Aliaksadr Tsyrkunov

Aliaksandr Tsyrkunov (also known as Ales Tsyrkunoŭ), is a Belarusian artist, painter and sculptor.

Biography Tsyrkunov was born on March 28, 1948, in a large family of farmers in the village of Liasań, Žlobin district, Gomel region, Belarus. He grew up in orphanages Dziamjanki, Dobruš district; Pirevičy, Žlobin district; and Vietka. He started painting under influence of Siarhiej Harobčanka and Chviedar Šklaraŭ.

In 1964-67, Tsyrkunov studied and worked in the Petro-Donetsk mine in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. At the same time, he joined a distance course at the Krupskaya People's University of Arts in Moscow. In 1967-69, Tsyrkunov was conscripted for military service.

In 1979-82, Tsyrkunov taught drawing and painting at the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, and in 1983–84 at a specialist art school (school no. 75) in Minsk.

Works Predominantly, Tsyrkunov works in oil painting, mainly in portrait, historical and landscape genres, and still life. His earlier works leaned towards rigorous style. Later, Tsyrkunov has moved to a symbolic-realistic style, which shows the clear aesthetics of formal painting with characteristic colour dynamic.

A number of Tsyrkunov's solo and group art exhibitions have taken place in Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine and more. a commemorative cross of Rev Vincent Hadleŭski in Trostyanets Tract, later reinstalled near St. Roch Church in Minsk (2009); and others. Some of them were created in collaboration with other artists.

Awards The artist has been awarded with the Order of Honour of the Fatherland from the Minsk Heritage Club (1993) and the Masaryk Medal of the Czech Republic (2005).

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