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Shor Madonna. 1995. Oil on canvas. Colorful painting by Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova

Shor Madonna. 1995. Oil on canvas. Painting by Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova

Colorful painting by Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova
Born May 1, 1963 in the heart of Mountain Shoria, Kuzbass region of Russia, Lyubov Arbachakova is a renowned Shor painter, graphic artist and poet. A researcher of Shor heroic epic, she is a candidate of philological sciences, a member of the Union of Artists (2005) and the Union of Russian Writers (1997).
She grew up in a small Siberian village of Anzass (Kemerovo region) among amazingly beautiful and majestic mountain taiga.
According to art critics and viewers of her personal exhibitions, her paintings radiate some kind of extraordinary energy and heat. Bright and sunny, almost all of her pictures have a plot. As it turned out, they are like the parable in paint, an unheard vision and a sense of peace. Her paintings require from the viewer an intuitive and emotional empathy, because it is the world of intimate confessional thoughts and feelings painted on canvas.


Bear. 1995. Oil on canvas

Bear. 1995. Oil on canvas

Private collectors from Russia, USA, Germany and Turkey purchased her paintings. She illustrated the book “Shor language in pictures,” for which she received a diploma of the 1st degree (2002). In addition, she designed books of Shor poets: NE Belchegeshev, t. B. Tudegeshev and GV Kostochakov.

Self-portrait. 2002

Self-portrait. 2002

Painting by Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova

Two. Canvas, oil. 1996

Two. Canvas, oil. 1996

The basic image-symbols of her paintings are central worldview in the traditional folklore of Turkic peoples of Southern Siberia – bear, bird, horse, deer, yurt, and the family tree. The function of these characters – to embody specially coded information that serves as a means of storing it, stockpiling, transferring, and enabling people to negotiate their collective activity goals.
For example, the image of a bird as a symbol of the upper world. Also, a symbol of dreams, successfully accompanying mankind since ancient times, from the folklore of the Firebird to Bluebird by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Talented Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova

Lyubov Arbachakova

Painting by Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova

An urgent letter. Oil on cardboard. 1997

An urgent letter. 1997

Beautiful girl. Oil on cardboard. 1999

Beautiful girl. 1999

Betrothed. Oil on cardboard. 1998

Betrothed. Oil on cardboard. 1998

Caravan of centuries. Canvas, oil. 1997

Caravan of centuries. Canvas, oil. 1997

Children of the Village Anzass. Arbachakova left in the front row

Children of the Village Anzass (Arbachakova left in the front row)

Choosing the bride. Oil on cardboard. 1998

Choosing the bride. 1998

Dinner. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Dinner. 1997

Drawings on the tambourine. Oil on cardboard. 1998

Drawings on the tambourine. 1998

Evening talk. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Evening talk. 1997

First steps. Oil on cardboard. 1997

First steps. 1997

Flowers of Shoria. 1996. Oil on canvas

Flowers of Shoria. 1996

Friends. 1996. Oil on canvas

Friends. 1996

Ginger. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Ginger. 1997

Gold architecture. Oil on cardboard. 1996

Gold architecture. 1996

In the garden. Oil on cardboard. 1997

In the garden. 1997

Meeting. Oil on cardboard. 1996

Meeting. 1996

Procession of spirits. 1995. Oil on canvas

Procession of spirits. 1995

Sincere conversation. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Sincere conversation. 1997

Song of the Shaman. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Song of the Shaman. 1997

Still life with bird cherry. 1994. Oil on canvas

Still life with bird cherry. 1994

Stroll. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Stroll. 1997

Study at the college, 1995

Study at the college, 1995

My childhood. 2003

My childhood. 2003

Travelers. 1996. Oil on canvas

Travelers. 1996

Winter Anzass. 1995. Oil on canvas

Winter Anzass. 1995

Year of the Red Bull. Oil on cardboard. 1997

Year of the Red Bull. 1997

Ancient Aul. 2002

Ancient Aul. 2002

Bypassing the possessions. 2002

Bypassing the possessions. 2002

In love. 2001

In love. 2001

In the twilight. 2002

In the twilight. 2002

My favorite. 2002

My favorite. 2002

Secret meeting. 2000

Secret meeting. 2000

Snowdrops. 2000

Snowdrops. 2000

Sunny deer. 1999

Sunny deer. 1999

Sweet bird-cherry. 2003

Sweet bird-cherry. 2003

Those who live now, didn't exist before. 2003

Those who live now, didn’t exist before. 2003

Toi. 2002

Toi. 2002

Winter night. 2003

Winter night. 2003

Blooming bird-cherry. 2003

Blooming bird-cherry. 2003

Chatting. 2003

Chatting. 2003

Family keepers

Family keepers

Middle world. 2003

Middle world. 2003

Poppies. 2003

Poppies. 2003

Primroses, 2003

Primroses, 2003

Sky deer. 2003

Sky deer. 2003

Sunny day. 2003

Sunny day. 2003

Sunny people. 2003

People of the Sun. 2003

The Dawn. 2003

The Dawn. 2003

Warriors going to fight. 2003

Warriors going to fight. 2003

Shor artist Lyubov Arbachakova (b. 1965)

Lyubov Arbachakova (b. 1965)