Valery Kokurin is an honored artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of Russia, the winner of numerous art awards.
Among the artists of the Vladimir school of painting, consisting of bright personalities Valery Kokurin holds a special place.
His works are a harmony of colors, striking even the most sophisticated viewer with a wealth of color and brightness of feelings. Artist's personality and his inexhaustible love of life manifests itself in brightness of colors.

Kokurin is a participant in many domestic and foreign exhibitions. Personal exhibitions of the artist were held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladimir and other cities.
The art pieces of Vladimir Kokurin are in almost all major art museums in the country, as well as in many foreign collections.
It has already become a tradition for the gallery to delight residents and visitors of the city, introducing them to world-famous, but new to the city authors and works. The current exhibition was not the exception.