Artist Biography

Born in Moscow in 1975 into a family of artists, my creative journey began in the intimate and formative space of my parents’ studio. Immersed from an early age in their world of form and color, I absorbed not only their techniques but also their sensibilities. By the age of seven, I was attending figure drawing classes held in their workshop—an experience that shaped my enduring fascination with the female form.

My mother’s refined sense of color, her deep understanding of modern architecture, and her commitment to clarity and restraint left a lasting imprint on my artistic language. From her, I inherited a reverence for line and color as essential instruments for unlocking the expressive resonance of form. My father’s guiding principle — “Sculpture must sound” — continues to serve as my internal tuning fork, a reminder that sculpture, like music, must carry an inner rhythm and voice.

I received my formal education at the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum named after Tomsky, followed by the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, where I studied under the direction of Alexander Rukavishnikov. I later refined my practice during a residency at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, Germany, in the studio of Stephan Balkenhol.

My work explores sculpture as a distilled visual language — a formula of gesture, line, and form that seeks to reveal the hidden logic and emotional core of the subject. I work primarily in bronze, ceramics, plaster, and stone, and also engage with printmaking through etching and silkscreen.