MEMBER OF RUSSIAN ARTISTS UNION, MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ART CRITICS AND ART HISTORIANS ASSOCIATION AICA
Education:
1996-2002 - The St.-Petersburg State Academy of Art & Design, the Department of Sculpture
(Graduated with Honour Degree)
2001 & 2002 spring terms - Lahti Polytechnic (Lahti, Finland)
1991-1996 - The St.-Petersburg State Art College Named by N. Roerich
1987-1990 The St.-Petersburg State Art School №17
(Graduated with Honour Degree)
Symposia and workshops:
from 2002 till the present time - takes part in more than 40 professional art exhibitions and about 50 sculptures festivals, symposia and workshops in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, France, Holland, Portugal, Germany, Swiss, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Vietnam, Japan, China
Awards (beside diplomas of symposia, exhibitions and workshops)
2003 Grant and personal scholarship of Russian Artists Union
2002 Winning prize in the “Grant Projects Exhibition” ("Muses of Saint-Petersburg”) (SAAD)
2000 Grant of SIMO (Finland)
Grant and personal scholarship of President of Russia
1999 Winning prize in the competition for “First Shipyards Monument”(The Krasnogvardeisky District Local Authority & SAAD)