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Valentina Shokhalevich

1960

An artist who works in painting techniques (mainly oils, pastels, watercolors).

She took an active part in the artistic experiments of the Leningrad avant-garde artists of the 1980s and 90s (together with her husband, non-conformist artist Alexander Ovchinnikov), and is engaged in teaching, educational, exhibition and local history activities. Valentina herself characterizes her style as a home-grown Leningrad-Kobrin avant-garde.

Lives and works in Kobrin.

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1960

Born in Ivatsevichi (BSSR, now the Republic of Belarus).

1988

Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I.E. Repina.

1980-1990s

Active participation in the artistic experiments of Leningrad avant-garde artists of the 1980s-90s (together with her husband, non-conformist artist Alexander Ovchinnikov).

She taught at the Kobrin Higher School of Fine Arts and Folk Crafts.

2003-2008

She headed the Bona Sforza gallery in Kobrin.

2019

Personal exhibition "Her(Her)oic" (KH Space, Brest).