Peter Fishman

Peter Fishman (; born in Kyiv in1955) is a Russian sculptor and painter of Jewish ancestry, Professor ordinarius in sculpture at the Smolensk University for Humanities.

Life and career Peter Fishman was born into a family of a serviceman in 1955. The family moved from city to city due to father’s army service. In 1967, they settled in the city of Smolensk. There Fishman started painting in the art studio of the local Palace of Pioneers; some years later he entered the Smolensk art school. After finishing the art school, he continued his education in the field of fine arts at the department of arts of the Smolensk State Pedagogical Institute. In 1978 he successfully defended his final project for a master's degree and earned praise of the state commission. His supervisor was people's artist Albert Sergeev.

From 1980 to 1986 Fishman worked as a fine art restorer at the Smolensk State Museum. Currently, in addition to creative and educational activities he is engaged in restoration of historic and artistic monuments. Since 1978 he has been participating regularly in all-Union and all-Russian exhibitions. In 1989, Fishman became a member of the Union of Artists. In 1998 and 2000, he organized the stone sculpture symposiums in Smolensk. In 2005 he was the artistic director of the creative team for the cultural exchange between the twin cities of Smolensk and Hagen, Germany.

Awards 2005 — state grant of the Union of Artists of Russia in the field of Fine Arts 2004 — diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts 1999 — diploma of the Union of Artists of Russia

Selected exhibitions 2013 — "The Artists of Smolensk for the city", Smolensk 2011 — "The Artists of Smolensk", Ivanovo 2010 — "The Artists of Smolensk" (Exhibition Hall of the Union of Russian Artists), Moscow 2009 Second All-Russian Exhibition of Sculpture, honoring the great sculptor Stepan Erzia, Saransk All-Russian Exhibition "Russia XI», Central House of Artists, Moscow Exhibition of Smolensk artists "Following the old Smolensk road," (State Exhibition Hall - Museum " Nasledie"), Moscow 2008 — Tenth Regional Exhibition "Artists of the central regions of Russia", Yaroslavl 2006 — First All-Russian Exhibition of Sculpture, Lipetsk 2005 — Stone International Sculpture Symposium in Hagen, Germany 2004 — Tenth All-Russian Exhibition "Russia" (Central Exhibition Hall), Moscow 2003 — Ninth Regional Exhibition "Artists of the central regions of Russia", Lipetsk 2002 — Interregional Exhibition "Young Russia", Bryansk 2001 Exhibition honoring the 75th Anniversary of the People's Artist of Russia, Professor Albert Sergeyev A traveling exhibition of the Russian Academy of Arts, Smolensk, Moscow Exhibition of Smolensk Artists, Vitebsk, Belarus Exhibition of Smolensk Artists, Orsha, Belarus 2000 All-Russian Art Exhibition honoring 2000 years of Christianity, "For Thy Name's Sake" All-Russian Art Exhibition "Dedicated to the Defenders of the Fatherland" honoring the 55th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Moscow 1999 — Ninth All-Russian Exhibition "Russia, Moscow

1998 Regional Exhibition "Time. Space. The Man", Gagarin Group Art Exhibition "The teacher and the students", Gagarin Exhibition of Smolensk Artists at the Military Academy of Air Defense, Smolensk 1997 — Eighth Regional Exhibition "Artists of the central regions of Russia", Moscow 1994 — Solo exhibition, Konenkov Museum of Sculpture, Smolensk 1991 — Inter-republican exhibition "Monuments of the Fatherland in the works of Russian artists, Ukraine, Belarus", Smolensk, Minsk 1990 — Seventh Regional Art Exhibition "Artists of the central regions of Russia", Vladimir 1988 — All-Union Art Exhibition "Guarding the gains of socialism", Moscow 1987 — Republican Art Exhibition "The Artist and the Time", Moscow 1985 Second All-Russian Exhibition of Sculpture, Moscow Sixth Zonal Art Exhibition "Artists of Nechernozemie" Seventh Republican Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia", Moscow 1980 — Regional Exhibition of the Artists' Union, Smolensk 1979 — Regional Exhibition of the Artists' Union, Smolensk 1978 — All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists, Moscow

Publication Гайдарова, Раиса Петровна. Художник - человек мира: публикации разных лет, - Смоленск : Смоленская гор. тип., 2011, с.128 Смоленские художники «60 лет смоленской организации Союза Художников России», Смоленск 1999г, Биографическая справка с.69

Monumental sculptures 2015 — Governor Aleksandr Lopatin, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2014 — Memorial Board of Russian writer Boris Vasilyev, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2013 — Memorial Board of Soviet General Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2011 — Bust of Major General Evgeni Olenin, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2010 — Bust of Vice-admiral Stepan Makarov, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2008 — Bust of Major General Konstantin Rakutin, Bronze. Yelnya, Russia 2005 Wish fulfilling fish, Granite. Hagen, Germany Phoenix, Granite. Hagen, Germany Bust of Aleksandr Oleynik, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2004 — Bust of Lieutenant General Nicolay Gagen, Bronze. Yelnya, Russia 2002 — Bust of Major General Vasiliy Sosedov, Bronze. Smolensk, Russia 2001 — Nude, Granite. Hagen, Germany 2000 — Unique fish, Granite. Smolensk, Russia 1998 — Sculptor's muse, Granite. Smolensk, Russia

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