Born in Moscow in 1961, Valeriy Belenikin is a graduate of the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts named after V. I. Surikov.
The artist’s conception of his work is based upon truth and the mystery of this life.He is in awe of all that takes place in this world. Not only human banality, but all that is best in humanity occupy the thoughts of the true artist.
As master of various artistic techniques (murals, frescoes, mosaics) he is easily able to communicate his innermost emotions and feelings.
Valeriy’s initial works are housed in public buildings and cultural centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vienna and Melbourne. Based on his paintings lectures are currently being delivered at the Institute of Humanitarian Studies, Melbourne University. In addition, his paintings are to be found also in many private and corporate collections the world over: Russia, France, Germany, USA, Israel, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Argentina, Syria, Australia, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, etc.
Valeriy’s first language may be Russian, but the language of Art is, after all is said and done, international in its scope.
Valeriy Belenikin may speak Russian, but he communicates in an international language. His is the language of narrative art, for his paintings often seek to tell a story. In Belenikin’s paintings you not only see art, but you are reading a work of art in the making: they do not have a traditional beginning, middle and end as has a novel. Rather, they focus on a particular moment in time, a situation or event. For Valeriy Belenikin art becomes inextricably entwined with life itself.
Valeriy Belenikin is a contemporary narrative painter who puts his own twist on what is often an old story of life, personal relationships, tension, difficulties in communication, human frailty, politics and the like. A voracious reader, he draws upon the classics as well as fairy tales to present his art. Although Belenikin comments on the modern world, he often does this by looking back in time, presenting his figures in dress, relationships and a life style from a more romantic and beautiful period of life.
Creativity flows from the hands of this artist. Often his works evoke a mood of fantasy. His technical skills are obvious. He is able to delicately recreate the human figure in intricate detail. But these are much more than meticulously prepared realistic paintings. This is narrative art at the highest level.
Belenikin relies heavily on symbolism to provide insights that help to shape an understanding of the world we live in. This is not “pretty” art. Rather it is art that requires concentration and thought. The artist relies heavily on allegory. His paintings represent a relentless intellectual inquiry into a wide range of personal and social issues. Although there is no single, fixed interpretation of a particular work of art, Valeriy Belenikin will be happy to provide great detail about his own interpretation.
Valeriy Belenikin paints in search of his own place in art history. His imagination is among the most active and vivid in today’s art community.
See if you don’t agree when surveying these works.
Frederick T. Dixon, PhD,
Art Collector and Critic
Magnate Meeting
48"x60"
Oil on canvas
Dragon
60"x48"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Garbage Dump
60"x74"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the James A. Michener Museum-Doylestown
Organ Grinder
60"x48"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
New Hope
52"x72"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the Pennsylvania State Capitol - Harrisburg
Gold
54"x44"
Oil on Canvas
Exhibited at James A. Michener Art Museum 2005
Herd of Sheep
65"x80"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
The Dance of Ancient Civilizations
66"x76"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Mirror
50"x49"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the James A. Michener Museum-Doylestown
New Orleans
56"x60"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Possessions
80"x60"
Oil on canvas
Reflection
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
NY Club
56"x60"
Oil on canvas
Casino
50"x48"
Oil on canvas
NY Art Dealers
48"x48"
Oil on canvas
New York City
24"x12"
Oil on canvas
Nine Men in a Boat
54"x68"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Boxing
44"x46"
Oil on canvas
Piglet
40"x30"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Waiting for a Mass
50"x56"
Oil on canvas
Protected: Two Heads
16"x12"
Oil on canvas, 2000
Disco
52"x 65"
Oil on Canvas
Conversation
24"x60"
Oil on canvas
Thoughts at the Table
28,5"x40,5"
Oil on canvas
Olive in a Glass
30"x30"
Oil on cancas
Old Chair
60"x48"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Money…
50"x62"
Oil on canvas
Clouds
28"x22"
Oil on canvas
Self Portrait
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Kikimora
48"x30"
Oil on canvas
Books
24"x28"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
Sinking Ships
24"x30"
Oil on canvas
Gossip
50"x70"
Oil on canvas
Exibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Three Roads
48"x36"
Oil on canvas
Exibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Swamp
48"x36"
Oil on canvas
Trying On
40"x33"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Atelier Closed
50"x41"
Oil on canvas
Cheers
39"x33
Oil on canvas
Man with a Key
20"x!6"
Oil on canvas
Old Man and Time
24"x48"
Oil on canvas
It Is Always My Fault
40"x30"
Oil on canvas
Angel
80"x60"
Oil on canvas
Carrying Fire
60"x50"
Oil on canvas
Gluttoning
44'X34"
Oil on canas, 2003
Gold Fish
80"x60"
Oil on canvas
Grad Kitezh
30"x50"
Oil on canvas
Memory of Goya
38"x38"
Oil on canvas
Grad Kitezh
50"x40"
Oil on canvas
Exibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg. Private Collection
Back-Stage Passes
48"x24"
Oil on canvas
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Flute
60"x68"
Oil on canvas
Exibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Gloves
22"x28"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Evening
24"x48" Diptix
Oil on canvas
History of the Old Man
24"x18"
Oil on canvas
Exibited at the Modern Art Museum in Moscow
Passing the Knowledge
80"x60"
Oil on canvas
Fish Eating Fish
20"x16"
Oil on canvas, 2006
Candle
30"x24"
Oil on canvas, 2000
Exibited at the State Capitol- Harrisburg
Artist’s Hand
14"x16"
Oil on canvas
Smoke
30"x30"
Oil on canvas
Flowers for Present
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
Fish Eating Fish
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Saint Margaret
35"x32"
Oil on canvas
My Country
60"x60"
Oil on canvas
1994
Gold Fish
23"x18"
Oil on canvas
Exibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
House on the Hill
38"x48"
Oil on canvas, 2005
Letter
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
King Lear
20"x16"
Oil on wood, 2005
Rain
22"x30"
Oil on canvas, 2000
Exibited at the Modern Art Museum in Moscow
In the Evening
50"x50"
Oil on canvas
World War 3
54"x66"
Oil on canvas
Clown
10"x8"
Oil on canvas, 2006
Copy of Rembrandt
24"x20"
Oil on canvas
Ready ?
12"x8"
Oil on canvas, 2008
5 min
12"x8
Oil on canvas, 2008
Domino
22"x27"
Oil on canvas
Portrait of Vincent
40"x30"
Oil on canvas, 2006
Boxing Gloves
22"x28"
Oil on canvas
Russian Princess
48"x36"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Self Portrait
28"x14"
Oil on canvas, 2001
Sunken Ships
56"x54"
Oil on canvas
Pandora Box
36"x24"
Oil on canvas
Candle
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Solzhenitsyn
56"x48
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol - Harrisburg
Grapes
24"x15"
Oil on canvas, 2005
Shaman
58"x58"
Oil on canvas
Bread
20"x21"
Oil on canvas
Gulliver
72"x68"
Oil on canvas
Spoons
20"x30"
Oil on canvas
Rolls
12"x16"
Oil on canvas
Blue Bird
24"x20"
Oil on canvas
Two Lemons
24"48"
Oil on canvas
Things That Talk
48"x48"
Oil on canvas
Watermelon
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Greedy
71"x58"
Oil on canvas
Orange
16"x20"
Oil on canvas, 2002
Woman
8"x12", 2008
Oil on canvas
Man
8"X12"
Oil on canvas, 2008
Рoliday of the Вrunkers
56"x68"
Oil on canvas
Soap Bubble
60"x36"
Oil on canvas
Net
28"x24"
Oil on canvas, 2006
Lambertville Bridge
20"x24"
Oil on canvas
Eggplant
12"x16"
Oil on canvas, 2000
Flying Ghost
60"x52"
Oil on canvas
Knife on the table
18"x24"
Oil on canvas
Basketball
58"x62"
Oil on canvas
Plunger
50"x46"
Oil on canvas
Hello
51"x64"
Oil on canvas
After the Exhibit
40"x32"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol- Harrisburg
Closed Books
24"x28"
Oil on canvas
NY Times
24"x18"
Oil on canvas
On the Beach
60"x58"
Oil on canvas
Boxing Glove
22"x18"
Oil on canvas
Sinking Ships
24"x30"
Oil on canvas
The Rain
22"x30"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Bird
23"x17"
Oil on canvas
Disco
24"x20"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Sword
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Spring
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
Ship of Hope
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Exhibited at the State Capitol- Harrisburg
Pushkin
24"x20"
Oil on canvas
Shexerezada
20"x16"
Oil on canvas
Mermaid
24"x20
Oil on canvas
Genesis
24"x20"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Fog
20"x16"
Oil on canvas, 2002
Private Collection, USA
Lambertville Bridge
20"x24"
Oil on canvas
Books178
16"x12"
Oil on canvas
Pink Glasses
12"x16"
Oil on canvas
Portrait
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
On the Beach
36"x24"
Oil on canvas
Onion
12"x16"
Oil on canvas
Apples
16"x20"
Oil on canvas
Eggs on the table
16"x20"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Message in the bottle
20"x16"
Oil on canvas, 2000
Plant
26"x21"
Oil on canvas
Theater
39"x50"
Oil on canvas
Privat Collection, USA
Guitar
50"x60"
Oil on canvas
Onion
12"x16"
Oil on canvas, 2001
Lemon
24"x24"
Oil on canvas
In the Forest
24"x24"
Oil on canvas
On the Beach
60"x60
Oil on canvas
Apples on the Beach
24"x24
Oil on canvas
Lucky man
48"x30"
Oil on canvas
Where Have You Been
30"x24"
Oil on canvas
Violin
24"x24"
Oil on paper
Woman Road
Private Collection
Woman in a Cube
Private Collection
Under the Table
Private Collection
Proposal
Private Collection, USA
Chess
Private Collection, USA
Ledo
Private Collection, USA
Cigaret
Private Collection
Conductor
Private Collection
Dance
Private Collection, USA
NY Club
Private Collection, USA
Two Faces
Private Collection
On the Beach
Private Collection
Organ Grinder
Private Collection, USA
Arlekin
Private Collection,USA
Reader
Private Collection, USA
Clown
Private Collection, USA
Man Road
Private Collection, USA
Behind the Curtain
Private Collection, USA
Two Faces
Private Collection, USA
Hat
Private Collection, USA
Woman Road
Private Collection, USA
Pandora Box
Private Collection, USA
Genesis
Private Collection, USA
Tango
Private Collection, USA
Candle
Private Collection, USA
Samovar
Private Collection, USA
Pearl
Private Collection, USA
Violonchelo
Private Collection, USA
Steps
Private Collection, USA
Dream
Private Collection, USA
Woman in the Hat
Private Collection, USA
Happy Man
Private Collection, USA
Behind the Curtain
Private Collection,USA
In the Dream
Private Collection,USA
The Road
Private Collection, USA
Conductor
Private Collection
Two Doors
46"x40"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Fan
30"x48"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection,USA
Chess
64"x54"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection,USA
Fate
54"x60"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Dream
48"x52"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Piero and Arlekin
64"x56"
Oil on canvas
Drunk Woman
62"x56"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Landscape
18"x12"
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, USA
Unknown
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Billiards
Private Collection
King and Queen
Private Collection
On the beach
Private Collection
In the Morning
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Kazanova
Private Collection
Wedding
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Proposal
Private Collection, USA
Conversation
Private Collection
Proposal
Private Collection
Ny Club
Private Collection
On the Beach
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Kazanova
Private Collection
Behind the Bar
Private Collection
Man Without Face
Private Collection
The Road
Private Collection
The Moon
Private Collection
The Book
Private Collection
Beuatiful Woman
Private Collection
Convercation
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Gossips
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection
After the Wedding
Private Collection
Unknown
Private Collection