ANATOL DONKAN Artist
Born in 1955 in Tunguska, Siberia, Russia. Member of the indigenous people of the Nanai on the banks of the river Amur in Eastern Siberia. 1975 helmsman for fishing fleet. Artistic work to revive the tradition of tanning fish leather and of wooden “effigies” sculptures in the tradition of the Nanai shamans. 1992 diploma from University of Khabarovsk, Russia – research topic: shamanic cult figures at the Amur. 2007 foundation – with Mareile Onodera – of Amur Art Museum in Viechtach in the Bavarian Forest, Germany.
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