Igor Panov

Artist and painter. Born in 1969.

Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin in 2001 (workshop of V.V. Sokolov).

Joined the "Union of Artists of Russia" in 2002. Awarded the Silver Medal of the All-Russian Public Organization "Union of Artists of Russia" in 2016.

Accepted as a member of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2011.

Joined the Russian Geographical Society in 2022.

Laureate of the National Prize in the field of contemporary fine and decorative art "Russian Gallery XXI Century," silver medal 2008. Laureate of the Prize named after I. E. Repina "For Relevance in Academic Art" at the exhibition "Red Gate/Against the Current," 2018.

Participant in international, all-Russian, and interregional exhibition projects. Of more than 350 exhibitions, 45 are personal.

He has made a number of creative trips to Germany, Norway, Tanzania, China, Egypt, Italy, Montenegro, India, Altai, Crimea, the Caucasus, the Urals, Karelia, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, the Russian North, and the Golden Ring of Russia.

In his work, the artist is guided by the traditions of the Russian realistic school of painting, striving to convey in his works an emotional personal attitude to the chosen topic.

His works are in museum, corporate, and private collections in Russia and abroad.

Director of the Institute of Fine and Decorative Arts of Togliatti State University, professor.