SERGEY EYLANBEKOV – “SYMBOLIST SPORTS SCULPTOR” – 2004 SPORT ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Artist Biography | Style & Inspiration | Key Sport Works & World Influence

First Lady of Malaysia

1978

84 Moscow Surikov Academy of Fine Art

1984

Russian Academy of Fine Arts Award

1984-86

Obligatory service in Russian army

1987-89

Sculpture exhibitions in Russia, Czechoslovakia, West Germany

1989

Closing of Eylanbekov’s art studio by Russian government

Immigrates to U.S.A.

Portrait of a Boxer

1991

Professional Member, National Sculpture Society, USA

1992

Bronze of US President Regan placed in Presidential Library

1993

Lance Chilmark Award & Silver Medal

1994

National Sculpture Society Exhibition, 61st Annual Exhibition, New York

1995

Roger T. Williams Young Sculptors’ Award

National Sculpture Society Exhibition, Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy

1996

National Sculpture Society Fellow

1st Place, National Sculpture Competition, Pennsylvania Academy & Lyme Academy

Walter & Michael Lantz Prize

Edward Fenno Hoffman Prize for Outstanding Achievement

Man with a Bird

1997

National Sculpture Society Board of Directors

Tallix Foundry Prize

Artist Showcase Award, Manhattan Arts International Magazine

1998

National Sculpture Society 65th Annual Exhibition

1999

National Sculpture Society 66th Annual Exhibition

“Masterworks of American Sculpture,” Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona

2000

Eylanbekov’s Acrylic Sculptures Premier Unveiling

2002

Official Artist, Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games

2003

United States Olympic Committee Sport Art Competition, 1st Place

2004

United States Sports Academy Sport Artist of the Year

Grand prize in worldwide Olympic Art and Sport Contest in commemoration of the Olympic summer Games, Athens, Greece

2007

Acrylic sculpture for FIFA Women’s World Cup

2010

“Victory” sculpture presented by Business Council on International Understanding (BCIU) as International Peace & harmony Award to First Lady of Malaysia, Madame Rosmah Mansor, NYC

International competition winner, bronze honoring Henrik Ibsen , Oslo, Norway; installation of statue, “Peer Gynt & Three Herd Girls”

“I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.” Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poet; www.brainyquote.com