Biography

Peter Reichet
Was born in Odessa (USSR) in 1953.
1971-1977 he is a student of professor Victor Orechnikov at the Russian Academy of Arts (Art institute named after Repine)
From 1976 to 1987 he is a member of 3 arctic expeditions to Franz Joseph Land, North Land and Bennett Island. Starting in 1976 he participates in over 200 exhibitions in Russia, France, UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Holland, Japan, the United States and Canada.
Member of the Geographic society of Russia since 1984
Member of the Russian Union of Artists since 1980
Member of the International Artists Federation since 2002

Public Collections:
Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Russian Museum , St.-Petersburg, Russia; collection of the Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Russia; St.Petersburg History Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia; Arctic and Antarctic Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia; Collection of the Central Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg, Russia; Fine Arts Museum, Arkhangelsk, Russia; Arkhangelsk Regional Museum, Arkhangelsk, Russia; Art Gallery, Vologda, Russia; Novgorod Museum of Art, Novgorod the Great, Russia; Grenen museum of Modern Art, Grenen, Skagen, Denmark; Modern Art in Axile Museum, Jersey City, NJ, United States.

Private Collections:
Denmark: Collection of the Royal Family, Mads Friis, Per Anders, Helle Dalgaard, Kristian Kaer. Germany: Kurt Dechler, Eugen Faas, Gunter Glaubitz. Estonia: Victor Cherichevski. Russia: Nikolai Blagodatov, Dubrovich, and others in Russia, United States, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Personal Exhibitions:
1976: Franz Joseph Land: Exhibit hall at the Beaux Arts Academy, Institute Repine, Leningrad, USSR.
1986: Yunost Magazine, Moscow, USSR.
1987: Bennett Island, Russian Artists Union, Leningrad USSR.
1988: Bestiary: The Last Whale, Russian Artists Union, Leningrad USSR
1988: Great Exhibit Hall City of Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk USSR
1989: The last whale. Traveling exhibit in a hall the shape of a whale 35 meters long. Aarhus (Denmark), Goteborg, Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), Leningrad, Moscow (USSR)
1990: Exhibitionism. Architects Union, Moscow, USSR.
1990: Russian Painting 1960-1990, Karlsrue, Germany.
1990; Volvo Corporation Exhibit Hall, oteborg, Sweden.
1990: 7 Russian Artists, Nellemann and Thomsen, Aarhus, Denmark.
1991: Gallery 10/10, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1991: Grenen Museum of Modern Art, Skagen, Denmark (catalogue)
1993: Bluff. Palitre Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia.
1995: Paintings and Sculpture. Banegaarden, Aabenraa, Denmark.
1996: The last whale. Central library of Karslrue, Germany
1997-1999-2000-2002: Palitre Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia
1998: Artist Union of Russia, St.Petersburg, Russia
1999: Iconolatry. Aalborg, Denmark
2001: Venemaa Kultuurfondi, Tallinn, Estonia
2003: Diaghilev Center, St.Petersburg, Russia
2004: Erotic Icons. Gallery Mailletz. Paris, France.
2004: Begin, China
2005: International federation of Artists (FIA) St.Petersburg, Russia (70 paintings)
2005: Beniksgaard Gallery. Graatsen, Denmark.