About The Artist

Born: Leningrad, 1960 Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows)/ Performances 2009 Digital print in ArtAuction09 at SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California. Digital prints and mixed media in Annual Holiday Art Sale at Gallery 146, San Francisco. 2008 Drawing in Art for the House exhibition at The Shooting gallery,San Francisco. Drawing in The Love Show exhibition at Gallery 146,San Francisco. 2007 Drawings in 7th Annual Monster Drawing Rally at Southern Exposure,San Francisco. 2006 Improvised drawings and dance performance in Raw and Uncut Festival at Shotwell Studios, San Francisco. Choreographer Martin A. David Digital print at CounterPulse Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Improvised drawings and dance performance in ...And Still Dancing at ODC Theater, San Francisco, USA. Choreographer Martin A. David. 2005 Digital prints and mixed media in Bayennale, Bay Area International Arts Festival at Cellspace, San Francisco, USA. Digital prints and drawing in The Third Annual Art Nouveau at Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA. Sculpture Convoluted in EcoArts, Lake County Sculpture Walk, Trailside Park, Middletown, California. Digital print in 20th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction at Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, USA. 2004 Digital and collagraph prints and drawing in Nouveau Salon at Whitney Young Cultural Center. San Francisco, USA. Sculpture True Faker in EcoArts, Lake County Sculpture Walk, Trailside Park, Middletown, California. 2003 Sculpture, prints, photography in Nouveau Salon at Whitney Young Cultural Center. San Francisco, USA. Drawing in 18th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA. 2002 Digital images at Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, USA. Photography and mixed media in Wigged Out, Exhibition Party at Arty Pants Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon. TV installations, prints and performance "The Heroman" in "The TV Show", The Boon Project Juried Exhibition, The Warehouse, San Francisco, USA. Jurors: Mark Scandrette and David Starfas. Digital graphics in The Flag Project at Culpepper Gallery, Abrons Arts Center, New York, USA Collagraphs, photography and mixed media at Muddy's café, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon. Collagraph at Art with a Heart, Ritter House Juried Exhibition and Auction, San Rafael, California, USA. Jurors: Chester Arnold, Joanne Chappell, Robin Critelli, Charles H. Curley, Tyson Underwood. Installation at Sucky Tapioka café, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSF. Collagraphs at Build Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon. Digital graphics at Exit Art Gallery, New York, USA. Sculpture Fly Like an Eagle at Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, California, USA. Prints, two-person exhibition at Backstage Gallery, San Francisco, USA. 2001 *Photography at The Youth Center of Northern Countries, St. Petersburg, Russia. Performance Under the Straight Line in Exit, International Festival for Unusual Live- Performances, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Roi Vaara. 2000 Prints in CSW Cyber Art & Poetry Spring/Summer Show 2000, based in USA. Organized by Sandy Curtis. Performance From Holland to New Holland in Emplacements, International Art Project, St. Petersburg, Russia. Curated by Gail Pearce, Great Britain. 1999 * Al-Ferdous, The Rose Garden, works on paper at The Jordanian Association of Plastic Artists, Amman, Jordan. 1996 Works on paper at The Russian Cultural Center, Paris, France. Commissions and projects 2005 Photography for Alma Cunningham Movement Dance Company, San Francisco, USA. 2004 Photography for West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, California 2002 Photography for Beckett’s Last Dance, dance, choreographed by Jon Whittle, San Francisco Fringe Theater Festival, San Francisco, USA. Photography for 9 Days on Dark Water, dance, choreographed by Angus Balbernie, Dance Mission Center, San Francisco, USA. 2001 Photographic images in Vexations, dance, choreographed by Kerstin Kussmaul, ODC Theater, San Francisco, USA. Installation for Iguandance, Canondance Theater, S. Petersburg, Russia. 1997 Outdoor sculpture, Tamarindo, Costa Rica. 1982 Stage design for Captains of the Sands, ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lebedev in The State Small Theater of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad, Russia. Publications Anthology of photography Sketches Of The Eye by The International Library of Photography, USA, 2001. Publicity 2002 Digital prints and mixed media in Bayennale, Bay Area International Arts Festival at Cellspace, San Francisco, USA. Reviewed by The San Francisco Art News Extra. Collagraphs, photography and mixed media at Muddy's café. San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalonSF. Reviewed by SanFranciscoArtMagazine.com based in San Francisco, USA. Collagraphs at Build Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Organized by ArtSalon. Shown by French-American Television. 2001 Performance Under the Straight Line in Exit, International Festival for Unusual Live-Performances, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Roi Vaara. Shown on ATV in Helsinki, Finland. Installation for Iguandance, Canondance Theater, S. Petersburg, Russia. Shown on Channel 26. 2000 Performance From Holland to New Holland in Emplacements, International Art Project, St. Petersburg, Russia. Curated by Gail Pearce, Great Britain. Reviewed by Vecherniy Peterburg. 1999 Al-Ferdous, The Rose Garden, works on paper at The Jordanian Association of Plastic Artists, Amman, Jordan. Reviewed by Al-Arab-Al-Yawm. Awards and Honors Grant for creative portrait photography workshop and travel. Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Colorado, USA, 2001. Honorable Mention. CSW Cyber Art & Poetry Spring/Summer Show 2000, based in USA, 2000. The Artist Magazine (USA) Award. CSW Cyber Art & Poetry Spring/Summer Show 2000, based in USA, 2000. Experience and Collections Worked in printmaking in universities, cultural centers and with individual artists in USA, Russia, Finland, Spain, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Syria, and Jordan. Prints and other works are in state, corporate and private collections in above mentioned and other countries, including The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., USA. Education 2005 17th Annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, California, USA. 2001 Workshop in creative portrait photography. Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Colorado, USA. Instructor: Judy Dater. 1995 La Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Courses on intaglio, serigraphy, lithography. 1977 School #190 at The Mukhina Industrial Arts Institute, Leningrad, USSR.