Igor Shirshkov is a Russian artist, born on March 24, 1962 in USSR.
In 1984 he graduated the architectural faculty of the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute. (Irkutsk National Research Technical University). Since 1986 he participates in creative exhibitions, promotions, projects. 1999 - Member of the Union of Artists of Russia. 2006 - Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Principles of the formation of the artistic and plastic language of K. Malevich as a sign system in the context of the culture of the 20th century." 2015 – monograph on the topic «Questions of composition in the sacral image system». Participant in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

photo Lev Melihov

State Russian Museum. The Department of Contemporary art. St. Petersburg /
National Center for Contemporary Arts. Moscow /
Moscow Museum of Modern Art. MOMMA /
New Museum. St. Petersburg /
Museum of nonconformist art. St. Petersburg /
Irkutsk Regional Art Museum /
The Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Moscow Region «New – Jerusalem». Istra /
Krasnoyarsk Museum Center at Strelka /
Ust - Ilim Art gallery /
Tyumen Regional Art Museum /
Krasnodar Regional Art Museum /
State Art Museum of the Khanty-Mansiysk District /
Gabon Museum of Modern Art. Libreville /

1993 - The Rendezvous Gallery, Strasbourg, France.
1993 - Gallery of the Academy of the Ministry of Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany.
1994 - Gallery of the Academy of the Ministry of Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany.
1997 - Gallery of the Irkutsk branch of the Union of Artists of Russia «Workshop – 5», the project – «Alphabet», Irkutsk.
1998 - Exhibition Hall of the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, «Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris», Irkutsk.
2001 - Exhibition Hall of the Central House of Artists. «Geometric bouquet», Moscow.
2001 - Municipal Gallery of Moscow "A-3". The project is «Dive into the Word», Moscow.
2002 - Exhibition Hall of the Central House of Artists. «Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris», Moscow.
2002 - Gallery «Old Town», the project «Evolution», Novosibirsk.
2004 - Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, «Night Flower», Irkutsk.
2004 - The Central House of Artists, «Immersion in the book», Moscow.
2005 - The school of Dramatic Art (Vasilyev Theater). «The signs» Moscow.
2006 - The XX Century' Gallery in Pai Chai University, Deigen, The Republic of Korea.
2007 - The Museum Center at Strelka. The project «Concentration», the 7th Novosibirsk Biennale Krasnoyarsk.
2009 - The Vincent Gallery. «Clinch» project in cooperation with Sergey Brukhanov, Moscow.
2012 - Gallery VHUTEMAS. Project «White Movement», Moscow.
2013 - Museum of Nonconformist Art. Project «White Movement», St. Petersburg.
2016 - Libreville Arts Center. Project «Russian Seasons», prepared by the Russian Embassy in Gabon.
2016 - Gallery of the city of Kraljevo. «Painting and graphics of Igor Shirshkov», Kraljevo. Serbia
2016 - The Gallery «Boucher Yakshich». «Painting and graphics by Igor Shirshkov», Belgrade. Serbia.
2017 - The New Museum. «Architectural abstraction», St-Petersburg.
2017 – The State Gallery on Kashirka. Project «Interaction of structures». Moscow.
2018 - VS Unio Gallery, «The movement of spaces», Moscow
2019 – Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, « The fairy tails of forgotten rabbi» , Irkutsk