ARTISTíS BIOGRAPHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

Where were you born?
I was born in Moscow.

Where do you live presently?
I live in Moscow.

Please describe your artwork?
My works include various types of art. As for monumental art, 
I should mention frescoes of the central dome of the Christ the Savior Church and also murals at the restaurant of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.  My easel paintings include landscapes, still lives, portraits, and different compositions. Applied art works include lacer boxes, brooches and etc. made in technique similar to Palekh school.

What is your favorite technique?
I easel painting: oil on canvas, mosaics.
In graphics: coal, sepia, black lead pencil.
 
What are your favorite types of art?
Graphical archaic art works, Renaissance, Protorenaissance, Western European of 16-17th centuries, Bysantium art, Russian icons and frescoes of 12-17th centuries.

What event inspired you to become a professional artist and at what age were you when that event occurred? 
      I have been drawing and painting since I was four years old. I decided to become a 
      professional artist, because painting is the only thing I can do ceaselessly and    
      enjoy it very much.

What has been the most lucky thing that has happened in your art carrer?
Studing of Russian and European art history.

Who has been the most influential person in shaping your artwork?
Professor E. Maximov, E. Troshev, I. Lubeynikov, S. Gavrilyachenko, M. Bugai.

What is your favorite subject for your art?
Still lives with complex composition, thorough depicting of details and intricate philosophical meaning. Also I like various compositions and landscapes.
Exhibitions:

1997 ­ Youth Exhibition on Kuznetsky Bridge, Moscow
1998 ­ exhibition ìWe profess the Orthodoxyî, organized by the graduates and students of the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts named after V. Surikov in the International Slavic Cultural Center.
1999 ­ Youth Exhibition, Kuznetsky Bridge, Moscow
1999 ­ ìAutumn in Boldinoî, Moscow, the Central House of Artists.
2001- exhibition of the monumental art studio of Professor E. Maximov at the Moscow State Institute of Fine Arts named after V. Surikov,  ìâê ìà
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2001- exhibition of the monumental art studio of Professor E. Maximov at the Moscow State Institute of Fine Arts named after V. Surikov, Moscow
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