Oleg Astakhov
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Astakhov Oleg Ivanovich

Born in 1967, Chelyabinsk.

In 1995, he graduated from the instrument-making faculty of the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute, specializing in electronic computers. He became interested in photography while still a student at the university. Since 2007, he has been a permanent member of the creative association "Stone Belt", since 2009 - a member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia, since 2025 - a member of the International Association of Photographers "Eurasia". Artist-photographer of the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals. Head of the children's photography school of the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals.

  • member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia since 2009
  • scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • gold medal "TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT" in the nomination "Children of the World" (Austria), 2016
  • FIAP gold medal and FIAP Founder's Cup "Dr. M. Van de Wijer Trophy" as part of the Russian team at the "34th FIAP Black and White Photography Biennale" in the printed black and white photography section (South Africa), 2018
  • FIAP World Cup and "The Odette Bretscher Trophy" as part of the Russian team at the "19th FIAP Nature Biennale" in the projection photography section (Oman), 2018
  • silver medal of the FIAP 7th Bardaf International Exhibition (Slovakia) in the category "Sport", 2018
  • silver medal of the international FIAP salon "Numismatics Awards" in the category "Nature", 2017
  • 3 honorary ribbons of PSA (OPEN MONOCHROME, OPEN COLOR, NATURE) Eurasia Photo Awards, the first international photo competition under the auspices of FIAP and PSA in the South Urals, 2019
  • 2 honorary ribbons of FIAP (BLACK and WHITE, URBAN LIFE) International Photo Salon PLOVDIV (Bulgaria), 2021
  • member of the jury of the International Photo Salon Grand Eurasia Circuit (Chelyabinsk), 2022
  • winner of the international photo competition "Faith and Word" among Orthodox media of Russia and neighboring countries (Moscow), 2014
  • laureate of the international photo competition "Primordial Russia" (Moscow), 2014
  • finalist of the V International Karl Bulla Competition "Visible Features of the Epoch" (St. Petersburg), 2015
  • winner of the All-Russian competition of scientific photography "Elements of Science" organized by the magazine "Science and Life" (Moscow), 2016
  • finalist of the I All-Russian Festival of Russian Art Photography (Serpukhov), 2017
  • diploma winner of the III All-Russian Festival of Russian Art Photography in Memory of Vasily Ulitin (Serpukhov), 2021
  • 2nd place and honorable mention of the jury of the All-Russian competition "PhotoSoyuz. Unity" in the "Digital-art" section, participant of the final exhibition, Suzdal, 2021
  • gold medal of the All-Russian club competition "Berega" as part of the club collection of the photo club "Stone Belt", 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • winner of the All-Russian photo marathon "One day in the life of Troitsk", held as part of the international photography festival "Photofest - 2021"
  • winner of the All-Russian photo marathon "One day in the life of Miass", held as part of the international photography festival "Photofest - 2023"
  • Diploma winner of the All-Russian competition Argus "Photography among the Arts" in the nomination "Sign. Image. Space.", 2022
  • winner of the annual rating of the photo club "Stone Belt", 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023member of the International Association of Photographers "Eurasia", 2025
  • member of the jury of the "Open Cup of Russia, Monochrome", 2025

Personal exhibitions

  • personal exhibition "Russian Nun" in the Chelyabinsk Regional Universal Scientific Public Library, January 2016
  • personal exhibition "Russian Nun" in Snezhinsk, city library, March 2016
  • personal exhibition "Where the Church is, there is the spirit of God" in Kyshtym, dedicated to the opening of the international festival of sacred music, 2018
  • personal exhibition "Where the Church is, there is the spirit of God" in the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theater named after N.I. Glinka, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, 2018
  • personal exhibition "Mother Feodosia" in the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, May 2025

Collective exhibitions

  • participant of the joint exhibition “Collection of the best works of South Ural photographers” State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk), 2015.
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Soul of Russia. Southern Ural" (South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk), 2015.
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Primordial Russia” (Moscow, Central House of Artists), 2016.
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Primordial Russia. Southern Ural" (Astana, Kazakhstan), 2016
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Wedding. History and modernity" (State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk), 2016.
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Happy Birthday Chelyabinsk” (State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk), 2016
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Primordial Russia. Southern Ural" (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), 2017
  • participant of the joint exhibition “Primordial Russia. Southern Urals" (Kurgan), 2017
  • participant in the joint exhibition "Cuba - Museum of the Revolution" (Chelyabinsk Universal Scientific Public Library), 2017
  • participant in the joint exhibition "Orthodoxy in Russia" (Athens, Greece), 2017
  • participant in the international FIAP conference (Moscow), 2017
  • participant in the collective photo exhibition "Ural Winter" (State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk), 2018
  • participant in the collective photo exhibition "Photofest - 2018" (Satka, Chelyabinsk region)
  • participant in the photo exhibition of the All-Russian festival "Russian pictorial photography of the early 21st century", 2019
  • participant in the joint exhibition "Southern Urals: the best photographs" (Kostanay, Kazakhstan), 2019
  • participant in the project of Vladimir Bogdanovsky "The Path to Communism, or the Road to Happiness" (State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk), 2020
  • participant in the group exhibition based on the results of the last three FIAP World Cups in Artistic Photography at the international photography festival "Photofest 2020" (State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk), 2020
  • participant in the group photo exhibition "The Southern Urals in Photographs 2019-2020" opened on March 21, 2021 in the Federation Council of Russia (Moscow)