Georgy Gennadyevich Fomiryakov
Georgy Gennadyevich Fomiryakov (born 1957, Cheboksary) is a Soviet and Russian artist, Honored Artist of the Chuvash Republic (2014).
Biography
Born on May 9, 1957, in Cheboksary. He is a graduate of the Art and Graphics Faculty of the Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute named after I. Ya. Yakovlev (1983). After graduation, he lived and worked with his wife in the city of Alatyr. Since the early 1990s, Fomiryakov has lived and worked in his ancestral village of Chiganary, Cheboksary district of the Chuvash Republic. He repurposed a traditional rural house for creative work, and in 2015, a new space was constructed with a dedicated art studio.
Artistic Activities
In 1985, his landscape “Winter in Dukhova Grove” was presented at the VI Zonal Art Exhibition “Big Volga” in Cheboksary. In 1985, he worked at the Repin Academic Dacha. He regularly exhibits his works in art exhibitions of various levels and organizes solo exhibitions in Cheboksary and other cities in Russia.
Titles and Awards
Honored Artist of the Chuvash Republic (2014). Laureate of the Mikhail Sespel Prize.
Memberships
Member of the USSR Union of Artists (1990).
Main Works
Mother-Wolf. 1991. Oil, canvas. 60x80 cm. Struggle. 1992. Oil, canvas. 90x120 cm. Chuvash State Art Museum. White Horse. 1992. Oil, canvas. 90x75 cm. The Coming Day. 1992. Oil, canvas. 88x122 cm. Memory of the Pyramids. 1993. Reapers. 1994. Oil, canvas. 80x60 cm. The Sun Giving Life. 1996. Oil, canvas. 90x125 cm. May the Blessing Remain (2004). Chuvash State Art Museum. Triptych. "The Sage" (dedicated to G. Aygi). Ăschakh (G. Aikhina Khalallasa). 2006. Fiberboard, oil. 66x66 cm.
Scenography
2006, March — Costumes and decorations for the play “Aytar.” Chuvash State Youth Theatre named after M. Sespel. Cheboksary. 2007 — Chuvash holiday “Akatuy.” Concept, spatial compositions, stage backdrop. Moscow, VDNKh. June 2007. Director V. N. Orinov. 2013 — Republic Day. Decoration of the Singing Field, the main stage of the “Springs of Russia” festival. Cheboksary.
Book Design
Nikolai Vasiliev. Aypike. Shupashkar. Chuvash Book Publisher. 1987. 88 pages. Color cover — 4 pages, 6 illustrations. Veniamin Timakov. Vasuk Otryachĕ [Vasyuk's Squad]. Poems and epics. In Chuvash language. Cover, illustrations. — Chuvash Book Publisher: Cheboksary, 1988. N.I. Ashmarin. Bulgars and Chuvash. Facsimile edition. Chuvash Book Publisher: Cheboksary, 2012 (cover). Sespel, M. My Poem is Repeated a Million Times. Poems. Diary and letter fragments. Comp. A.P. Khuzangai; Artist G. G. Fomiryakov. — Cheboksary: Chuvash Book Publisher, 2012. 239 pages: illustrations. Hardcover, dust jacket, large format. ISBN 978-5-7670-1994-6
Exhibitions
1983 — Exhibition of student works. Moscow. 1985 — VI Zonal Art Exhibition “Big Volga.” Cheboksary. 1986 — All-Russian Exhibition “Soviet Russia.” Moscow. 1986 — All-Russian Exhibition of Young Artists. Moscow. 1987 — Exhibition of Young Artists. Chuvash Musical (?) Theatre, Cheboksary. 1988 — Exhibition of Young Artists. Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary. 2000 — “White Chuvashia-2000.” Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary. 2012 — “Chăvash-Art.” Exhibition for Days of Chuvash Culture in Bashkortostan. Bashkir State Art Museum named after M. V. Nesterov. Ufa. 2012, November—December — Personal exhibition of paintings dedicated to poet M. Sespel. “Silver Age” Gallery, Cheboksary. 2013, February — Personal exhibition “Covenants of Ancestors.” "Duslyk" Gallery of the House of Friendship of Peoples of Tatarstan. Kazan. 2015, October — Group exhibition of contemporary artists of Chuvashia. “Aptarafest” Festival. Chamber Theatre, Cheboksary.
Works in collections
Works are held in the 'Caryatid' gallery.
Works 9
