Guennadi Kalinine is accomplished painter, restorer and teacher, has over 40 years of experience in painting landscapes, portraits and figures, mastering the most ancient techniques for painting and gilding, with the ability to skillfully integrate them with modern media. Has successfully restored work by the Group of Seven, the school of Barbizon and many privately owned paintings as well as wooden and ceramic artifacts.
Guennadi founded a GKStudio in downtown Dundas, Ontario. Guennadi also teaches several courses on drawing and painting at the Dundas Valley School of Art.
Since 2003 he has participated in 30 group exhibitions and 7 solo art shows. He was a finalist of International Artist magazine art competition of February/March 2010 and feature artist of October/November 2010. There also were many articles about his artwork in local and nationwide press: “Hamilton Spectator”, “Arabella” magazine (2009), “Hamilton” magazine, “Bluecanvas” magazine (LA. CA. 2012).