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Mikalay Tarasyuk

1932 – 2015

The artist was fond of wood carving and weaving using paints, straw and fabric. Nikolai Tarasyuk managed to achieve the greatest fame during the All-Union Festival of Folk Art in 1987.

Entire compositions made of wood, vines and straw are dedicated to the creativity of the Belarusian peasantry and Belarusian folk rituals. He also has works on the difficult economic situation of the peasants under different authorities. He was also engaged in the manufacture of musical instruments: pipes and harmonicas.

He built a separate house for his exhibits, calling it the Museum of Uspamina Batskaushchyna. The museum, which has no analogues in Belarus, has about 300 works of authorship.

His work received the status of intangible historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus.

In Poland, a film "Gaspadar" was made about Nikolai Tarasyuk.

Lived and worked in the village of Stoyly (Pruzhany district, Belarus).

Selected artworks

Articles on KALEKTAR

Selected dates:

May 22, 1932

Born in the village of Stoyly, Pruzhany district (BSSR, now the Republic of Belarus).

1980s

I tried to exhibit my works in Pruzhany and Kamenets.

1987

Received the VDNKh Gold Medal and the All-Union Festival of Folk Art laureate medal. After that, fame came to the artist, personal exhibitions began.

1989

Award People's Master of the Republic of Belarus in wooden sculpture.

1994

He built a separate house for his exhibits, calling it the Museum of Uspamina Batskaushchyna.

2002

Laureate of the special award of the President of the Republic of Belarus "For spiritual revival" in the nomination Folk art.

2007

For some time he was the only inhabitant of his native village.

2008

A monographic album "The Peasant Encyclopedia in the Works of Nikolai Tarasyuk" was released, which became the first publication of this kind in Belarus about the work of the Folk Master. And his work received the status of intangible historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus.

January 2015

He died in his native village from a stroke.