Born:

Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), 1946.

Education:

• Masters Degree, Electrical Engineering, Leningrad Technical College, 1970
• Graduate, Graphic Design School, Leningrad, 1984
• Graduate, Leningrad Academy of Arts, 1991

Career:

• 1970-1975 - Electrical Engineer
• from 1976 - Freelance jeweler and artist

Medium:

• Watercolor specializing in Landscapes and Botanicals
• Wooden carved jewelry with amber.
• Currently he completely devotes his time to creating watercolors.

One person exhibitions:

• 1976 - Institute of Television, Leningrad, Russia
• 1977 - Leningrad University, Leningrad, Russia
• 1978 - College of Movie Production, Leningrad, Russia
• 1979 - College of Physical Education, Leningrad, Russia
• 1985 - Art Center of Atomic Research Establishment, Sosnovy Bor, Russia
• 1987 - College of Paper Industry, Leningrad, Russia
• 1999 - Michailov Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2000 - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• 2001 - Meadow Creek Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• 2002 - Naiv Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2004 - Michailov Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2007 - XV Congress of European Mycologists, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2012, 2013, 2014 - Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2014-2015 The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, USA

Selected Group exhibitions:

• 1988 - Modern Russian Free Art Fund, Munich, Germany
• 1992 - 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• 1996 - Contemporary Botanical Artists, London, UK
• 1998 - Contemporary Botanical Artists of the World, London, UK
• 1999 - Millesgarden Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2001 - Contemporary Botanical Artists of the World II, London, UK
• 2001 - Marciana Library, Venice, Italy
• 2002 - The Shirley Sherwood Collection, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA
• 2005 - A New Flowering: 1000 years of Botanical Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, UK
• 2006 - Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
• 2012 - The Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London, UK
• 2015 - "Masters of Watercolor" The Artist Union Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Annual Botanical Art Exhibitions, St. Petersburg Botanical Garden 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  
• 2020-2021 Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Kraków, Poland

Professional Presentations:

• Camp Du Nord, Minnesota, USA - Artist in residence, 1992
• Pingree Park, Colorado, USA - Artist in residence, 1993
• Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota, USA - Watercolor Workshop, 1994
• Minnesota School of Botanical Art, USA – Watercolor Workshop, 2004, 2006, 2010
• Annual Conference of American Society of Botanical Artists, Los Angeles, USA - Master Watercolor Workshop, 2008
• The Huntington Library, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Watercolor Workshop, 2008, 2010
• Denver Botanical Garden, Denver, CO, USA - Watercolor Workshop, 2008, 2014
• Phipps Concervatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, USA - Watercolor Workshop, 2008
• The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA - Watercolor Workshop, 2010
• Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD, USA - Watercolor Workshop, 2010
• Botanical art classes, Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2012
• Botanical art classes, Puget Sound Micological Society, Seattle, WA, 2012
• Annual Conference of American Society of Botanical Artists, Chicago, USA - Master Watercolor Workshop, 2012
• Botanical art classes, North American Mycological Assosiation, WA, 2014

Selected Collections:

• Modern Russian Free Art Fund, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1988
• Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1992
• The Shirley Sherwood Collection, London, UK, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2008
• Lindley Library, London, UK, 1999
• Farlow Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2000
• The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2002
• Medtronic Inc. Corporate Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2004
• Komarov Botanical Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2007
• The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA, 2010
• Numerous private collections in the USA and Europe.

Currently represented by:

• Shirley Sherwood Botanical Art Gallery, London, UK

Professional Societies:

• American Society of Botanical Artists

Publications and catalogs:

• Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming. Issues 30, 9 (1). 1990 - 91 75, 20 (2). 2002
• Contemporary Botanical Artists. The Shirley Sherwood Collection;
• Weidenfeld & Nicloson, London, 1996, p. 206-207
• Botanical Artists of the World II (catalog). London, 2001
• A Passion for Plants. Contemporary Botanical Masterwork; Cassell & Co., London, 2001, p. 228-229, 259
• Red Data Book of Nature of Saint-Petersburg, "Professional", Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2004, p. 375-400
• A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art; Ashmolean Museum; Oxford, 2005, p. 83, 84
• Treasures of Botanical Art: Icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections, Kew Publishing, 2008
• The Red Data Book of Russian Federation, 2008.
• The Art of Plant Evolution by W. John Kress and Shirley Sherwood; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2010.
• Планета грибов (Planet of Mushrooms - Russian Mushroom Journal), May 2012, May 2014, October 2014
• Грибы России. Лучший Определитель - The Directory (field guide) of Mushrooms in Russia, Moscow, Russia, 2021
  

Inquiries may be directed to Viazmensky’s agent in the USA:

Mr. Michael Peltsman
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
phone 612-242-1043
mpeltsman@gmail.com