Fedor Shurmelev

*Recipient of the Special Presidential Fund Scholarship for Supporting Talented Youth.*
*Winner of the National Award in the Field of Visual Arts.*
*Recipient of the International Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Debut Prize.*

Born in Gomel, Belarus, in 1991.

*Education:*
Master's Degree in Art History (2018), graduate of the Art Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, specializing in "Graphics" (2017).

*Selected Exhibitions and Projects:*

**2022:**
• Winner of the Republican contest "Triennial of Young Artists" in the "Graphics" category.
• 1st place diploma in the "Graphics" category at the republican art exhibition "Art-Minsk-2022."
• Solo exhibition at the National Library of Belarus "Art Book Jason."

**2021:**
• Diploma in the "Small Format Print Graphics" category at the international exlibris and small format print graphics triennial "Monuments of World Culture" (Yekaterinburg).
• Diploma in the "Print Graphics" category at the republican art exhibition "Art-Minsk-2021."
• Young author's award in the fourth edition of the International ExLibris Varna 2021 competition (Bulgaria).
• Solo exhibition "EIDOS" at the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA).

**2020:**
• Graphic exhibition "Red Book" by Fyodor Shurmelev and Marina Zhvirbli at the Art Parlor "High Place" in Minsk.
• "Exhibition of Belarusian Printmaking" in Tallinn, Estonia.
• National Award in the field of visual arts in the "Contemporary Art" category.
• Diploma of the competition-exhibition of illustrators and book designers "ART-PRADMOVA" in the "ART-BOOK" category (book as a work of art).
• Winner of the international CIS Debut Prize.

**2019:**
• Winner in the "ART-BOOK" category at the Belarusian Intellectual Book Festival "Pradmova."
• Participant in the exhibition project "Timeline" in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Solo exhibition "Book Graphics by Fyodor Shurmelev" in Vitebsk.
• Solo exhibition "Sign and Meaning" at the National Library of Belarus (Minsk, Belarus).
• Winner of the international CIS Debut Prize.

**2018:**
• Participant in the exhibition project "Augmented Reality" at the University Clinic of Würzburg, Germany.
• Solo exhibition "Myths of the Zodiac Signs" at the "Tradition" Art Gallery named after Herman Pryanishnikov in Svetlogorsk.
• Participant in the exhibition project "To the Stars" at the ZPAP Gallery in Toruń, Poland.
• Diploma holder of the IV International Youth Exlibris Competition - 2018 in Moscow.
• Awarded an Honorary Certificate at the 3rd International Exlibris Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, as a young promising author.

**2017:**
• Participant in the exhibition project of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts "Verbal / Non-Verbal," dedicated to the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Italy (Rome, Italy).
• Participant in the exhibition project "Echo" in Grodno, Belarus.
• Participant in the exhibition project of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts "Ode to Joy" within the celebration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and the Republic of Austria (Gumpoldskirchen, Austria).
• Republican exhibition of nominees for the National Art Award of the Republic of Belarus "Short List."

**2016:**
• Participant in the international student exhibition project "Histories" in Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Participant in the international student exhibition project "Other Stories" in Minsk, Belarus.
• Participant in the International Exhibition of Student Drawing "Draw Naturally!" in Toruń, Poland.
• Participant in the exhibition project "Song of Labor" within the Austrian-Belarusian project "Kolkhoznitsa" (Minsk, Belarus).
• 2016 Art-Belarus Award - Honorary Diploma of the Republican Art Exhibition of Young Artists of Belarus "Autumn Salon with BelGazpromBank."

**2015:**
• Participant in the student exhibition project of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts "Dyiarushy" (Minsk, Belarus).
• Participant in the exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (Minsk, Belarus).
• Participant in the exhibition project "On the Way. In Search of the Alphabet" in Dresden, Germany.
• Participating artist in the exhibition project "Alla Prima. Present Time" (Minsk, Belarus).
• Participant in the exhibition project "City / Urbs" in Austria.
• 2015 Art-Belarus Award - Honorary Diploma of the Republican Art Exhibition of Young Artists of Belarus "Autumn Salon with BelGazpromBank." 9999999999999999999999999