Bekir Smolski is an artist working in different aspects of artistic creation: painting, stained glass window, mosaic, frescoes and sgrafitto.
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1966 |
born in Minsk, Belarus |
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1981 |
graduated from Minsk school of Art |
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1985 |
graduated from Minsk College of Art |
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1994 |
graduated from Belarusian Academy of Art, Department of Monumental-Decorative Art |
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1994 |
stained-glass window “Aspiration” (64 m2). Foyer of the Belarusian Press House, Minsk, Belarus |
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1996 |
monumental Altar compositions with carving elements performed on wood using an old icon technology. St. Simon and St. Helen Catholic Church, Minsk,Belarus |
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1997 |
stained-glass windows “Four Seasons” (24 m2). Corridors of secondary school, Krasnoznamensk-city, Moscow region, Russia |
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1998 |
the icon “Mother of God Budslavskaya” (in cooperation with Gennadiy Mironov) presented to the Pope from Belarusian Catholic Church (kept in Vatican) |
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1998 |
theme-based painting exhibition “The Light of the Black Star”, sponsored by Japanese charity organization “Kakehahi to Chernobyl”. Gallery “Master”, Minsk, Belarus |
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1998 |
stained-glass window "The Voyniloviches Family Emblem" (1m2). St.Simon and St.Helen Catholic Church, Minsk, Belarus |
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1999 |
stained-glass windows “Christmas” (diptych, 2,4 m2). St. Simon and St. Helen Catholic Church, Minsk, Belarus |
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1999 |
stained-glass windows “St.Maria Magdalena” and “St.Joseph” (6m2). Private collection, Hr. Rudolf Mach. Oberösterreich, Austria |
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2000 |
painting exhibition, Gallery “The Timmel Collection“, Florida, USA |
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2001 |
stained-glass window “St. Theresa” (1 m2). Oberösterreich, Catholic Church, Mittelberg near Krems, Austria |
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2002 |
United Nations, Vienna International Center. Painting exhibition. Art Club Gallery. Vienna, Austria |
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2004 |
United Nations, Vienna International Center. Painting exhibition. Art Club Gallery. Vienna, Austria |
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2005 |
stained-glass window: Turkish ornamental frieze cini sanati style (4,5 м2). Restaurant “Efendi”, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria |
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2005 |
painting exhibition “Made in Stein”. Hotel “Stein”, Salzburg, Austria |
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2005 |
painting exhibition “Christmas rendezvous”. Tourist agency “Robinson” and Gallery “Glasnost”, Vienna, Austria |
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2005 |
exhibition of stained-glass design light objects. Organized by “Kulturverein Wien Innere Stadt”, Altes Rathaus, Vienna, Austria |
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2006 |
painting exhibition “Art from Belarus: 20 years after Chernobyl” Cultural Centre Großrußbach, Großrußbach, Austria |
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2006 |
painting exhibition “Belarus artists - Chernobyl catastrophe – 20 years after”.Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the International Organizations in Vienna. UN Vienna International Center |
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2006 |
painting exhibition - Bastille - Grand Marche D’Art Contemporain. Paris, France |
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2007 |
painting exhibition - Art Salon – Salon des Artistes Indépendants. GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France |
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2007 |
1-4 May: Salon de L'Orangerie, Chateu de Boisset Les Prevanches, France |
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2007 |
20 October - 4 November: Salon des Createurs, Provins, France | |
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2008 |
16-29 February: painting exhibition - Gallery ART PRESENT, Paris, France | |
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2008 |
11-23 August: 29e Salon International Artistique de Haute-Loire, Centre Pierre Cardinal, Le Puy, France | |
| 2008 | 16 -26 October: Salon D'AUTOMNE, Espace AUTEUIL, Paris, France | |
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2009 |
9-18 February: „Im verzauberten Eisland”, Gallery Meduna, Vienna, Austria | |
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2009 |
1 October - 6 November: „Pränatale Kunst”, Gallery Meduna, Vienna, Austria | |
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2009 |
July: International Plein-air Painting Symposium „Maria Pavlovna & Friedrich Schiller“, Weimar, Germany |
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2010 |
6-17 April: „Das Fliessen des Lichtes“, Gallery Time, Vienna, Austria | |
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2010 |
26 May - 19 June: Art Festival "Culture Trail 2010", European House of Arts - Germany, Hungary, Poland, France, Holland, Great Britain |
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2011 |
July-August: “Sommer Impressionen”, Austria Trend Hotel Favorita- Gallery Meduna, Vienna, Austria | |
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2011 |
3-18 November: “The Course of Light”, Gallery Academy, Belarusian Academy of Art, Minsk, Belarus | |
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2012 |
26 April- 1 May - Art Salon – Place de la BASTILLE, Paris, France | |
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2012 |
15-26 September: International German-Russian Plein-air Painting Symposium “DERU 2012”, Jena - Wemar, Germany | |
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2012 |
25 September - 20 October: Art Project "DERU 2012" painting exhibition, Rathaus, Stadt Jena, Germany | |
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2013 |
20 March - 1 April: exhibition "Kunstraum.by", organised by Belarussian State Academy of Arts, Embassy of Belarus in Austria and Gumpoldskirchen's Tradecompany, Gumpoldskirchen, Austria | |
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2013 |
18-25 April: exhibition "Kunstraum.by", organised by Belarussian State Academy of Arts, Embassy of Belarus in Austria and Russian Culture Institute in Vienna, Vienna, Austria | |
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2013 |
10-23 June: exhibition of Belarussian State Academy of Arts "Artspace.by", organised by Belarussian State Academy of Arts, Embassy of Belarus in Austria and Croatian Museum of School's History, Zagreb, Croatia | |
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2013 |
19-22 September: Art Salon "Berliner Liste 2013", Berlin, Germany | |
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2014 |
29 July – 19 August: exhibition of the Agora Gallery, New York, USA |
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2014 |
29 November – 11 December: exhibition „The Illusion of Reality“, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy |
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2015 |
2 July – 30 September: exhibition “Milan Art Expo“ during UNIVERSAL EXPO 2015, Milan, Italy |
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2015 |
17-25 October: 10 Xth Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy |
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2015 |
4 December – 5 January: group exhibition “Christmas Expo”, Galleria360, Florence, Italy |
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2016 |
3-23 December: group exhibition "Landscapes of the Minds", Agora Gallery, New York, USA |
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2017 |
21-24 April: art fair ArtExpo, New York, USA |
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2017 |
5-21 May: group exhibition "Ode and die Freude", organised by Belarussian State Academy of Arts, Embassy of Belarus in Austria and Gumpoldskirchen's Authorities for 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Austria, Gumpoldskirchen, Austria |
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2017 |
26 September - October: group exhibition "Pathways", Agora Gallery, New York, USA |
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2017 |
10 November - 20 December: group exhibition "Wasser, Wellen, nackte Koerper", Gallery Am Roten Hof, Vienna, Austria. |
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