Irina Rybakova is a talented realist painter. She was born in Vyshny Volochok, Tver region. Her childhood was gone in a village near from The Repin Academicheskaya Dacha. It's the oldest and well-known creative base of Artists in Russian Federation. Here worked many famous Russian Artists: Ilya Repin, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, Isaac Levitan, Valentin Serov and many others. When Irina was 5 years old, she began to pose as a model for brothers Tkachov. The first painting by S.Tkachev with Irina was "The Bread of the Republic". Little Irina wanted to paint too, that's why she set up a still life in her garden and painted. Once her future teacher L. Ostrova saw that and suggested to teach Irina the painting. The other her teachers are N. Kolupaev, A. Levitin, M. Kugach. When Irina was 11, she went to the Art School. During her studying at Kostroma State University she had many successful shows for the teachers and students. Her works can be found in many private collections in Russia, Europe, in the USA, Kuwait. Public collections include many Art Museums of Kostroma, Mogilov (Belarus), Byalinyichi (Belarus), Vyshny Volochok, Plyos, Tarussa, Kolomna, Sankt-Petersburg. Irina is Honored artist of the Russian Federation and awarded the title of Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.