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ABOUT ME

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     My work explores the pictorial interpretation of contact with memories, feelings of loss, and nostalgia. It takes shapes of installations, garments, and sculptures. Drawing is always an integral part of my practice, either as a direct storytelling vehicle or as a delicate technical approach. I mostly work with graphite, ink, and watercolors, and experiment with steel wire, scoby leather, and plant-seeded fabric. In my work, I contrast solid structures with transient materials to evoke an ethereal essence within my pieces.

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     My practice is a space for escapism, where I can temporarily reconcile the juxtaposed aspects of my cultural heritage and lived experience. I am deeply influenced by post-Soviet architecture, the bleak grayness of it, and yet I want to see it decay and recede into a distant memory. Nature is my other source of inspiration, as is human violence towards it. Heavy manmade structures and fragile elements of nature weave through my art, creating stories of melancholic nostalgia, misplacement, and conscious indifference. In my work I seek to create a space for introspection and contemplation, inviting viewers to explore the complexities of memory and emotion.

CV

- September 2022- May 2024 MFA program in Fashion, Body, and Garment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

 

- July 2024- November 2024, ThreeASFOUR, internship. Position: Fashion Design/Production Intern, Digital Artist. Creating digital garments and physical samples for a collection aimed to reduce physical waste.

 

- May 2024, Graduate Exhibition Two, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Position: one of the featured artists. Curated exhibition at the SAIC Galleries.

 

- February 2024- March 2024, Дома, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Position: one of the featured artists. Curated exhibition at the Sullivan Center Display. 

 

- October 2023- November 2023, Adjacency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Position: one of the featured artists. Curated exhibition at the Sullivan Center Display. 

 

- September 2023- Present, SAIC International Graduate Scholarship. Position: Recipient. School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

 

- June 2023- August 2023, Anthropologie, Summer internship. Position: Fashion design intern on the structured wovens team for “Pilcro” and “By Anthro”. Assisted with development of sketches in the aesthetic of the brand, research of trends and colors based on the given concept, and digital development in CLO3D for SS/2024 collections. 

 

- January 2023- June 2023, Nature Nails, Biodesign challenge. Top 8 finalists out of 170+ teams, presented at MoMA and Parsons. Created a bio-plastic alternative to acrylic nails and an eco-friendly adhesive, experimented with bacterial and natural dyes. Collaborative project, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

 

- September 2022- May 2024, Fashion Service Center. Position: Assistant Fashion Technician. Student worker responsible for maintenance of industrial sewing machine, student assistance and problem-solving, management and upkeep of the checkout center and equipment. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

 

- September 2019 - May 2022 BFA Animation: Concept and Story Development with Minor in Storyboarding at the Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- June 2021 – May 2022, Obscured, 2D animated short film, 5 min. Position: Director/Storyboard/Concept Artist/Animator. A story about a boy dealing with depression in a world where your emotions directly affect your reality. Created as a senior year project, Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- March – May 2021, Little Fate, 2D and 3D animated short film, ~3 min. Position: Director/Storyboard Artist/2D animator. A story of a young dinosaur interning at the fate-determining agency and messing with the probability of small events that lead to huge consequences. Collaboration project, Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- April 2021, Royal Ties, 3D animated short film, 3,5 min. Position: Character artist. A story about a girl dealing with racial hate and finding pride in her heritage. Collaboration project, Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- April 2021, Neo Robin Hood, a series of 7 illustrations. Position: Writer/Character artist. Reimagined story or Robin Hood placed in a cyberpunk setting. Collaborative project, Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- October 2021, Trader Soa’s, a series of hand-carved prints. Position: textile artist. Developed prints for an environmentally conscious line of clothing inspired by the aesthetic of the paper Trader Joe’s bag. Collaboration project, Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- February 2020, Charcoal Still Life, 30”x22” charcoal drawing, “Foundation Portfolio Awards” one of the 11 finalists among 87 participants, Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- January – March 2020, A.R.t, Augmented reality proposal for the MET. Position: co-creator. A mockup of a plugin for Instagram and Snapchat that uses augmented reality to integrate the viewer into a painting with the purpose of attracting younger audiences to the museums with the use of social media. Savannah College of Art and Design. 

 

- September 2019- Present, Dean’s List. Position: Recipient. Savannah College of art and Design. Savannah, Georgia. 

 

- September 2019, Academic Honors Scholarship. Position: Recipient. Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah, Georgia. 

 

- September 2019, SCAD Achievement Scholarship. Position: Recipient. Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah, Georgia. 

 

- September 2019, SCAD Achievement Honors Scholarship. Position: Recipient. Savannah College of art and Design. Savannah, Georgia. 

 

- June 2019, Medal Award, Order of department for Education in Moscow No 223 Dated 

 

- June 2019. Russian equivalent of “Summa Cum Laude” for finishing school with 4.0 G.P.A. Moscow, Russia. 

RESUME

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