Valentin Skachkov is the member of the Union of Russian painters, of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Art and of the Union of the professional painters of Izrael. He took part in 200 collective exhibitions in Russia and in foreign countries and made 57 solo exhibitions in 20 countries.
In 2010 he presented Russia at the 3rd International symposium of painters in Luxor at the invitation of the Culture Ministry of Egypt. In May 2012 his works were exposed at the International exhibition of the modern and classical art titled «ArtBeijing 2012» in Beijing. In May – June 2012 his solo exhibition was a great success in Harbin. At this exhibition the new International Art Center was opened there. 100 works of the exhibition were bought by the Art Museum of Harbin. V. Skachkov’s pictures are exposed in the National Pushkin Museum in Saint-Petersburg, in the Modern Art Museum in Cairo (Egypt), in the Art Museum of Cambrai (France), the Art Museum of Harbin (China), the State History and Literature Museum in Pushkin, art galleries of many countries of the World and private collections.
