Background
Khrushch was born in Odessa, Ukraine, on January 24, 1943.
Khrushch was born in Odessa, Ukraine, on January 24, 1943.
Valentin Khrushch attended the Odessa Arts Institute in the 1950's. There he studied under Y. Yegorov, N. Pavlyuk, T. Frayerman.
Along with his fellow artist, Stanislav Sychev, Valentin Khrusch organized an unauthorized street exhibition in 1963. It was called "Sychik + Hrushchik". It is believed that the "Fence Exhibition" organized by the young artists became the starting point for "Odessa nonconformism". Though the exhibition lasted only three hours, it had an enormous impact on the state of art of that time. Later Khrusch also took part in the organization of the first "apartment exhibitions" in Odessa.
Since the 1970s, his name along with the names of other "Odessa nonconformism" representatives, such as A. Anufriev, V. Strelnikov, S. Sychov, V. Basanets, started to emerge in foreign catalogs and exhibitions. In 1979 Khrusch took part in the unofficial exhibition "Contemporary Art from Ukraine", which travelled to New York, Munich, London and Paris. In 1982 Valentin Khrushch migrated from Odessa to Moscow.
He was a participant in creative Artists Union (1981-1983) on Yakimanka, Moscow. Afterwards, Valentin Khrusch had solo exhibitions in Moscow, Odessa, Kimry, Dubna. Khrushch's works are presented in permanent exhibitions of UNESCO in Paris, National Museum of Austria (Vienna), in museums and private collections in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Japan, the USA.
Last years of his life Valentin Khrushch spent in Kimry, Tver region, Russian Federation.
Leda and Swan
Fish and the Sea
Nude
Still Life with Fish
Kinsburgskaya sand bar
Memories of the Past
Untitled
Nude female with a Chair
The Lying One
Sweet Odessa, I Am at Home
Model
Autumn Motif
Still-life with a pipe
White Rose
The Rape Of Europa
Bikes
Tatiana
Boy in blue
Boy with ball
Annunciation 2
Annunciation
Vintage Automobile
Still Life
Female Nude in a Portal
Abstract Composition
Reclining Nude Under a Painting
Portrait of a Young Woman
Nude in Mirror
Still Life with Candle and Shell
Roses