29 Notable alumni of Belarusian State Academy of Arts
Updated: May 27, 2026 EliteDegrees
Belarusian State Academy of Arts is ranked #9,413 in the world and #34 in Belarus by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from Belarusian State Academy of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Belarusian State Academy of Arts won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Robert Landarsky
1936-. (aged 90)
painter
Robert Landarsky is a contemporary Belarusian artist. In 1979 he was awarded the Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR.
2. Yelena Trofimenko
1964-. (aged 62)
screenwriter
poet
film director
actor
Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress and poet.
3. Aliaksadr Tsyrkunov
1948-. (aged 78)
painter
Aliaksandr Tsyrkunov, is a Belarusian artist, painter and sculptor.
4. Yan Matusevich
1946-1998 (aged 52)
priest
Father Yan Matusevich was a bi-ritualist Belarusian Catholic priest, and the first dean of the modern Belarusian Greek Catholic Church, " revival [in the late 20th century]... in Belarus and especially in Minsk began with him".
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5. Mariya Zakharevich
1936-. (aged 90)
actor
Maria Georgieuna Zakharevich is a Belarusian theater actress, director, and People’s Artists of Belorussian SSR awarded with Order of Friendship of Peoples (1986), Order of Francysk Skaryna (2020), Veteran of Labour medal (1987), and Francysk Skaryna medal (1996).
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6. Alex Salaueu
1926-2021 (aged 95)
painter
Alex Salaueu was a Belarusian Avant-garde artist. Few works have survived from his extensive artistic repertoire, estimated at nearly 5000 creations. The majority of his work, especially his lyrical abstract works, stem from the latter part of his career. The latest are held by museums and discerning collectors. Salaueu was a Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic...
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7. Irina Kotova
1976-. (aged 50)
painter
Irina Kotova is a Belarusian-French painter and graphic artist.
8. Viktar Šalkevič
1959-. (aged 67)
singer
songwriter
writer
actor
film actor
Viktar Antonavich Shalkevich is a Belarusian actor, poet and singer-songwriter.
9. Alexandr Rodin
1947-2022 (aged 75)
painter
Alexander Rodin, sometimes spelled as Alexandr or Alex Rodin was a Belarusian contemporary painter.
10. Sergey Voychenko
1955-2004 (aged 49)
designer
painter
photographer
Sergey Voychenko was a Belarusian artist and designer known for his creative posters and photography art work together with his partner Vladimir Tsesler.
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11. Valery Slavuk
1947-. (aged 79)
exlibrist
painter
art educator
pedagogue
graphic artist
Valery Petrovich Slauk is a Belarusian graphic artist, book illustrator, and professor at the Belarusian Academy of Arts. His works are exhibited in the National Art Museum of Belarus and in several museums abroad.
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12. Victor Kopach
1970-. (aged 56)
sculptor
Viktar Kopach is a Belarusian sculptor. He lives and works in Minsk.
13. Adam Hlobus
1958-. (aged 68)
painter
poet
writer
restorer
visual artist
Adam Hlobus (born 29 September 1958 as Vladimir V. Adamchyk, Belarusian: Уладзімір Вячаслававіч Адамчык (transl. Uladzimir Vyachaslavavіch Adamchyk) is a Belarusian writer, novelist, essayist, poet, publisher, and artist.
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14. Uladzimir Ceslier
1951-. (aged 75)
designer
painter
sculptor
Vladimir Yakovlevich Tsesler is a Soviet and Belarusian artist and designer. His work spans poster art, painting, graphics, sculpture, industrial and print design. He is best known for his posters. Tsesler lived and worked in Minsk; since 2020, he has resided in Cyprus.
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15. Boris Zaborov
1935-2021 (aged 86)
sculptor
painter
printmaker
Boris Abramovich Zaborov was a Belarusian and French artist. He moved to Paris, France in 1980 to begin a career in painting that resulted in numerous exhibitions and increasing recognition in European, American, and Russian art circles.
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16. Hienadź Davydźka
1955-. (aged 71)
film director
television actor
journalist
politician
Gennady Davydko is a Belarusian politician and TV propagandist, included in the sanctions list of the European Union in 2011 - 2016.
17. Viktar Dashkevich
1945-2020 (aged 75)
actor
Viktar Mikalayevich Dashkevich was a Belarusian stage actor.
18. Ryhor Azaronak
1995-. (aged 31)
propagandist
correspondent
journalist
television presenter
Grigory Yuryevich Azarenok is a Belarusian journalist, television presenter and politician. He has been described as "the most loyal propagandist" of president Alexander Lukashenko.
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19. Mamdouh Hamadeh
1959-. (aged 67)
screenwriter
film director
journalist
caricaturist
Mamdouh Hamadeh is a Syrian journalist and cartoonist. Hamadeh was born in 1959 in the Golan Heights. His family lived in Sweida in southern Syria until he traveled to the Soviet Union to study at the Faculty of Journalism at Belarus State University in Minsk, where in 1994 he was awarded a PhD degree.
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20. Raman Bandarenka
1989-2020 (aged 31)
painter
street protester
Raman Bandarenka was an aspiring Belarusian designer, and shop manager. His death is associated with the protests against the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Raman Bandarenka died after reportedly being beaten by security forces. Police forces said they found him unconscious and called an ambulance.
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21. Palina
1994-. (aged 32)
singer
actor
Palina Yuryewna Palanyeychyk, known mononymously as Palina (previously Palina Respublika), is a Belarusian singer. Repertoire mainly consists of her own works, and she performs songs in Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and French.
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22. Ales Pushkin
1965-2023 (aged 58)
performance artist
painter
conservator
exhibition curator
scenographer
Ales Pushkin was a Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner. He was a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.
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23. Julia Vysotskaya
1973-. (aged 53)
television presenter
television celebrity chef
restaurateur
cook
presenter
Julia Aleksandrovna Vysotskaya is a Russian actress and television presenter.
24. Irina Medvedeva
1982-. (aged 44)
actor
singer
Irina Aleksandrovna Medvedeva is a Russian and Belarusian actress and singer. She has been member of cast of Russian sketch shows Dear broadcast, 6 kadrov and Sled. Medvedeva was married to Ruslan Alekhno from 2009 until 2011.
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25. Angelica Agurbash
1970-. (aged 56)
model
actor
fashion model
writer
film actor
Angelica Anatolyevna Yalinskaya, better known as Angelica Agurbash (Russian: Анжелика Агурбаш; Belarusian: Анжаліка Агурбаш), is a Belarusian singer and former model best known internationally for representing Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.
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26. Svetlana Penkina
1951-2016 (aged 65)
actor
Svetlana Alexandrovna Mulyavina-Penkina was a Soviet actress.
27. Zianon Paźniak
1944-. (aged 82)
poet
writer
art historian
opinion journalist
politician
Zianon Stanislavavich Pazniak is a Belarusian nationalist politician, archaeologist, and pro-democracy activist. He was a founding figure of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) and served as the chairman of its parliamentary fraction in the Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 1990 to 1995. He rose to prominence in politics in 1988 after revealing the NKVD's mass executions during the Great Purge...
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28. Olga Fadiejewa
1978-. (aged 48)
actor
film actor
Olga Efimovna Fadeeva is a Belarusian and Russian actress of theater and cinema. She is best known for her role as nurse Irina in the TV series Soldiers.
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29. Svetlana Zelenkovskaya
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
film actor
Svetlana Zelenkovskaya is a Belarusian and Ukrainian theater and film actress.