1922-2016 — Saint-Petersburg, Russia. 1951 — graduated from I.E. Repin's Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, studio of easel painting. 1957 — graduated with excellent score from I.E. Repin's Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, studio of Academician Yoganson. Member of Russian Fine artists Association. Member of fine arts Research Institute of Russia, National artist of the Russian Federation, full member of Russian Academy of Arts, professor, member of Saint-Petersburg Union of Artists. Awarded with a silver medal of the Research institute. Professor and director of the teaching and research section of painting. Since 1990 to 2002, was the President of I.E. Repin's Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. O. Eremeev was honored with the following orders and medals:

• Sign of Honorary,

• The second degree order for Great Patriotic War, an International Fellowship Order,

• Gold and Silvers medals of the Academy of Arts.

The list of the artist’s personal expositions:

1996 — Tyantzyn’, China,

1997 — Academy of Arts Museum, Saint-Petersburg;

2000 — Pekin, China;

2002 — Luga (Leningradskaya oblast);

The exposition “O.Eremeev and his Followers”, represented works by several generations of the graduates of Yuri Neprintzev’s studio has been held in 2001 in Pekin (China).

O.A. Eremeev personal exhibition named “Nothing but drawing” has been held in 2003 at the Museum of the Academy of Arts.

The album of artist’s drawings was edited to the date.

The year 2004 saw the personal exhibition “Flowers and Women” which was followed by the album of the same name.

Two personal exhibitions “Temples. Fortresses. Monasteries” (at Pskovsky art museum-reserve) and “Svetlana” (at the Museum of the Academy of Arts) were publicly shown in 2006.

Some O. Eremeev’s works are purchased by museums in Russia and abroad. Others replenish private collections in the UK, Germany, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and other countries. Oleg Eremeev’s Chinese creative period has been reflected in the edition of a series “Workshop of Modern Russian Artists”. Under supervision and with participation of Oleg Eremeev as rector of the I.E. Repin Institute, Chinese art publishing houses in Tyantzyn’, Shenian and Shanghai in cooperation with I.E. Repin Institute edited a series of albums assembling student’s courses and diploma works. O. Eremeev is a gifted drawer, who is always aspired to drawing. In 1997, his traveling sketches and notes gave rise to the edition named “From America to Russia”. O. Eremeev creative and personal destiny was closely coupled with XX century history of Russian Academy of Arts, which was reflected in memoirs “Half a century with the Academy of Arts”. O. Eremeev’s works are generally distinctive in their genuineness, radiant optimism, and drive to learn secrets of life (of existence, of the world).

Dr. Alexandra Balash