Homeless artist Valery Lyashkevich
 

Homeless artist

At the end of 2011 on Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg began to notice a little chudlivogo old man, who was sitting on the chair, crossing his legs, something hard loomed with an enigmatic smile on his face. He tore his eyes only to look at the people who stopped to stare at his pictures, or just put the money in his box, and always with gratitude, with a smile and sparkling eyes, accompanied each eye. Passing by, we can not stop because of his work were forced to think about. They are - amazing how he is. In St. Petersburg, a lot of different artists, who sit and draw on the avenue, but this was different and attracted great attention of passersby. And I passed by, always paid, on account of his wonderful graphic compositions, which he draws a plain colored pencils, and passed threw him some money. But as time passed, and, more recently, I learned that proves he has no home, and he slept in the front on the landing, and lived only by sold works, which, unfortunately, not often buy.
Very pleased about the fact that there were young people who have not passed by and started to help the artist. They opened a page on social networking sites help (http://vk.com/lyashkevich_art), was taken off the street and for money to send people who rented him a house and help with whatever they can. If anyone is interested in the history of his life, you can type in a search engine "Artist Valery Lyashkevich," there are many people write about him.

About him we know only that was born on January 7, 1950 in the village Chkalovo Gomel district, Belarus. He studied at the Art School of the City of Yaroslavl (Russia, 1974) and Bryansk (Russia, 1978). Attended evening drawing classes at the Institute of him. IE Repin has personal exhibitions in Russia and Belarus. The first exhibition was held in Bryansk in 1983 (best graduate of the Art School for 11 years). In the same year and was the first solo exhibition in Zhizdra, Kaluzhskay region., And later in 1994 in the city of Gomel. Republican exhibition "Chernobyl, pain, hope" (Minsk, 1995), "Memory of the Heart" (Minsk, 2000) exhibition at the Art Gallery of the Republican Public Association "BAD". Valery Lyashkevich participated in regional exhibitions of the Artists' Union of Belarus in Gomel in 1995, 1996 and 1999. In 2002 the artist participated in the regional exhibition "in the festive dance Gomel ', which took place in an art gallery Vashchenko GH (Gomel), in 2003 and 2004 - Regional Art Exhibition in the Exhibition Hall Art Gallery CGB" BAD " dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from German fascist invaders. His works are in the collection of the National Art Museum of Belarus, and private collections in the CIS countries, Spain and the United States.