A native Russian, I was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). I received an M.A. from the Herzen Pedagogical Institute (now the St. Petersburg Pedagogical University). In addition to exhibitions in St. Petersburg, I also sold a number of paintings and pen and ink drawings through private referrals to collectors from St. Petersburg, Moscow, London, Toronto, and New York. I am also the author of two volumes of poetry published in St. Petersburg. Since immigrating to the United States in December, 2004, I have lived and worked in Seattle. Excibitions (St. Petersburg, Russia) Intertour Ozerky Beloved City Gallery Elite Contemporary Arts (online gallery) Exhibitions (Seattle, U.S.A) Seattle Artists Gallery (Mar. 2005) Seattle Artists Gallery (Oct.-Nov. 2005) Home Street Bank lobby, QA branch (Jan. 2006) Starbucks, Belltown store (Feb.-Mar. 2006) Artist statement I could paraphrase Gertrude Stein and say, ironically, that An artist is an artist is an artist. Or I could, with great pathos, say, I am a Russian artist. But I'd say more simply and less pretentiously that Art has to bring beauty. That Beauty could be tragical or not, but always gives people joy and a possibility for their souls to be more human. That is all I wish to say about Art. The rest is the business of art critics.

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