Irina Rybakova is a talented realist painter. She was born in Vyshny Volochok, Tver region. She spent her childhood in a village near to The Repin Academicheskaya Dacha. It is the oldest and well-known creative base of Artists in Russia. Many famous Russian artists worked there: Ilya Repin, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, Isaac Levitan, Valentin Serov and many others. When Irina was 5 years old, she began to pose for brothers Tkachov. The first painting by them with Irina was "The Bread of the Republic". Little Irina wanted to paint too, that is why she set up her own still life in her garden and painted. Once her future teacher L. Ostrova saw that and offered to teach Irina to paint. Her other teachers are N. Kolupaev, A. Levitin, M. Kugach. When Irina was 11, she went to 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 Fine Art Galleries of Kostroma, Mogilev (Belarus), Byalinyichi (Belarus), Vyshni Volochok, Plyos, Tarussa, Kolomna.