Leonid Khobotov

Leonid Khobotov was born in 1950 in Rechitsa city, Gomel region, Belarus

1962-1969 - studied at the Republican art school.

1975-1981 - studied at the Belorussian Academy of Art at the department of mural painting under the supervision of Professor G. Vashtshenko

1986 - joined the Artists’Union of the USSR

1986 - joined the association “Nemiga-17”

1986-2005 – head of the association “Nemiga-17”.

ONE-MEN EXHIBITIONS:

1991 - the Inge Malltus Gallery in Sabadell, Spain

1995 - the National Art Museum of Belarus

1996 - the Centre for Culture “Alliance Francaise” in Sabadell, Spain

1996 - the Marianna Gschosser Gallery in Brigslegg, Austria.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1988 - international Painting Plain-Air in Uzhgorod, the Ukraine

1989 -  international exhibition-contest at the Central Artists’House in Moscow. All-Union Plain-Air of painting in Frunze, Kirghizia

1990 - participation at the international auction in Gdansk, Poland

1991 - Biennial exposition. Dammarie-Les-Lys. France

1991 - I.N.S.E.A.D. Fontainebleau. France / 1991 Cultural Centre Andre Malraux. Orsay, France

1991 – Casal Pere Guart Gallery in Sabadell, Spain

1991 - exhibition of Belorussian art in Innsbruck, Austria

1992 – International Auction. Torronto, Canada

1993 - Exhibition  “Nemiga-17” .State Art Museum . Mikns, Belarus

1994 - Exhibition  “Nemiga-17” International  educational Centre IBB. in Mikns, Belarus

1994 - Exhibition of National Painting. Bonn, Germany

1994 - First InternationalShagall Plain-Air in Vitebsk, Belarus exhibition of Belorussian art in Kunstlerhaus in Bonn, Germany

1995,1996.1997 - the Kovalenko Gallery inEindhoven, Holland

1995 - the Gallery “Espace Albertine” in Brussels

1996 – exhibition of Belorussian art at the Centre Exhibition Hall in Vilnius, Lithuania

1997 - exhibition of the participants of the First International Shagall Plain-Air at “Zhilbel” Gallery in Minsk, exhibition “Nu” at the Zhilbel” Gallery in Minsk

1998 - exhibition of Belorussian artist at Commerzbank in Hamburg, Germany

2000 - exhibition “The Pendulum of Time” at theMuseum of Contemporary Art in Minsk. International Art Salon at the Central Artists’House in Moscow

2002 - exhibition “Contemporary Artists of Belarus” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Minsk.The Gallery “EspaceCardin” in Paris, France

2002 - the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia

2005 - “La Biennale di Venezia” 51International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy.

2005 – “Arte Padova”. International exhibition. Padua.  Italy .

2006 - “Arte Genova”. International exhibition.Genoa. Italy.

His paintings are housed in the State Art Museum in Minsk, in the Ministry of Culture of Russia and Belarus, in the funds of the Artists’ Union, in the Tretiakov Gallery. Many of his works also may be found in the Museum of Fine Arts in Sabadell (Spain), Modern Art Museum in Mikns,International  educational Centre IBB. in Mikns and in some private collections of Belarus, Russia, France, Austria, Spain, Canada, Israel, Germany, USA.

The paintings of Leonid Khobotov: