Bio
I’m professional artist and art educator working from my studio in Sydney. I create colourful, whimsical, abstract paintings. I’ve been painting and drawing since my early childhood. Painting became my everyday practice, my source of energy, my dialogue with the world, my research of my own inner world.
My inspirations come from everyday life, an assortment of animals, nature, people and places. I am inspired by colour, shapes and movement. I love experimenting with mixed mediums, oils, acrylics, charcoal and inks to create different styles and textures. My paintings are inspired by memory, meditation, music and the culture and essence of Australian nature.
Nature is a constant inspiration in my work. I have always loved movement and colour – particularly the interplay of colour in nature – I strive to bring these qualities to my work for an affect which is very alive, yet also calming. This creative introspection allows me to produce art that is not only beautiful, but one-of-a-kind. I’ve been told again and again that this uncanny ability to illustrate the exceptional beauty of everyday life is what makes my artwork lovable.
Throughout my career, I’ve accumulated a vast repertoire of artistic techniques that have allowed me to better illustrate my intentions as an artist. My aim is to create unforgettable works and impart a deep emotional connection between objects and human beings whenever I begin a new piece. As a result, most of my work conveys the synthesis between Eastern and Western art, the figurative and the abstract, and the real and imaginary. What drives my art practice is an openness to possibilities, and a willingness to take on new challenges and engage creatively as often and in as many ways as I can.
I’m highly educated and experienced artist as well as an accomplished lecturer specializing in painting, graphics, and art history/theory. I graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at Omsk State University, with First Class Honours. About a year later, I began my 14 year career as a Fine Arts lecturer at the same university. During that time, from 1992 -1994, I took an Advanced Master Course in Fine Arts at the Repin State Academic Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St. Petersburg, Russia as well as a Professional Fine Arts Master Class at V.I. Surikov State Academic Art Institute in Moscow, Russia.
I have been featured in prominent art galleries and exhibitions in Australia, USA, Middle East, Russia, Europe and Asia.
I believe that my constant exposure to new ideas and types of art is what has allowed me to develop into the artist I am today.
I am a passionate artist and my ultimate aim is to focus on the quality of my work rather that the quantity of it and impart a small piece of myself as an artist into each and every one of my creations.
Exhibitions
Selected Art Exhibitions
2019
The Other Art Fair, Sydney
Solo Exhibition, Headland Gallery, Sydney
Solo Exhibition, Ryazanoff Gallery, Melbourne
2018
• The Other Art Fair, Melbourne
• Art Revolution Taipei, 2018, Taiwan
• Solo Exhibition, Ryazanoff Gallery, Albert Park, Melbourne
• Solo Exhibition, Headland Gallery, Mosman, Sydney
• Solo Exhibition, Bondi Gallery, Bondi, Sydney
2017
• Art Revolution Taipei, 2017, Taiwan
• Solo exhibition, Arthouse, Sydney
• Solo display / exhibition, Downing Centre, Sydney
• Solo exhibition, Aurora Place, Sydney
2016
• Art Revolution Taipei, 2016, Taiwan
• Solo Exhibition, 10K Paces, Bowral, NSW
• Solo Exhibition, Work-Shop Makery, Sydney
• Group Exhibition, IN TUNE Music in Art Soiree, Sydney
2015
• Solo Exhibition, 68 Moncur Street, Woollahra, Sydney
• Art Revolution Taipei 2015, Taiwan – 8 – 11 May
• Solo display / exhibition, Downing Centre, Sydney
• Solo Exhibition, Headland Gallery, Mosman, Sydney
2014
• Solo Exhibition, 73 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney
• Art Revolution Taipei 2014, Taiwan
• Solo Exhibition, Headland Gallery, Mosman, Sydney
• Solo display / exhibition, Downing Centre, Sydney
• National Art Gallery of Australia (Russia Day), Canberra
2013
• Stand F18, Australian Art Show Sydney 2013, 25 - 27 October, Hordern Pavilion, Entertainment Quarter, Sydney, Australia
• Stand A09, Australian Art Show Melbourne 2013, 23 - 25 August, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
• Featured artist on Colour in Your Life TV Show (Channel 74 and Foxtel cable TV)
• Group exhibition, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Sydney
• Group exhibition 'GOLD', SCH, Randwick
• Solo Exhibition, Space@565 Gallery, Sydney
• National Art Gallery of Australia (Russia Day), Canberra
2012
• Solo Exhibition, 70th Anniversary Australia-Russia relationship
• Group Exhibition, ‘The crossroads of Style’, Art Space on the Concourse
• Stand C10, 21 - 23 September, Art Expo Sydney 2012, Hordern Pavilion, Entertainment Q, Sydney
• Solo Exhibition, SVH, Darlinghurst
• Solo Exhibition, Space@565 Gallery, Sydney
• City of Kogarah Art Prize 2012 (Finalist)
• Group exhibition, SCH, Randwick
• Art Revolution Taipei 2012, Taiwan
2011
• Solo Exhibition, 'Dreams and reality', Space@565 Gallery, Sydney
• Stand C04, 14 - 16 October, Sydney Art Show 2011, Darling Harbour
• Group exhibition, SCH, Randwick
• Stand B19, 19 - 22 May, Art Melbourne 2011, The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton,
Melbourne
• Group exhibition, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Sydney
• Group exhibition, 2011 Herald Sun Camberwell Art Show
2010
• Group exhibition, Sydney Galleries, Darling Harbour, Sydney
• Group exhibition, “Energy & Movement” 32nd Annual Art Show, Hunters Hill
• Solo exhibition 'Iain Howell Art Gallery', Paddington
• Group exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel
• Group exhibition, “Trans – Siberian Art”, Omsk, Russia
• Group exhibition, “White nights”, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009
• Group exhibition, Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
• Group exhibition, Changeable Art Space, North Sydney
• Group exhibition, TAP Gallery's, Darlinghurst
• Solo exhibition, The Arty Gallery, Balmain
• Group exhibition, John Chen Gallery, QVB2008
• Group exhibition, Art Moment Gallery, Bondi Beach
• Group exhibition, The Arty Gallery, Balmain
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