Peter Fishman (Russian: Пётр Аронович Фишман; born in Kyiv in1955) is a Russian sculptor and painter of Jewish ancestry, Professor ordinarius in sculpture at the Smolensk University for Humanities.
Life and career
Peter Fishman was born into a family of a serviceman in 1955. The family moved from city to city due to father’s army service. In 1967, they settled in the city of Smolensk. There Fishman started painting in the art studio of the local Palace of Pioneers; some years later he entered the Smolensk art school. After finishing the art school, he continued his education in the field of fine arts at the department of arts of the Smolensk State Pedagogical Institute. In 1978 he successfully defended his final project for a master's degree and earned praise of the state commission. His supervisor was people's artist Albert Sergeev.
From 1980 to 1986 Fishman worked as a fine art restorer at the Smolensk State Museum. Currently, in addition to creative and educational activities he is engaged in restoration of historic and artistic monuments. Since 1978 he has been participating regularly in all-Union and all-Russian exhibitions. In 1989, Fishman became a member of the Union of Artists. In 1998 and 2000, he organized the stone sculpture symposiums in Smolensk. In 2005 he was the artistic director of the creative team for the cultural exchange between the twin cities of Smolensk and Hagen, Germany.
Awards
2005 — state grant of the Union of Artists of Russia in the field of Fine Arts
2004 — diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts
1999 — diploma of the Union of Artists of Russia
Selected exhibitions
2013 — "The Artists of Smolensk for the city", Smolensk
All-Russian Art Exhibition honoring 2000 years of Christianity, "For Thy Name's Sake"
All-Russian Art Exhibition "Dedicated to the Defenders of the Fatherland" honoring the 55th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Moscow
