Yury Darashkevich 

The Portrait
20 X 46 Inches
2005 - Acrylic on Canvas $3,600

Study 1
15" x 15"
2005 - Acrylic on canvas

Study 2
15" x 15"
2005 - Acrylic on canvas $1,900

Blue Crest
30 X 24 Inches
Acrylic on Canvas

More Darashkevich Works

Yury Darashkevich was born in Asipovichi, Belarus in 1962. He moved to Canada in 1998 and lives and works in Toronto.

EDUCATION

• 1985 Graduated from the Belarussian Academy of Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON (group)

• 2004 ‘Art by the Cup’, Lydia Monaro Gallery, Montreal, QC (solo)

• 2004 ‘Group Show and Auction’, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON
  Milwaukee Art Museum, ‘Lakefront Art Festival’, Milwaukee, WI (group)

• 2003 Water (Group Exhibition), Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• 2001 ‘The Quest for One’s Own Vessel’, Peterson Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 1999 ‘Introduction’, Prime Gallery, Toronto

• 1998 ‘Bremen Daybook’, Goethe Institute, Bremen, Germany

• 1997 ‘Only Blue’, Grigo Ratay Gallery, Vilnus, Lithuania

• ‘A Little Blue’, Podkova Lesna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

• 1996 ‘New Graal’, 6 Line Gallery, Minsk, Belarus

• ‘Cups, Search #2’, Villa Weiner Gallery, Rheine, Germany

• 1995 ‘Cups, Search #1’, National Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk

• ‘Brown Women’, Exhibition Place JEC International, Turin, Italy

• ‘Brown Square’, Republican Art Gallery, Minsk

• 1994 ‘Cups and Dames’, Palace of Arts, Minsk

 AWARDS

• 2002 Artist of the Month – Liquitex Grants and Awards Program

• 2000 Second Prize, 10th International Art Competition, Havre-de-Grace, USA

• Second Prize, Kreft International Juried Exhibition, Ann Arbor, USA

• 1999 Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International Magazine Annual Art Competition

• Best in Show, Artfocus Magazine 8th Annual Fall Artist’s Show, Toronto, ON

• 1995 Grant from Soros Foundation

•  First Prize, White Art Festival, Minsk, Belarus

• 1993 First Prize, Advertising 93 Competition, Kiev, Ukraine

 SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Numerous museums, galleries and private collectors have acquired the artwork of Yury Darashkevich including:

• Aurion Capital Management, Canada

• Lakeshore Memorial Library, Canada

• Multiple Arte Gallery, Spain

• Tanja Collections, Holland

• The Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk

• The National Art Museum of Belarus

• Volks Bank, Germany