ABOUT

I am originally from St Petersburg, Russia, moved to Bay Area in 1997.

I call my style abstract intuitive. Painting is the way to explore the inner world and express the intuitive sense of beauty. It is my passionate way to explore the unknown, inventing a new and a different reality.
My artwork typically starts far from a canvas in a dream-like state during meditation practice, when I see a blurred image of shapes and colors.
Projecting imaginary reality onto a physical space is the most thrilling and technical part of the process. I use two general principles in my paintings: the spontaneous inner impulse and professional control over the painting as a whole. Strokes and colors become instruments to express my inner impulses and feelings. This process of expressing the intuitive sense of beauty is the biggest motivation behind my artwork.

EXHIBITIONS

2020 '50/50 show' Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2020 'Bountiful Sonoma' Juried Exhib., Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2019 'Bay Area Artist Choice' Juried Exhibition, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 'Imagined' Juried Exhibition, ArtVale Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 'Expressions' Juried Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
2019 'World of Abstractions' Juried Exhibition, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 'The Very Rare Affordable Art Fair' Curated Fair, JCO'S Art Haus, Los Gatos, CA
2018 '41st Benefit Auction', Works/San José art and performance center, San Jose, CA
2018 'Purely Abstract' Juried Exhibition, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2018 'World of Abstractions' Juried Exhibition, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Group Show, The Marker Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2016-2017 Group Shows, Art Guild of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2016 Online Group Show, The International Gallery of the Arts, Canada
2015 CONCEIVE | A Group Exhibition, The HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
2015 Permanent Installation, Samovar Hall, Mountain View, CA