Whimsical and naïve objects; accidental shapes turn deliberate, forming non-existent landscapes, creatures, and situations, all evoking something strangely familiar.
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Whimsical and naïve objects; accidental shapes turn deliberate, forming non-existent landscapes, creatures, and situations, all evoking something strangely familiar.
> About
> Selected works
> Archive
From an early age, I immersed myself in drawing and painting. When asked as a child who I wanted to be in the future, I answered without hesitation: ‘Artist’. The reply I received was unexpected — I was told that being an artist was not a profession. For a time, I put aside drawing and became uncertain about what path to follow. This uncertainty eventually led me to architecture, a field I first entered without fully understanding what I was going to study, yet one that reconnected me with my early passion for visual expression.
Throughout my architectural career, I often created drawings and paintings alongside projects. These supporting works gradually evolved into an independent practice, culminating in my first series, Architectural Memories [2014]. This body of work transformed faint and almost forgotten impressions of places into visual form, marking a shift away from architecture as a profession and toward a more open artistic practice. Instead of being tied to specific projects, my work began to focus on memory, atmosphere, and the fragile ways spaces are remembered.
My current work explores the blurred boundary between recognition and abstraction. I use naive, instinctive shapes that almost resemble familiar places or objects, while remaining rooted in fleeting memories and distorted impressions. I am particularly interested in how natural formation and human intention overlap, leaving quiet traces of presence. Alongside painting, I also work with ceramics, which introduces a new dimension to my practice and allows these ideas to take on tactile, three-dimensional form. Sometimes I begin without knowing what will come next, layering paint or shaping clay and searching for a response, then adding details and control to refine that first instinctive moment.
In this way, my practice moves between memory and imagination, where fragments of recognition coexist with abstraction. My aim is to create spaces of ambiguity, encouraging viewers to engage with the uncertain, shifting nature of perception and recollection.
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2017–2019, Master of Arts with Distinction
in Architecture and Urbanism
MARCH in collaboration with London Metropolitan University
2007–2013, Architect
State University of Land Use Planning, Moscow
> Exhibitions:
2022
Archmoscow > In Search of Balance [group]
2021
Signal Music Festival > Temporary Art Installation [built]
2019
Zodchestvo > MARCH Architecture School [group]