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Igor Bluvshteyn was born in 1960 in Moscow.
Graduated from the Moscow State
Geological Prospecting University. Worked as a constructor. Since 1977 he studied painting in Viktor Olennikov's
workshop.Since 1993 freelance artist. Since 2002
lives in Germany.
The artist's early works are
landscapes of Moscow and the
Moscow region, executed in the Russian Realist
tradition.
During the 1990s, he created "Petersburg Elegies" and "Autumn Walks", series of graphics and paintings dedicated to Petersburg. The "Cities on the Water" theme was continued in the landscapes of Venice, Amsterdam, and the Baltics which are presented in the artworks series "Life on the Water",
"Venetian Sketches", "Amsterdam Motives".
A series of water colors "Summer in the city" are devoted to old Moscow,
the hometown, interest to which has returned years later after leaving.
The artist's works are part of private and corporate collections in Russia, Germany, France, USA, Canada and other countries.
Solo Shows
1994 "Island", gallery, St. Petersburg
1998 "Balt-Design", gallery, St. Petersburg
2003 Kultur-Treff, event, Halle
2005 Jugendwerkstatt Bauhof, youth center,
Halle
2007 Unikat-Reisegalerie-Salve Cultura,
Halle
2008 "Galerie im Steintor", gallery, Halle
Jewish Gallery Dessau
Group Shows
2000 Central House of Artists, Moscow
"Manege", art gallery, Moscow
2001 Central House of Journalists,
Moscow
2002 Pushkin Culture Center, Luxembourg
2003 Jewish Gallery Berlin
Anhaltische Landesbücherei, library,
Dessau
2004 "Galerie in der Kommode", gallery,
Halle
Halle Opera House, Halle
2005 KunstMarkt 2005, Halle
2007 Second Merseburger Art Fair
2009 "Galerie im Steintor", gallery, Halle
2012 "Golden Rose", club, Halle