Gennady Pavlov
Omsk, Russia
Graphic and calligrapher artist, designer, teacher
He was born in the village of Yekaterinoslavka in 1941 and grew up in the town of Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast.
In 1969, he graduated from the Omsk Polytechnic College and taught the basics of artistic design in the College for more than twenty years.
Since 1990, he has been an employee of the Omsk National Technical University Museum of History. He worked in the field of decorative and applied art and graphics.
Exhibitions, contests, professional awards
1991 – 2nd All-Russian Exhibition of Decorative and Applied Art. Leningrad
1993 – Birch Bark Lace solo exhibition. K.P. Belov Museum. Omsk
1993 – Exhibition of Omsk artists as part of the Omsk Oblast Culture Days in U.S.A. New York, Washington
1997 –Solo exhibition. M.A. Vrubel Regional Fine Arts Museum. Omsk
1997 – The Second International Exhibition of Orthodox Book and Church Art. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow
1998 –Solo exhibition. Motifs of Ancient Russia in Creative Work by Dmitry and Gennady Pavlovs. All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied, and Folk Art. Moscow
1999 – All-Siberian Exhibition of Fine Arts. Fresh Art of Siberia. Novosibirsk
2002 – Intellectual Labyrinth solo exhibition. Metamorphosa gallery, Nefteyugansk
2002 – Spring Ornaments solo exhibition. Art Gallery. Surgut
2002 – Let There Be Life All Around! Solo exhibition. Khanty Mansiisk district center of applied arts and crafts. Khanty Mansiysk
2002 – Orthodox Russia 8th All-Russian Exhibition. Mikhailovsky Manezh exhibition center. St. Petersburg
2003 – Group exhibition of Jocelyn McAuley, Gennady Pavlov and Roger Weise. Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
2003 – Orthodox Russia First All-Russian exhibition. Gostiny Dvor exhibition center. Moscow
2006 – Let There Be Life All Around! Solo exhibition. Museum of Man and Nature. Khanty Mansiysk
2007 – Motherland Symbols, 6th All-Russian exhibition. Russian State Military, Historical and Cultural Center. Moscow
2008 – Trinity Light Shone on the Siberian Land First International Orthodox exhibition. Omsk
2009 — “The Holy Scripture in Calligraphy” exhibition-contest. The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Moscow.
2009 — The 2nd International Exhibition of Calligraphy. The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Moscow.
2009 — “Quiet Exhibition”. “The Omsk Art” city museum, the Omsk regional branch of the All-Russia Creative Public Organization “The Union of Artists of Russia”. The exhibition hall of the Union of Artists, Omsk.
2009 — “Quiet Exhibition”. “The Omsk Art” city museum, the Omsk regional branch of the All-Russia Creative Public Organization “The Union of Artists of Russia”. The village of Tavrichanka.
2010 — The 3rd International Exhibition of Calligraphy, a touring exhibition of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Veliky Novgorod.
2011 — The 5th International Festival of Architecture and Design, “The Siberian Pyramid” exhibition hall, Omsk.
2012 — The 4th International Exhibition of Calligraphy. The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Moscow.
2012 — “The Forest Full of Tales”. The budgetary cultural institution “The Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after M.A. Vrubel”, Omsk.
2013 — “Let There Be Life Around”. The federal state budgetary institution “The National Library of Russia”, St. Petersburg.
2013 — “Let There Be Life Around”. The federal state budgetary institution “The Congress Palace” State Complex“. St. Petersburg.
2013 — “The Word Incarnate” international exhibition of calligraphy at the federal state budgetary institution “The National Library of Russia”, St. Petersburg.
2014 — “Protecting the Area” (in collaboration with A.N. Mashanov), The State Center of Fine Arts, Novosibirsk.
2014 — “Magic Moments of Nature”. The State Regional Museum of Local History, Omsk.
2014 — “Saints of the Russian Land”. The State Center of Folk Art, Omsk.
2014 — “Holiday Bells”. Liberov-Center State Regional Arts Museum, Omsk.
2014 — A regional exhibition-contest among non-union artists, the Omsk regional branch of the all-Russia creative public organization “The Union of Artists of Russia” (the winner).
2014 — The 5th Siberian Interregional Competition of Publications of Higher Educational Institutions “The University Book – 2014”. A diploma in the category “The Best Educational Publication in Arts and Design”.
A diploma and an award for the best embodiment of a creative idea on designer paper Arjo Wiggins in the 2+1 exhibition contest arranged by Alexander Brown and Arjo Wiggins companies, Stonewood – Omsk – Moscow, 2002
Prize winner of the One Hundred Best Goods of Russia program for the Russian Wicker Style decorative panel. Holder of the Quality Expert honorary sign, Moscow, 2004.
1st degree diploma in the Golden Stencil 2005 All-Russian contest arranged for by Screenprinting magazine, for the True Cross of the Lord original print, Moscow, 2005.
Calligraphy is the flower of a man′ s soul.