Evgeny Malykh

Russian • Born 1956 • Repin Institute

Evgeny V. Malykh was born on February 23, 1956, in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia. He received his early artistic training at the I.D. Shadr Art School in Ekaterinburg, graduating in 1975, and later continued his education at the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after I.E. Repin. From 1981 to 1987, he studied at the Repin Institute, completing his final three years in the monumental painting studio of the distinguished Soviet artist and National Artist of the USSR, Professor Andrei Mylnikov. His diploma work, a monumental canvas titled Struggle for Peace, was awarded high praise from the Academy Council and nominated for the Academy’s Big Gold Medal.

After graduating in 1987, Malykh served as head of the drawing faculty at the State Pedagogical Institute in Kishinev, Moldova. In 1992, he returned to his alma mater in St. Petersburg, where he has since taught painting, drawing, and composition at the Repin Institute.

Malykh has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout Russia, Germany, the United States, Israel, France, and Finland, and his works are held in international galleries and private collections. Known for his luminous, atmospheric painting style, he works across genres (portraits, landscapes, and still lifes) with a special reverence for his native St. Petersburg. The city’s streets, canals, and surrounding historic suburbs, Tsarskoe Selo, Pavlovsk, and Gatchina, often serve as subjects in his work, reflecting his deep connection to the region’s architectural and artistic heritage.

Today, Evgeny Malykh continues to create and teach in St. Petersburg, remaining active in the artistic community and dedicated to both classical training and contemporary expression.