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Igor V. Babailov, Hon.RAA, KStA

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Igor Babailov, Knighted Chevalier of the Order of St. Anne - featured on the Billboard at Times Square in New York City

Igor Babailov on the Billboard at Times Square, New York City

In his life-time professional portrait career, Igor V. Babailov, Hon.RAA, KStA, MFA(Ph.D), D.Litt.(Hon.Causa), has painted over 2,000 portraits. More than half of these are in official public, distinguished private, corporate and museum collections around the world.

He is the only portrait artist to have received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2022) which ranks as one of the highest awards in America with his name read into the Congressional Record.

Babailov was selected to paint legacy portraits of three living Presidents of three countries, two living Prime Ministers, members of the noble families and British Royalty, and three living Popes for the Vatican, to name a few.

Igor Babailov has been featured in art publications and news media nationally and internationally, such as: The New York Daily News, Washington Post, The Times of Malta, National Review, The Moscow Times, CBC News, the Vatican's ZENIT, Live with Regis and Kelly Show, The Artist's Magazine, Art World News, International Artist, Classical Realism Journal, AskMen, MercatorNet, The Encyclopedia Tematica del Peru, Italian American magazine Primo, and many others.

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Ellis Island Medal of Honor

2022

Distinguished Fellow,

Ciocca Center of the Busch School of Business,

Catholic University of America, 2019

Pope Francis

Honorary Doctorate,

Cumberland University, 2019

Prince Andrew The Duke of York

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

Pope Benedict XVI

Governor Mark Carney,

The Bank of England

Igor Babailov's Audience with Pope John Paul II

Pope St. John Paul II

2003

Official Portrait of Pope John Paul II, by Igor Babailov. Collection: Vatican

Igor Babailov meeting Nelson Mandela - official photography, Ottawa, Canada

Life sitting with Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, Official Life Portrait Sketch by Igor Babailov

Col. Christoph Graf, Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, Vatican

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna presenting Igor Babailov with the Order of St. Anne, in Malta

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, awarding Igor Babailov with the dynastic Order of St. Anne (est.1735)

American Pianist Byron Janis's portrait unveiling - with Dr. James Watson, discoverer of DNA

General David H. Petraeus

U.S. Military Commander, CIA Director

Portrait of General David Petraeus, by Igor Babailov. Collection: West Point Academy Museum

Official Portrait of President George W. Bush was commissioned to Igor Babailov on the occasion and on behalf of the G8 Summit. Collection: George W. Bush Presidential Library.

G8 Summit Members

Portrait of President George W. Bush

Portrait of President George W. Bush, commissioned to Igor Babailov on the occasion and on behalf of the G8 Summit. Collection: George W. Bush Presidential Library.

With Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, in preparation for his official U.S. Supreme Court portrait.

Portrait of George Washington, by Igor Babailov. Official unveiling. Collection: Mount Vernon Museum

Portrait of George Washington, Mount Vernon Museum

Official Portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, by Igor Babailov. Official Portrait Presentation

President Vladimir Putin of Russia

Commissioned by Canadian Government and presented by Jean Chretien, Prime Minister of Canada

2002

Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI by Igor Babailov. Vatican Splendors Exhibition - with the Vatican Curator Msgr. Roberto Zagnoli and Mark Greenberg

Babailov's Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI, selected by the Pope to represent his papacy at the Vatican Splendors Exhibition and displayed alongside the works of Michelangelo, Giotto, Bernini and other Great Masters of the Renaissance.

Igor Babailov - elected Hon. Academician of Painting to the Russian Academy of Arts (est. 1757)

Hon. American Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (est.1757)

American Pianist Byron Janis

and Dr. James Watson, discoverer of DNA

Igor Babailov with U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon. US Embassy, Vatican, Rome

Rudy Giuliani

Mayor of New York City

U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon, Vatican

Ambassador Michael Novak, Theologian, Templeton Prize recipient, author, diplomat, and artist Igor Babailov - Portrait Unveiling

Amb. Michael Novak

Official portrait of Justice Joseph P. Sullivan, Supreme Court Justice of New York State, and the oldest serving judge (for 30 years) in New York - Portrait by portrait artist Igor Babailov.

Official photography - Igor Babailov and two Prime Ministers of Canada, photographed in the very room where Winston Churchill posed for his 1941 iconic photograph.

This official photography - Igor Babailov and two Prime Ministers of Canada, photographed in the very room where Winston Churchill posed for his 1941 iconic photograph by Yousuf Karsh.

Winston Churchill (1941), photographed by Yousuf Karsh in the very room, where in 2002, Igor Babailov and two Prime Ministers were officially photograph in that very room where Winston Churchill posed for his 1941 iconic photograph.

Her Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta

Justice Joseph P. Sullivan

Supreme Court of New York

Portrait of American actor Tony Lo Bianco ("The French Connection" and many other films), by Igor Babailov. Official unveiling in New York City.

Isadore Sharp, Founder and chairman - Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, with his life-size portrait by Igor Babailov far in the background.

Isadore Sharp, Founder & CEO, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, with his life-size portrait in the far background.

Tony Lo Bianco

American Actor

Portrait Artist Igor Babailov - Portrait sitting with Prime Minister Jean Chretien, at 24 Sussex Dr., the Residence of Prime Minister in Ottawa, Canada

Reggie Jackson,

American Baseball Legend

Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

Mikhail Kalashnikov,

Inventor of AK-47

Portrait of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, by Igor Babailov. Official Portrait Unveiling at the Cathedral of Christ The Saviour. Collection: Moscow Patriarchate.

His Holiness Patriarch of Russia, Kirill

Governor Yves Fortier

The Hudson's Bay Company (incorporated in 1670).

Tiki Barber

American Football Star

Regis Philbin,

American Entertainer

James Gandolfini

American Actor ("The Sopranos", etc.)

Bill Gallo

American Sports Illustrator, New York Daily News

Wright Pinson portrait unveiling, with Dr. Billy Hudson, Dr. Julie Hudson, Igor Babailov, Hon.RAA, Dr. C.Wright Pinson, CEO Vanderbilt Health System, at the Hospital Hospitality House in Nashville, TN

Portrait of C.Wright Pinson, MD, MBA, CEO Vanderbilt Health System

From left to right:

Dr. Billy Hudson, Dr. Julie Hudson, Igor Babailov, Hon.RAA, Dr. C.Wright Pinson

Bobby Hull,

Hockey Legend

Boomer Esiason

American Football Star

Portrait of Judge Seth Norman,

Official portrait unveiling - Nashville, TN.

Steven Spielberg's World Celebrities Art Fair in Tokyo, Japan. Igor Babailov

Portrait of film director Akira Kurosawa by Igor Babailov. Steven Spielberg World Celebrities Art Fair in Tokyo, Japan. Igor Babailov

Igor Babailov was invited to unveil his portrait of the legendary film director Akira Kurosawa at Steven Spielberg's World Celebrities Art Fair, in Tokyo, Japan