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 after encountering an elderly man painting with oils in a park, an experience that marked the beginning of a lifelong dedication to art. He soon immersed himself in art books he could find, developing an early fascination with surrealism and fantastic imagery, influences that would later play a defining role in his artistic development.
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 several jobs to support the family — left his modest but deeply loving home and moved to St. Petersburg to pursue formal training.
In 1968, he began studying Restoration of Icons and Paintings at the Art School in St. Petersburg, earning his diploma in 1972.
After two years of mandatory military service, he continued his education from 1979 to 1983 at the prestigious Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, where he completed a second diploma in Decorative Painting.
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 and icon restoration.
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. Over time, he developed a visual language uniquely his own — layered, dreamlike, and psychologically resonant — combining elements of fantastic realism, surrealism, and classical painting traditions.
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
2026 korridor.art, Gunzenhausen, Germany
Mondo Galerie, Ansbach, Germany
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
