Now, as you read this brief biographical statement you will realize my lifetime commitment to painting images that matter to people. Through my work I love to keep my audience amused emotionally and visually.
I grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia. My early childhood dream was to live a life of a spy, full of excitement, danger, and intrigue. But the cold war had ended and the spying did not pan out, so I decided to live an equally exciting life as an artist.
I had my first success as an artist was I was 19 years old. Using tempera and watercolor I was painting miniatures in traditional Russian style and sold every single piece I took to the galleries on the Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Also at the age of nineteen, I organized and managed my own small art business by the name “Souvenir,” where eleven artists were working on painting miniatures on paper-mache boxes, broaches, and Easter eggs.
During this time I studied art in a private class taught by Russian art professors from
V. Mukhina Institute of Arts and Industrial Design in St. Petersburg, Russia (now renamed to St. Petersburg State Academy of Industrial Design).
Later in 1992 my interest in culture led me to study Social-Cultural Activity at the St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences. I graduated as a Manager of Cultural Collaboration. After graduation I worked in the advertisement department of the Orimi Trade in St. Petersburg, Russia on commercial design projects such as product advertisement and display design.
In 1997 I
immigrated to the United States. Since, I have completed several commissions one of which was an installation for the Department of Women Studies at the UWL La Crosse. My paintings were included in several group shows and one-person exhibitions. Images of my artwork were published on the covers of Northeast Florida Medicine and Footlights magazines, and showcased in several editorial publications among them are the La Crosse Tribune and the Chicago Reader.
My artwork was featured in the article “Mirroring Migraines” in Madison, WI newspaper – The Capital Times and discussed in several other newspaper articles. My artwork was shown on the Batavia, IL Television (BATV) and included in the book Presentation Power Tools for Fine Artists.
In my paintings I capture emotions and subjective interpretations of them. Images for my paintings spontaneously appear in my imagination. My imagination is “activated” through interaction with people and places, as well as my dreams, literature, media, and independent research. I like to paint people in motion. I do not use models and rely on my visual memory for every element of my painting.
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