“Destined to be an artist…” No, it’s not about me. I wasn’t destined to be an artist. I had no choice but to become an artist.
I began drawing when I was four. Actually, since then I’ve never done anything in my whole life but draw, paint, create. At a very early age I came to realize that it’s the best way for me to express my feelings and to communicate with the world around me. Now that I am a very grown up person and highly experienced professional artist, it is still is.
As for my primary education, I got the best schooling whatsoever in terms of art: it was the Specialized Art School by the State Academy of Art in St.Petersburg, Russia. For the graduates of this school the future was predetermined. At that time already my way of life was… art.
At the age of 22 I found myself to become a professional stage artist, having 5 years of academic training from St.Petersburg Theatrical Academy. Being still a very young artist, I was chosen to exhibit my oils, inks and pastels at some very prestigious venue. At the age of 33, I was granted the title “Member of National Association of Russian Artists” and a nimber of my artworks were purchased by Bakhrushin State Theatrical Museum and State Museum of Children’s Theaters.
Since 1990, when I immigrated, I’ve been working – painting, drawing, sculpturing – in Israel, Canada and USA. Beginning from 1990, almost each year, a have a solo exhibition, and participate in a number of group exhibitions.
