ABOUT


YURY DARASHKEVICH

I was born in Belarus in 1962 and graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of the Arts. Upon graduation, I began a career in illustration and graphic design while continuing to paint in my spare time. Following several successful solo exhibitions, I chose to dedicate myself entirely to the visual arts.

To support this career transition, I relocated to Toronto, Canada. As a full-time artist, I was elected as a member of the Society of Canadian Artists in 2009. Seeking further inspiration, I opened a second studio in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2010, and recently established a third creative space in Ponta Delgada, Portugal.

Currently, my artworks are exhibited in fine art galleries across the United States, Canada, and Portugal. My paintings are held in prominent international, public, and private collections, including:

  • The Hilton Collection of Art (USA)
  • The Collection of Sara Blakely (Founder of Spanx, USA)
  • The National Art Museum of Belarus (Minsk, Belarus)
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Belarus (Minsk, Belarus)
  • The Volksbank Collection (Germany)
  • Villa Weiner (Germany)


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)

  • 2023  “Elaborated Space” Art, Antique, Design Showroom, Lake Worth, USA
  • 2022  “The Comets” Art, Antique, Design Showroom, Lake Worth, USA
  • 2020   “VARIATIONS” U-R-A gallery,  West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2019   “L-STRUCTURES” Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto. ON. Canada
  • 2019   “UN-CONVENTIONAL” (not)-sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA 
  • 2019   “GO FIGURE” Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NS, USA
  • 2018   “VISAGE” CORNELL ART MUSEUM. Delray Beach USA
  • 2018   “SOFT STRUCTURES second edition”  James Baird Gallery, Miami, USA
  • 2017   “WANDERING LIGHT”  Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston SC, USA
  • 2017   “REFLECTIONS”   Lake Worth Art Center, Lake Worth, USA
  • 2017   “SOFT STRUCTURES”  James Baird Gallery, Miami, USA
  • 2015   “RE-CONCILED BEAUTY” Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, USA
  • 2011   “INTRODUCTION”   Gallery BIBA, Palm Beach, USA
  • 2010   “HER”   Gallery One, Toronto, Canada
  • 2010   “MYSTIC POINT”   Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2004   “ART BY THE CUP”   Lydia Monaro Gallery, Montreal, Canada
  • 2004   “SHADOW OF WATER”  Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
  • 2001   “THE QUEST FOR ONE’S OWN VESSEL’   Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
  • 1999   ‘INTRODUCTION”  Prime Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1998   “BREMEN DAYBOOK” Goethe Institute, Bremen, Germany
  • 1998   “A LITTLE BLUE”   Podkova Lesna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
  • 1997   “ONLY BLUE”   Grigo Ratay Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 1996   “NEW GRAIL”   6 Line Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
  • 1996   “CUPS, SEARCH #2”   Villa Weiner Gallery, Rheine, Germany
  • 1995   “CUPS, SEARCH #1”  National Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
  • 1995   “BROWN SQUARE”  State Art Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
  • 1994  “CUPS AND DAMES”   Palace of the Arts, Minsk, Belarus


GROUP SHOW (selected)

  • 2026   “Palm Beach Art”, West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2026   “Art Palm Beach”. West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2026   “Modern-Contemporary” Palm Beach Edition of “Art Miami”, USA
  • 2025   “Palm Beach Art”, West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2025   “Art Palm Beach”. West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2025   “Modern-Contemporary” Palm Beach Edition of “Art Miami”, USA
  • 2024  “Modern-Contemporary” Palm Beach Edition of “Art Miami”, USA
  • 2023   “Art Miami, Context”, Miami, USA 
  • 2023  “Palm Beach Art”, West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2022   “Palm Beach Art”, West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2021   “Art Miami”, Miami, USA 
  • 2021   “Palm Beach Art”, West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2020   “Palm Beach Art, Antique, Design Show” West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2018   ART FORT LAUDERDALE Ft. Lauderdale, USA
  • 2017   “10” Palm Beach State College Gallery, USA
  • 2017   ART FORT LAUDERDALE Ft. Lauderdale, USA
  • 2016   THE BOX GALLERY.  Inaugural Show. West Palm Beach, USA
  • 2016   OPEN STUDIO, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2016   RED DOT, Miami, USA
  • 2016   SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING Cultural Council of Palm Beach, USA
  • 2016   AMERICAN ART AND ANTIQUE SHOW, Palm Beach, USA
  • 2015   ART PALM BEACH, Palm Beach, USA
  • 2015   RED DOT, Miami, USA
  • 2015   LOVE ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada
  • 2014   ART PALM BEACH, Palm Beach, USA
  • 2014   SCOPE, Miami, USA
  • 2014   LOVE ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada
  • 2013   SCOPE, Miami, USA
  • 2012   SCOPE, Miami, USA
  • 2011   SCOPE, Miami, USA
  • 2010   SCOPE, Miami, USA
  • 2010   TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada
  • 2009   TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada
  • 2009   INTEGRATION, Hamilton, Canada
  • 2005   TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada
  • 2003   TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada
  • 2002   TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada

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