BIO

1966 Was born in Kharkov, Ukraine


1976-1979 Studied Fine Art with Mikhail Dementiev

 

1977 Won a trip to the summer camp "Young Artist" in Carpathian Mountains, Svaliava, Ukraine

 

1981 Moved to Tbilisi, Georgia with the family

 

1984 Entered Georgian State Polytechnic University majoring in Computer Science, worked as an artist for faculty newspaper in Tbilisi, Georgia

 

1989 Immigrated to United States of America

 

1998-2000 Studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

1999 Studied landscape painting in the Manayank Art Center with Alex Kanevsky

 

2000 Was admitted to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to the Post-Baccalaureate Program, Philadelphia, PA

 

2001 Was admitted to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to the MFA Program, Philadelphia, PA

 

2000-2002 Studied painting and ceramics with Liudmila Makarova, Philadelphia

 

2003                

Graduated from MFA Program from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. 

 

2009

Artists Residency Palazzo Rinaldi Via Rinaldi N. 5 85035 Noèpoli (PZ) Italy

 

2013-2016

Studied printmaking with Christine Blair

2015-2016

Illustrated “Square Black Bear” children’s book by Marc Kallman

2015-2016

Illustrated “Всего не расскажешь” Yiddish songs and poems translated to Russian by Psoy Korolenko and Vicky Feldman

Solo Shows




September 2003

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468



September 2004

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468

November 2005

Art Studio "Stylissimo", St. Petersburg, Russia, Zagorodnij Per, 5 phone 7-812-118-4595, solo show



May-June 2005

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468, solo show

May 2005

“Infusion Gallery” S. Main St. Los Angeles, California tel. 213-683-8827



October 2005

“Gallery Borey”, St. Petersburg, Russia, “Traces” Solo Show

December 2005

Abington Art Center, 2004 Annual Competition, 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA , 19046

March 2006

“Unlikely Target” Group Show, Redux Art Center, Charleston, SC

March 2006

“CASE Museum of Contemporary Russian Art”, Group Show, 80 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ

May 2006

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468,



October 2006

Gallery Borey, St. Petersburg, Russia, “Echoes” Solo Show

May 2007

“Arts on the Avenue”, 1616 Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA Two person show

September 2007

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468

October 2007

Gallery Borey, St. Petersburg, Russia, “Resonance” Solo Show



April - May 2009

Harry Krug Gallery “Making Faces”– solo show Art Department Pittsburg State University, Kansas

July 2009

End of Residency Exhibition, Palazzo Rinaldi, Noèpoli Italia

September 2010

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468, solo show

September 2011

PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468, solo show

November 2014

PII Gallery “Favorite Things” joint show with Mikhail Prosmushkin



February 2015

PII Gallery – 10th solo show at PII 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468

April 2018

NoBA Art Space 202 Bala Ave., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004

“Sound and Silence” joint show with Megan Cox

Group Shows


May 2003

PAFA, MFA Graduate Exhibition, 104 N.Broad St, Philadelphia, PA

January 25 - April 4, 2004

Woodmere Art Museum, The 64th Annual Juried Exhibition, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118

February 6 – April 9, 2004

Gabriele Bieber and Mark Ham Gallery at DCCA, Members’ Juried Exhibition

March 2004

Sketch Club , 141th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Sketch Club , 235 S. Camac St. Philadelphia, 19106 215-545-9298.

December 2004

Abington Art Center, 2004 Annual Competition, Best of Show, 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA , 19046 Best of the Show

June-Sep 2005

38th Annual Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania , 300 North Street • Harrisburg, PA 17120

May 2006

“The Well” Group Show 1631 Loretta Ave. Feasterville, PA

November 2007

Lombrail-Teucquam, Paris “Arts Russes, Tableaux, Militaria, Souvenirs Historiques, Art Religieux” – paintings in the auction

October 2014

James Oliver Gallery, Art Nude Philly, group show.

September 2015

Adam Styka Annual Art Exhibition, group show

September 2019

PII Gallery “Excess Baggafe” joint show curated by Maria Kraybill with Elena Drozdova and Aissulu Kadyrzhanva

October 2018

PII Gallery :”Amused by Nature Landscape Show”

October 2019

PII Gallery “First Encounters” joint show curated by Maria Kraybill with Martin Camos and Alex Griffit