Artist Bio
Born in 1951 in Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan — a remote mountain town known for its challenging history as a former Soviet uranium mining site—Wladimir Barantschikov grew up surrounded by the striking beauty of the Tian Shan range alongside the complex environmental and social legacy left by the industry.
His artistic journey began in childhood, sparked by noticing an old gentleman painting with oil colors in a park. That moment marked the beginning of a lifelong devotion to art. At the age of 15, Barantschikov—whose father was a war camp survivor who worked nights as a hospital security guard, and whose mother held down several jobs to support the family—left his modest but deeply loving home and moved to St. Petersburg to pursue formal training.
In 1968, Barantschikov studied Restoration of Icons and Paintings at the Art School in St. Petersburg, earning his diploma in 1972. He continued his education from 1979 to 1983, completing a second diploma in Decorative Painting at the prestigious Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design.
Throughout his career, Barantschikov remained committed to a wide-ranging artistic practice. He founded an art and design cooperative in his hometown, directing multiple projects over the course of a decade—including large-scale architectural mosaics, icon restoration, and film set design. In 1995, he moved to Germany, where new cultural influences deepened his artistic perspective, and where he has worked as a freelance artist ever since.
From an early age, even as a boy poring over every art book he could find in Kyrgyzstan, Barantschikov felt a deep pull toward surrealism and the fantastic. Inspired by the great masters of the genre, he gradually developed a visual language uniquely his own—layered, dreamlike, and psychologically resonant.
His work has been exhibited internationally, with shows across Europe (France, Germany, Austria), Asia (Taiwan, Dubai), and the United States. He currently lives and works in southern Germany.
Exhibitions & Projects
2025 Gallery “Der Laden Merkendorf”, Germany
2024 Markt Berolzheim, Germany
Galerie Korridor Art, Gunzenhausen,Germany
“Gunzenhausener Skulpturenweg”, Germany
2023 Markt Berolzheim, Germany
Künstlerdorf Dötlingen, Germany
Rathaus Ornbau, Germany
2020 “Colors”, Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, Texas, USA
2019 Im Neuen Schloss der Eremitage, Bayreuth, Germany
2018 KunstSchranne, Weissenburg, Germany
2017 Künstledorf, Dötlingen Germany
2016 Markt Berolzheim, Germany
2015 KlosterForum Heidenheim, Germany
2014 Artist in Residence, Dötlingen, Germany
International Art Symposium „Atelier an der Donau", Pöchlarn, Austria
Art Revolution Taipei A.R.T. , Taipei City, Taiwan
„85. Jahresaustellung Bund Fränkischer Künstler", Kulmbach, Germany
Galerie Merikon Art Room, Vienna, Austria
2013 Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The 18th DA DUN Fine Arts Exhibition, Taichung City, Taiwan
2012 Weisse Mühle, Estenfeld, Germany
Artist in Residence, Dötlingen, Germany
International Art Symposium „Atelier an der Donau", Pöchlarn (Austria)
2010 KunstHaus, Ansbach, Germany
2008 Galerie KONTRASTE, Erwitte, Germany
Akademie Caritas-Prckheimer-Haus, Nuremberg, Germany
2007 Lora D.ART Gallery, Chicago, USA
City Hall, Nuremberg, Germany
2006 Galerie Taidakovs Art Comptoir, Munich, Germany
