SPRING IN THE MOUNTAINS Print

Born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (former republic of the USSR) in 1975. As a professional artist Spartak Sharipo has his personal style and method of visualization finding inspiration in all over surroundings. He uses such materials as acrylic, oil on canvas and mixed technics Being from the Central Asia he absorbs the most exotic flavors of the East in his landscapes and still lives. But the most exciting works are the personal portraits, which are his strongest items. His creations have been inspired by such masters as Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, El Greco, Velázquez, Picasso, Miro, Andy Warhol, Malevich, Roerich. He has painted over 1000 portraits partly by some orders of the world celebrities such as Antonio Banderas, Eva Longoria, Lara Fabian, Maya Swarovsky. Now a lot of these portraits are in private collections all over the world. One of the medical specialists of Malaga created his own collection of Spartak Sharipo’s different styles paintings in his house (73 works) as well as the other collectioner from Madrid. Sharipo also has some experience of collaboration with the developers of computer games and prepared some works for them. One of the interesting and funny branch of his creativity are the drawings of some kind of the postcards which he called sharpics. Spartak Sharipo has two daughters 11 and 7 years old who have inherited his talent and at the same time they are some kind of teachers for him in the preservation of fresh and childish perception of the world. Since 2012 lives and works in Spain (Marbella). EDUCATION Graduated from the Bekhzod State College of Arts (1999, Tashkent, Uzbekistan) EXHIBITIONS 1995-2001 College exhibitions in Tashkent 2001-2012 in Moscow 2013- 2014 “Kasser Rassu” gallery in Marbella (Spain) Charity events under the fund of Eva Longoria.