Igor Moshkin’s creative work is dedicated to the Russian North Polar marines, nature and northern animals. Igor Moshkin was born in Rybinsk in March, 29, 1948. In 1973 Mr. Moshkin graduated from the Lvov Military Institute of Culture and then was at military service in the cultural institutions of the North Navy. Since 1989 he is in the reserve. In various years Mr. Moshkin had his works published in the “Pravda”, “Krasnaya Zvezda”, “Na strazhe Zapolyarya”, “Polarnaya Pravda” and other editions. In 1992-1995 the artist presented exhibitions and run art courses for amateur artists in Svanvik Folkehogskole, Norway. Watercolors and linocuts of the artists are nowadays in private collections in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, Germany, Tunisia, the USA and some other countries. Mr. Moshkin works in watercolors, pastel and linocut technique. In 1999 by the Russia President Edict Igor Moshkin was given the title of the Distinguished Artist of Russia. In 1999 the artist made a sea cruise round the Europe Germany, France, Gibraltar, Tunisia with an exhibition on board the sailing vessel “Sedov”. In august 2004 the artist became a member of the international artists communitay Live Nature. In october 2004 Igor Moshkin took part in an excibition as a member of the community in the United Kingdom. Since June, 13 2006 years he is accepted by the associate member of the American Society Watercolors New-York.


Personal exhibitions
1986, Lvov city, Military Institute of Culture
1981–1995, Murmansk city, regional art exhibitions
1987, Moscow city, All-Union Exhibition of National Economy, the bronze medal
1993, Tromse city, Norway, the Saami Arctic Gallery
1994, Murmansk city, The Nothern Fleet Navy Museum
1994, 2000 Moscow city, the Zoological museum of the Moscow State University
1995, January the Central Artists Club the Central House of Artists on Krymsky Val
1996, June, the Hetherlands Kingdom, a group exhibition
1997, 1999 Murmansk city, the regional art museum
2000, Yaroslavl city, the Russia Artists Union regional exhibition dedicated
to the 55 th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II
June, Vladimir, the regional exhibition “Alexander Nevski”
August, Yaroslavl, a Russian-Italian exhibition of pastel, the Artists Club of the Russian Artists Union
2003, March, Rybinsk city, a personal exhibition
May, Severomorsk city
June, Rybinsk city, The academician A. A. Uhtomsky museum.
2004, October, The International Excibition of the international artist community Live Nature, Kent city,
United Kingdom

The artist’s works are disposed in
Moscow city, the Zoological museum
Murmansk city
- the Museum of local history on board the icebreaker “Lenin”
- the Knipovitch Arctic Fish Institute
- Museum of the North Navy
- the State Sea University
St. Petersburg city, the Central Navy Museum
Polarny city, the town museum
Rybinsk city, the town art museum...