ARTIST' CURRICULUM VITAE

Born in 1933 in Odessa on the Black Sea, Meshberg began his study of art at the age of thirteen. He completed his studies at the Odessa Art College and in 1960 was accepted as a member of the Union of Soviet Artists. Hailed as among the most accomplished young Soviet artists of the 1960's, his paintings were collected by Russian and Western museums, including the Pushkin Museum and the Tretiakov Gallery, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art.

Meshberg's experimentation with abstraction in the 1970s precipitated his fall from favor with the ruling party of the former Soviet Union. He emigrated from the USSR in 1973 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. Inspired and influenced by his new surroundings, the New York Times notes, "Mr. Meshberg has painted his way into American life".

EDUCATION:

University - Odessa Art College, B.A. 1958, Awarded Highest Honors. Degrees granted: Artist - Painter; Artist - Teacher

High School - Children's Art School, Odessa, USSR, 1946-1950

HONORS:

1946	First Prize	Ukrainian Annual Art Contest
1949	First Prize	Ukrainian Annual Art Contest
1957	First Prize	University Contest
1963	Best Painting	Moscow All Union Art Exhibition
1965	Best Painting	Moscow All Union Art Exhibition
1967	Named one of the "Six Best Painters in Russia"