Valery Konevin

Valery Konevin was born in 1952 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia).

In 1975 Valery Konevin started a science career after graduating of the Aircraft Design and Production faculty at the Kazan State Technical University.

In 1978 Valery Konevin took part in the designing of the first soviet flying rocket and also was involved in designing helicopters and super sonic aircrafts. After serving two years in the Soviet Army as an officer of a Strategically Rocket Division he studied philosophy, biology and mathematics.

In 1980 Valery Konevin dropped his science career, studied art at the Art Academy in Leningrad, took part in the Underground art activity and was forced to leave the USSR in 1990, thanks to the Perestroika and the expiring of his 10 year Top Secret conspiracy agreement.

In 1990 Valery Konevin immigrated to Israel where he attracted the attention of art critics and became an internationally recognised artist travelling to the USA, UK, France and Germany.

Valery Konevin’s artistic language is unmistakable, unique, bearing traces of his early theatrical childhood memories.

Valery Konevin won the Nikon Photography Contest International’s award in Japan in 1998 and is represented in international museums and many private collections around the world.

Valery Konevin lives and works since 1994 in Oostende, Belgium.

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Valery Konevin, "Paintings", Stadttheater Fürth, Fürth, Bavaria, 03.04. – 26.04.2000

Valery Konevin, Stadttheater Fürth, Fürth, Bavaria, 03.03. – 24.04.1996