Artist - medalist. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic. Born on March 5, 1942, in the city of Kuibyshev.
In 1962, he graduated from the pedagogical department of the Frunze Art School. He is one of the first artists in the republic to show interest in the art of medals. His works, distinguished by their civic themes, have been exhibited at all-Union and international medal exhibitions. He has created medals dedicated to significant events in the history, culture, and labor achievements of the Kyrgyz people.
In his medals, Kopotev pays attention to both the substantive content and formal qualities. He has produced significant thematic cycles of medals, such as "Applied Art of Kyrgyzstan" (1972), "Ancient Cultural Monuments of Kyrgyzstan" (1973); "Architecture of Ancient Rus" (1973), "Harvest" (1975), "The First Lenin Decrees" (1977). The artist represented Kyrgyzstan at the International Exhibition-Competition "Revival of the Medal" in France (1974), the International Souvenir Exhibition in Damascus (1974), and the XVI Congress of Medal Art in Poland (1975). He developed sketches for the memorial plaque to T. Herzen in 2005.
For the development of sketches for the medal "For Charity," he was awarded the second prize in the competition in 2007.
Since 1976, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. The works of V. Kopotev are held in the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after G. Aitiev, the State Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum, the State Historical Museum in Kyiv, the Kulikovo Field Museum, the museum at the Mint in Moscow, as well as in private collections both near and far abroad.
MAIN WORKS
Medals Ancient Rus. 1972. Bronze, casting. 077mm. Stone Idols. 1975. Bronze, casting. 60x65mm. Figures. 1976. Copper, casting. 082mm. Legend. Mother-Deer. 1981. Bronze, casting. 0100mm. Our Cause is Just. 1985. Bronze, casting. 50x80mm. Gathering. Red Yurt. 1987. Bronze, casting. 076mm. The Collapse of Paganism in Rus. 1988. Copper, galvanization. 74x80mm. Apple. Diptych (Adam and Eve) Bronze, casting. 0 70mm. Medals Created for the Kyrgyz Republic 1. Medal and badge for the 100th anniversary of the city of Frunze. 2. Gold badge "Laureate of the State Prize in Science and Technology," Kyrgyzstan. 3. Gold badge (repeated) "Laureate of the State Prize in Science and Technology," Kyrgyzstan, with new national symbolism. 4. Medal "Laureate of the Alykul Osmonov Prize." 5. Medal "Laureate of the Tugelbay Sydykbekov Prize." 6. Special badge "Kurmanjan Datka." 7. Special badge (chevron) "Burkut." 8. Jubilee medal dedicated to Toktogul. 9. Participant in the creation of the emblem "Ulupluk Koopsuzduk Ministerligi." 10. Participant in the creation of the first national awards and orders: "Ak-shumkar," "Manas," "Batyr-ene," and the medals "Erdik," "Dank," "Ene danky." 11. Special badge pendant - symbol of the highest state authority - for the President.
Also, based on the sketches of V. Kopotev, medals have been created for the Jogorku Kenesh, deputy badges, the medal "Laureate of the State Prize" for the Academy of Sciences, medals for academicians of the Academy of Arts of the Kyrgyz Republic, and more than 100 various souvenir badges.
Painting Sacred Gold. 1991. Canvas, oil. 50x70. Evening Glade. 1995. Canvas, oil. 29x39. Flight of the Lark. 1997. Canvas, oil. 70x70. Quiet Abode. 2003. Canvas, oil. 31x47. Self-Portrait in the Studio. 2007. Canvas, oil. 35x60. Ail Kyzyl Oi. 2007. Canvas, oil. 35x48. Portrait of Daughter Lada. 2007. Canvas, oil. 60x60.
