I am a full time artist based in St Petersburg, Russia.
I wanted to be an artist since I can remember, I’ve been drawing and painting since childhood. As a kid I went to an art school but always felt stuck in the box of “classical” approach to painting and finding inspiration there and I was so overwhelmed with the feeling that I want to be left alone with my own way of doing things and not following the common rules that I stopped painting for almost 8 whole years.
In 2015-2016 I understood I really needed to get back to drawing and expressing myself through art and started to explore all the wide variety of painting and drawing media and approaches to creating art by myself.
I already had all the basic knowledge in painting technique and theory so the only hard thing was to stop being afraid of failing at trying to convey my own perception of the beauty that surrounds me.
Now, after years of experiments with different techniques and drawing and painting media I can say that I’ve found my own way for the nearest future - I create vivid mixed media paintings using acrylics, color pencils, gouache, oil and wax pastels and ink, finding most of my inspiration in the streets of my stunning city, St Petersburg. I feel that the true soul of the city is in its rusty roofs and dusty back windows, the cracked plaster on the walls and patches of different non-matching colours done by the communal services to hide the cracks.
As almost everyone else I enjoy discovering new places for myself so I find inspiration in my traveling experiences as well. But again I really like to put my attention on the “mundane” things like narrow streets of some small town along Côte d’Azur or shabby rural houses in Russian countryside.
My artworks have taken part in several group exhibitions in Russia and have found home in private collections in Russia and Europe and public collection of Primorsk Local History Museum.
Saint Petersburg, Россия
One of my paintings is taking part in the exhibition held at the main exhibition hall of Saint Petersburg artists' union.
Saint Petersburg, Россия
Two of my paintings are taking part in a group exhibition held at Saint Petersburg Artists Union Center.
Saint Petersburg, Россия
7 of my artworks are now participating in a group exhibition "Dream on a White Night" in Saint Petersburg. It is taking place in "Gostinka art" gallery in the very centre of our beautiful city.
The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, mosaics and photos of over 20 artists.
