I was born in 2001 and from the age of four I started drawing. A lot! And everything! I had at my disposal a large IKEA easel, a roll of paper and plenty of colored pastel crayons. Since then I already knew: “I want to become an artist”.

Parallel with school I was attending a vocational training program at one of the best art schools, Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Adriaka in Moscow. The principles of Russian Academic Art influenced my style and have built a great artistic foundation for my career.

In the beginning of 2020 I decided to enroll in the Florence Academy of Art and in autumn my studies began in Italy. The school expanded my knowledge of art history and means of depicting nature. In my opinion, my works have become more truthful to real life, but remained vibrant in colors and lightening.

As one of the graduates in residency at the Academy, I have worked on building up a portfolio of works that are realistic and focus on capturing human experience. The primary medium that I use is oil. My art pieces are personal and individual in stylistic choices and narrative, since I drew inspiration from my Slavic heritage and stories of the past. Besides painting, I teach on a regular basis groups of different ages sharing my experience in realistic art. In the future, I am looking for more opportunities to educate people about art around the world and paint grand projects that will establish me as an individual artist.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

— Bachelor of Science, major in Communication/Global Marketing Communication and minor in Art History, Marist College partnered with The Lorenzo de Medici Institute, 2024 -…, Florence, Italy

— Certificate in Intensive Drawing, Intermediate and Advance Painting Program, Florence Academy of Art, 2020 – 2023, Florence, Italy

— Certificate of unfinished bachelor degree of “Watercolor and Fine Arts”, Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriaka, 2019 – 2020, Moscow, Russia

— Certificate of secondary education in Vocational Training Program “Watercolor Painting”, Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriaka, 2015 – 2019, Moscow, Russia

EXHIBITION AND AWARDS

— Featured Artist at the art exhibition “In the Light of Florence” organized by Pneuma Art Fondation, 27-29/09/2024, Florence, Italy

— Participant of Summer Faculty Show at the Florence Academy of Art, 19-26/07/2024, Florence, Italy

— Participant of the exhibition “The First State: work from the first FAA etching workshop” at the Florence Academy of Art, 12-18/07/2024, Florence, Italy

— Organizer and Participant of the event “Fourth Year Art Resident’s Open Studio” at the Florence Academy of Art, 2024,  Florence, Italy

— Organizer of solo-exhibition “Italian Art”, Trattoria Nonna Lina, 2024-…, Singapore

— Winner of Merit Prize Award International Juried Art Competition 7th FIGURATIVE, 2023, Los Angeles, USA

— Participant of the Exhibition “Four Corners of the World” in Lomi House, 2023, Torino, Italy

— Winner of the Art Epic Still Life Сompetition organized by Art Epic Gallery, 2023, Chicago, USA

— Finalist at the Third Annual “The Future Generation Competition” juried by Portrait Society of America, 2023, Florida, USA

— Exhibited at Online Student Gallery of The Florence Academy of Art, 2020 – currently, Florence, Italy

— Participant of Permanent Exhibition of works by Young Students in the Museum and Gallery Complex of the Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriaka, 2015- 2020, Moscow, Russia

— Participant of Online Exhibition “View From My Window”, UOC Facultatea de Arte, 2020, Constanta, Romania

WORK EXPERIENCE

— Teacher and Conductor of the workshop “Alla — Prima Portrait”, LACA Art Academy, 2024, Singapore

— Assisting Teacher of Landscape Workshop, Florence Academy of Art, 2024, Florence, Italy

— Assisting Teacher in full-time program  of Advanced Painting, Florence Academy of Art, 2023-2024, Florence, Italy