Youri Jarki
Youri Jarkikh (Jarki) (Russian: Юрий Александрович Жарких), b. July 16, 1938 in Tikhorezk , Krasnodar Territory , is a French - Russian painter and visual artist of the avant-garde .
Life
From 1958 to 1961 Youri Jarkikh attended the Naval School in Leningrad and from 1961-1967 the Leningrad College of Art and Industry "Vera Muchina".
He was a co-organizer of the Independent Art Movement in the Soviet Union . Youri Jarkikh appeared in the cultural history of Leningrad (St.-Petersburg) as an organizer and member of the organizing committee of the independent society for experimental exhibitions.
1974 Youri Jarkikh organized together with O. Rabin, E. Ruchin, A. Gleser and other nonconformist artists, the Bulldozer Exhibition (Russian: Бульдозерная выставка) in Moscow. In 1974 and 1975 Youri Jarkikh was one of the initiators of the exhibitions of unofficial art in Leningrad, in the House of Culture Gaza and in the House of Culture “Nevsky” .
Youri Jarkikh was persecuted by the KGB for his work and his health was severely affected by the use of iprite (poison). In 1977 he emigrated to Germany and in 1978 to France, where he received political asylum .
In 1984 Jarki founded the artists' association "Eidos". From 1987-1988 he exhibited in Paris, in the Palais des Congrès, together with 14 other contemporary French artists. In 1990 he was elected “Premier Peintre de Paris”.
In 2008, after the poet Alphabet exhibition in Saint Petersburg, he resumed the Russian nationality offered to him by the government. Youri Jarkikh lives and works in France to this day.
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| SURNAME | Jarki, Youri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sharkich, Yuri Alexandrovich; Жарких, Юрий Александрович (Russian spelling); Jarkikh, Youri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Russian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tikhorezk |