Art Salon, Moscow, Russia

2001 exhibition “new generation of Russian art”, city of Delf, Holland

2002 exhibition “new generation of Russian art”, city of Zest, Holland

Private collections:

In Russia, USA, Finland, Holland, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, France, Sweden.

In private collection of the Ambassador of Poland in Finland

In private collection of the owner of STORA ENSO, Finland

In private collection of the owner of SERVILLA OY, Finland

Roots:

Vitold’s grandfather Pyotr I. Smukrovich (1878 – 1942) was a well-known artist in Poland and Russia, student and friend of famous Kuingy & Kardovsky. During 1930s he was a professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Art. Vitold’s father Pyotr P. Smukrovich (1926-1998) was also a well-known artist, member of the prestigious union of Soviet Artists.