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Biographical data |
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| february, 26, 1951 |
Date of birth. Parents: Maria Andreevna Sheltunova, Ivan Evstafievitch Cherneshuk. Place of birth — Komsomolsk-on-Amur city. |
| 1966 |
Graduate from 8th form secondary school #3 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. |
| 1966–1970 |
Study at Irkutsk Art School. |
| summer, 1968 |
Work in Bodaibo. Do the posters with his groupmates for different institutions of the city. |
| august, 1968 |
Thanks to the money earned in Bodaibo, he goes to Leningrad and Baltic. |
| january, 1969 |
A course familiarization internship in Leningrad and Baltic. |
| may, 1970 |
Married to Galina Bronislavovna Alekseeva. |
| june, 1970 |
Defence of Diploma project made of birch bark and devoted to the Russian North. Scientific advisor G. V. Antsiferov. |
| summer, 1970 |
Goes to Taishet to earn money together with his groupmates Victor Morozov and Eugeny Harlamtsev. |
| autumn, 1970 |
Moves back to Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Works for advertisement center, deals with the city design. |
| 1971 |
Designes books for children named "A Mean Person", "Who Gave the Sun to the Evenks", and takes part with this project at "Artists from Ural, Siberia and the Far East" Republican Exhibition in Moscow. |
| august, 1972 |
The birth of Nastya, the daughter. |
| 1974 |
Returns to Irkutsk. |
| 1976 |
Open air on Olkhon Island. "Baikal Boats" — his favourite work was created during this trip. |
| summer, 1976 |
The participant of "Youth. Creativity. Modernity" Oblast Conference. The Conference Winner. |
| november, 1976 |
The birth of Nikita, the son. |
| 1977 |
Illustrates "On the Bobrova Rivulet" book for children by Constantine Yanovsky. Suffers his right hand injury and accomplishes the work with his left hand. |
| february, 1977 |
As a laureate of "Youth. Creativity. Modernity." Conference directs to "Old Ladoga" (Staraya Ladoga) a creative summer house next to Leningrad. Makes a great number of sketches, pictures and watercolors. |
| summer,1978 |
Works in BAM with a large group of artists, takes part in "We are building BAM" Republican Exhibition in Ulan Ude. |
| 1978 |
The participant of "Youth. Creativity. Modernity" Oblast Conference. I. Utkin prize winner. |
| 1978 |
A travel to Omsk exhibition "Young artists of Siberia". |
| summer, 1978 |
Irkutsk artists with their families go to Belsk (Cheremkhovsky district). Alexander created a series of watercolors devoted to these stunning places. |
| autumn, 1978 |
A trip to Leningrad. Creates a lot of pictures devoted to the city, visits the museums. |
| winter, 1979 |
Creates a series of watercolors "Skiers" from his flat window in Solnechny district and exhibits them at All-USSR Exhibition "Physical Training and Sports in Visual Arts". |
| spring,1979 |
Campaign train trip around "The Golden Ring", creates a lot of portraits. |
| 1979–1981 |
Opens "Baikalsky Aquamarine" child visual arts studio (5–12 years old children). |
| 1981 |
A creative trip to Tashkent and Samarkand. |
| autumn, 1981 |
Goes to Dresden, Germany with child pictures exhibition. |
| 1982 |
Becomes a member of the USSR Artists Union. Membership card #22484. |
| may, 1983 |
A month-and-a-half voyage by "Korchaginets" campaign steam boat in the Sea of Okhotsk. |
| 1985 |
A trip to Bulgaria (Sofia, Plovdiv and other cities). Creates a series of watercolor lists "Across Bulgaria". |
| 1986 |
A trip to Italy to celebrate "Unita" the newspaper of Italian communists. |
| 1987 |
A trip to Poland, Lagov to visit International Open Air Exhibition. |
| 1988 |
A trip to Poland, Zielona Gora with a Personal Exhibition. |
| 1989 |
Gets a new studio in Utkina street. |
| 1989 |
A trip to Poland with a Personal Exhibition. Travels with his friends across Europe. |
| 1989 |
The birth of Artemy, the grandson. |
| 1991 |
Getting ready to the Exhibition in Japan. |
| 1990–1992 |
Creates a lot of natural surrounding sketches, pictures, city and the Baikal landscapes, as well as sketches and pictures from his numerous trips, works with watercolors and oils. His studio is visited by the guests from Poland, Bulgaria, Japan, Holland and many other countries where his exhibition took place. |
| 1991 |
A trip to France. |
| 1994 |
The death of Nastya, the daughter. |
| 1995–1996 |
Works hard and fruitfully. Sells his works quite successfully. |
| spring, 1996 |
Moves to a new studio. |
| 1997 |
The death of Bronislav Pavlovitch, the wife's father. The artist loved him very much. |
| 1998 |
A family friend Natalya Kalinovskaya persuaded Alexander to create "Sunflowers" for her. He had been creating a lot of still lives with sunflowers since this year. |
| summer, 1999 |
The Granzhuans, the family of wine-makers from Nantes visit Irkutsk and stay at the Sheltunovs. |
| 1999 |
The death of Matrena Dmitrievna, Alexander's mother-in-law. |
| december, 1999 |
The Granzhuans visit the Sheltunovs to celebrate New Year. |
| 2000 |
Alexander and Galina adopt Artemy, the grandson. |
| summer, 2000 |
The Sheltunovs pay a reciprocal visit to France. Travels a lot across France. |
| 2000–2008 |
Alexander has totally switched to painting in oils since 2000. Travels a lot across the Baikal and Buryat. The Bainovs and the Huriganovs, family friends invite to Surharban, Sagaalgan and other holidays. |
| 2001 |
The family celebrates New Year in Kuret village next to the Baikal. Alexander creates a lot of pictures of the Baikal. |
| february, 2001 |
Celebrates his 50th anniversary and gets ready to the Exhibition in France. |
| november, 14, 2001 |
Wins a Gold Medal in "Foreign Artist" nomination at "The Face of Atlantic" the 1st International Salon in Nantes, France. Holds a Personal Exhibition in Ancenis. |
| 2002 |
Holds two Personal Exhibitions in Nantes and Le Havre, France. |
| 2003 |
The birth of Dobrynya, the grandson. |
| 2004 |
Maria Andreevna moves from Komsomolsk to Irkutsk. |
| 2005–2008 |
Alexander is getting ready to a Great Personal Exhibition which he devotes to his 60th anniversary and 350th anniversary of Irkutsk. |
| september, 6, 2008 |
Kim Mu Yang, the Consul-general of Republic of Korea visits Alexander Sheltunov's studio. Getting acquainted with the artist's works invites him to Seul with a Personal Exhibition. |
| september, 8, 2008 |
Died suddenly in his studio. |
