Rinat Baibekov
Rinat Baibekov (Tatar: Ринат Байбәков, born 1962, Kazan, Russia) comes from a family of artists of Tartar ancestry. He began sketching and painting at a very young age, attending full-time art courses alongside primary school.
Baibekov studied art at the Kazan Art College, followed by the Kharkov Academy of Fine Art, where he majored in Public Art.
After living and working as an artist in St. Petersburg until 1990, Baibekov moved to Toronto, Canada. He returned to Europe in 1998, re-locating to Lowestoft, UK, where he paints and exhibits to the present day.[1]
Artist’s statement
My dialogue with the world is a visual one. The universe is already created for us with all its beauty and wonders. As a visual artist I want to reveal and interpret the inter-relationships between all that is already there yet through my eyes. Humans and animals, plants and music, philosophy and myth are all inter-relationships I illustrate in my work.[2]
Utilising knowledge and experience, one can masterfully implement the rules of composition, proportion, colour, tone, different techniques, effects, style to be considered a professional artist, yet in the end remain but only a craftsman, of which there are many.To become a Creator - Artist in the bigger sense one must reach for something grander,beautiful new, something I am trying to do to this day."
I take my inspiration from ancients, philosophies, theological ideas, all arts, history and people, as well as the grand teacher itself Nature. My father, also an artist, taught me that If you do not have a teacher, go to Mother Nature.[3]
Overview
Working predominately in the medium of acrylic paint, Baibekov's art is loosely associated with Surrealist art; his wide and varied work includes portraiture.
Exhibitions
2019
Fernini 20th Annual Winter Show, Lowestoft November - January 2020
2016
Metamorphosis, Resource for London, Holloway Road, London. UK October 1–2.
2015
Group Show, The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, UK
Group Show, Ferini Gallery Lowestoft, UK
Group Show, Moscow. Russia
2014
Group Show, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate
Group Show, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Group Show, The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, UK
2013
Group Show, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Group Show, The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, UK
Group Show, Moscow Russia
Group Show, Art Centre Gallery, Lowestoft, UK
2012
Group Show, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Group Show, The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, UK
Solo Exhibition, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Group Show, Moscow Russia
Group Show, Art Centre Gallery, Lowestoft.UK
2011
Group Show, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Solo Exhibition, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Group Show, The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, UK
Group Show, Art Centre Gallery, Lowestoft, UK
Group Show, Moscow, Russia
2010
Group Show, Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, UK
Group Show, The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, UK
Group Show, Moscow, Russia
CDS Leys School Annual Exhibition, Cambridge, UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge, UK
2009
CDS Leys School Annual Exhibition, Cambridge,UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge
UK Group Show, Gamlingay, Bedfordshire
Solo Exhibition, "Common Faces", Interurban Gallery, Vancouver,Canada
Solo Exhibition, Swan Gallery, Beccles, UK
2008
Group Show, Art at the Chapel, Cambridge, UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge,UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge, UK
Solo Exhibition, Swan Gallery, Beccles, UK
Solo Exhibition, Kapitza House, Cambridge, UK
Solo Exhibition, Open studio, Cambridge, UK
2007
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge, UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge,UK
Solo Exhibition, Kapitza House, Cambridge, UK
Solo Exhibition, Open studio, Cambridge, UK
2006
Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kazan Russia
Group Show, The Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge UK
Solo Exhibition, St.John's College, Cambridge UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge UK
2005
Group Show, The Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge UK
Group Show, Art Fair, London UK
2004
Solo Exhibition, St.John's College, Cambridge UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge UK
CDS Annual Exhibition, Guild Hall, Cambridge UK
2003
Solo Exhibition, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Bologna Italy
Solo Exhibition, Open studio, Cambridge UK
2002
Solo Exhibition, "Eros Materia", Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Bologna Italy
2001
Solo Exhibition, Gallery FortySeven, London UK
2000
Solo Exhibition, Ashcroft Gallery, London
1999
Solo Exhibition, Paul Hawkins Gallery, London UK
1998
Solo Exhibition, Apollo Gallery, London
Solo Exhibition, The Heifer Gallery, London
Solo Exhibition, Conkers Gallery, London
1997
Solo Exhibition, See Gallery, Toronto Canada
Solo Exhibition, Baibekov Art Studio,Toronto Canada
1996
Solo Exhibition, Sobot Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Solo Exhibition, Baibekov Art Studio, Toronto, Canada
1995
Solo Exhibition, Baibekov Art Studio, Toronto, Canada
1994
Solo Exhibition, Baibekov Art Studio, Toronto, Canada
Solo Exhibition, Sodarco Gallery, Montreal Canada
1993
Solo Exhibition, Baibekov Art Studio, Toronto Canada
Group Show, Ontario Place, Toronto Canada
1992
Solo Exhibition, Theodore Museum of Art, Toronto Canada
Solo Exhibition, Baibekov Art Studio, Toronto Canada
1991
Solo Exhibition, French Consulate, Toronto Canada
1990
Solo Exhibition, Kostaki Auction House, Toronto
Canada Group Show, Exhibition of Free Contemporary Artists, St.Petersburg Russia
1989
Solo Exhibition, FCRA, Kikini Palati, St.Petersburg Russia
Group Show, FCRA, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Group Show, Exhibition of Free Contemporary Artists, St.Petersburg, Russia Group Show,
FCRA, Cologne-Munich Germany
1988
Group Exhibition, Society of Free Contemporary Artists, St.Petersburg Russia
Solo Exhibition, Nevsky Prospect Gallery, St.Petersburg Russia
1987
Group Exhibition, Society of Free Contemporary Artists, St.Petersburg, Russia
Solo Exhibition, Nevsky Prospect Gallery, St.Petersburg Russia
Group Show, Arbat Gallery, Moscow. Russia