Boris Yakovlevich Portnoy

Born in 1937

Place of birth – Khmelnytsky region. Now lives in Zhitomir.

1963 – beginning of a wide show of the artist’s works at regional, inter-regional and national exhibitions.

1973 – graduated from the painting and graphics department of the Odessa Teaching Institute.

1982 – the first personal exhibition at the exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of Zhitomir.

1983 – joining the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

1987 – participation in the international seminar on painting in Poland.

1987 – a personal exhibition at the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (Zhitomir department).

1987 – a personal exhibition in Tarnov, Poland.

1988 – participation in the international seminar on painting on the subject "Man and Nature - 88"; Uzhgorod – Hungary – Czechoslovakia.

1995 – a personal exhibition at the Zhitomir Museum of Local Lore.

1995 – a personal exhibition in Petach-Tiqua, Israel.

1997 – a jubilee personal exhibition at the Zhitomir Museum of Local Lore.

1999-2000 – a personal exhibition in Nant, France.

The artist’s works are exhibited in many museums and personal collections of Ukraine, Russia, France, Poland, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the USA; they are stored at the funds of the Culture Ministry of Ukraine, the Union of Artists of Ukraine, in private collections of Ukraine, Russia, Switzerland, and Israel.

 


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