EDUCATION
2026 — Certificate in Applied Painting and Drawing, Synergy University, Moscow, Russia.
2025 — Professional Diploma in Graphic & Web Design, Synergy University, Moscow, Russia.
2017 — Certificate in Photography, Maximishin School of Photography, St.Petersburg, Russia.
1992 — MS in Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow, Russia.
SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING, STUDIO PRACTICE
2024–Present — Continuous Studio Practice: Watercolor and Applied Painting, Figure Drawing, Stroganov Russian State University of Design and Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia.
2025–Present — Continuous Studio Practice: Figure Drawing and Life Painting, Igor Burganov Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia.
2024–Present — Continuous Studio Practice: Drawing, Graphic Arts, and Watercolor, The Creative Union of Artists of Russia (TSKHR), Moscow, Russia.
SELECTED MASTERCLASSES & CONCEPTUAL INTENSIVES
2017 — Curatorial Intensive Masterclass under the Direction of TIME Magazine Contract Photographer Yuri Kozyrev, St. Petersburg, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: “Frustration”)
2016 — Advanced Curatorial Intensive under the Direction of Sergey Maximishin, Maximishin School of Photography, St. Petersburg, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: “The Silk Road Transformed”)
2016 — Advanced Curatorial Intensive under the Direction of Two-Time World Press Photo Winner Sergey Maximishin, Maximishin School of Photography, St. Petersburg, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: “Moyka”)
2015 — Curatorial Masterclass The Art of Visual Editing and Selection under the Direction of Magnum Photos Member Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Sreda Creative Art Laboratory, Moscow, Russia
2015 — Color Theory and Perception Masterclass under the Direction of Pavel Kosenko, Sreda Creative Art Laboratory, Moscow, Russia
FIELD RESEARCH & RESIDENCIES
2019 — Field Research & Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Magnum Photos Member Gueorgui Pinkhassov (including Magnum Photos Headquarters), Paris, France
2019 — Field Research and Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Two-Time World Press Photo Winner Sergey Maximishin Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: Zvonari / “The Bell Ringers”)
2018 — Field Research & Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Magnum Photos Member Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Porto, Portugal
2018 — Field Research and Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Two-Time World Press Photo Winner Sergey Maximishin Tutayev, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: “The Essence of Being and Place”)
2018 — Field Research and Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Two-Time World Press Photo Winner Sergey Maximishin, Staritsa, Tver Oblast, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: “The Essence of Being and Place”)
2017 — Field Research and Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Two-Time World Press Photo Winner Sergey Maximishin, Totma, Vologda Oblast, Russia (Individual Portfolio Project: “Totma: The House on the Waterfront”)
2016 — Field Research & Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Magnum Photos Member Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Tenerife, Spain
2016 — Field Research and Curatorial Residency under the Direction of Two-Time World Press Photo Winner Sergey Maximishin, Veliky Ustyug, Vologda Oblast, Russia (Individual Portfolio Projects: “The Twilight City” and “The District Veterinary Station”)
2016 — Individual Fellowship Residency under the Direction of Anzor Bukharsky (Bukhara, Samarkand, and the Urgut Region), Uzbekistan
TEACHING & MENTORSHIP CREDENTIALS
2026 — Professional Diploma in Continuing Education Pedagogy, Moscow City University (MCU), Moscow, Russia.
2026 — Professional Certificate in Educational Mentorship & Development, Synergy University, Moscow, Russia.
LONG-TERM VISUAL RESEARCH & PROJECTS
Lifelong Exploration — Vanishing Horizons: Tracking the Wild Felines of Eurasia
- Continuous field-based wildlife documentary research and animal tracking spanning the protected biosphere reserves of Mongolia, Western Sayan, and the Khabarovsk Krai tiger habitats.
2023–Present — The Scarlet Sails: Youth Culture and Monumental Maritime Pageantry
- Multi-year conceptual fine art study capturing the scale, movement, and light architecture of the world’s largest open-water maritime festival
2019–Present — The Frozen Frontier: With the Nenets Nomads
- Anthropological and visual study tracking the winter lifestyle, ancestral costume traditions, and arctic survival systems of Indigenous Arctic herders.
2015–Present — Vanishing Horizons: Tracking the Snow Leopard and Pallas’s Cat
- Continuous field-based wildlife documentary research across the protected biosphere reserves of Mongolia and Western Sayan, Russia.
2015–Present — Under All Sails: The Legacy of European and Russian Tall Ships
- Multi-year visual art and documentation of maritime practice, navigation, and historic vessel heritage aboard the Sedov, Kruzenshtern, Mir, Nadezhda and Khersones during international regattas.
2015–Present — The Akhal-Teke: Heritage Preservation of Elite Equine Bloodlines
- Ongoing documentary studio practice across historic breeding centers including the Shael, Japarov, and Stavropol Stud Farms and the Scientific Museum of Horse Breeding.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026 — Maritime Russia, Major Multimedia and Historical Exhibition, Organized by the Maritime Art Society at the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 — The Wilderness of Russia Solo Print Installation, RGS (Russian Geographical Society) at the Dream Island Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia.
2026 — Baring the Device (The Body Series), Curated Solo Project within the Abstraction Today Exhibition, Vremya Creative Association (TSKHR) at the Central House of the Architect, Moscow, Russia.
2026 — The Akhal-Teke Heritage Solo Pop-Up Exhibition, Hosted by the Russian Union of Art Photographers (Moscow Branch) at the Nosov Mansion Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Marine Landscape and Tall Ships, Nevsky 134 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2021 — Creative Paths, ARTKosmos Gallery & Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — Marine Landscape and Tall Ships, Moscow Exhibition Space 1t Tverskaya-Yamskaya 13, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — On-Site Duo Multimedia Exhibition Training Tall Ships (with Anatoly Vasiliev) aboard the Tall Ship Nadezhda, Sea of Japan (Tsushima Strait)
2019 — My Family (Moi Semya), Maritime Art Society, Azov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — Hustai National Park, Mongolia, Nevsky 134 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2018 — The Gobi Desert in Spring, Mongolia, Moscow Exhibition Space 1t Tverskaya-Yamskaya 13, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — The Protected Wilderness of Mongolia, Nevsky 134 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2017 — Marine Landscape and Tall Ships, Moscow Exhibition Space 1t Tverskaya-Yamskaya 13, Moscow, Russia.
2017 — The Protected Wilderness of Mongolia, Nevsky 134 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2016 — Marine Landscape and Tall Ships, Moscow Exhibition Space 1t Tverskaya-Yamskaya 13, Moscow, Russia.
2016 — The Protected Wilderness of Mongolia, Nevsky 134 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2015 — In the Footsteps of the Snow Leopard, Moscow Exhibition Space 1t Tverskaya-Yamskaya 13, Moscow, Russia.
2015 — Dreams of the Sea, Nevsky 134 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Maritime Russia, Open-Air Exhibition, All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia, curated by A. Vasiljev (Featured Artwork The Last Meeting of the Two Kruzenshterns — Open-Air Print Institutional Acquisition).
2025 — Annual Exhibition Hunting with a Camera, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2024 — The Fleeting World, Open-Air Exhibition (artwork The Mountain King – Snow Leopard), Timiryazev State Biology Museum / Ministry of Natural Resources Partnership at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia Institutional Acquisition).
2024 — Young Theater, Central House of the Actor, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Women’s Images in Art, Art-Razvoroty Curatorial Project Supported by the Russian Union of Art Photographers, Central House of the Actor, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Maritime Russia, Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Annual Exhibition Hunting with a Camera, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2023 — The Mitten (Varezhka), Russian Union of Art Photographers (Moscow Branch), the Nosov Mansion Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Maritime Russia, Maritime Art Society, the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Festival Cover Artist & Group Exhibition, IV Nature Photography Festival, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) Headquarters and the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2022-2023 — The Snow Leopard: To See and To Save, The State Tretyakov Gallery (New Tretyakov), Moscow, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2021 — The Fleeting World (artwork The Mountain King – Snow Leopard), The Metro Gallery (Moscow Metro / Ministry of Natural Resources Partnership), Moscow, Russia (Institutional Acquisition).
2019 — On-Site Art Contributor, Naval Commemoration Ceremony aboard the Tall Ship Nadezhda, Sea of Japan (Tsushima Strait).
2019 — Hunting with a Camera (Mongolian Series), Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society at the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2019 — Paris Multimedia Art Project, Collaborative Visual Sequence Curated by Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Paris, France (Permanent Digital Collection)
2018–2019 — The Living World, Russian Society of Wildlife Photographers at the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2018–2019 — Hunting with a Camera, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society at the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2018 — Porto Multimedia Art Project, Collaborative Visual Sequence Curated by Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Porto, Portugal (Permanent Digital Collection)
2016 — Tenerife Multimedia Art Project, Collaborative Visual Sequence Curated by Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Canary Islands, Spain (Permanent Digital Collection)
2015–2016 — International Exhibition: Cities of the World. Urban Stories, Art-Photo Section of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
GRANTS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2025 — Semifinalist, ECO Fine Art Print “The Trap Doesn’t Choose. The Trap Is Insatiable” — Golden Turtle International Competition (Category: Conservation of Wild Nature).
2019 — Semifinalist (Diploma No. 446381), V The Most Beautiful Country International Photo Contest (Category: “Many-Faced Russia”), Russian RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society), Moscow, Russia
COMMISSIONS and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2016 — Permanent Collection, Maritime Art Society Headquarters at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.(Featured Artworks: Stowaway, The Tall Ship ‘Mir’ Under Full Sail, The Last Meeting of the Two Kruzenshterns.) The Last Meeting of the Two Kruzenshterns featured as the flagship fine art piece and institutional symbol of the Maritime Art Society.The Last Meeting of the Two Kruzenshterns — Open-Air Print Institutional Acquisition.
2019 — Permanent Vessel Acquisition, State Ship Command of the Tall Ship Nadezhda (Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport), Vladivostok, Russia.
2017 — Institutional Vessel Acquisition, State Ship Command of the Tall Ship Mir (Admiral Makarov State University Archive), St. Petersburg, Russia.
2016 — Institutional Vessel Acquisition, State Ship Command of the Bark Sedov (Murmansk / Kaliningrad, Russia).
2016 — Permanent Vessel Acquisition, State Ship Command of the Bark Kruzenshtern (Baltic State Academy Archive), Kaliningrad, Russia.
2015–Present — Fine art photography prints from long-term documentary studio practice acquired for the permanent heritage collections of:
- Scientific and Art Museum of Horse Breeding, Lomonosov Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia (Permanent Collection);
- Shael Stud Farm (Vladimir Shamborant Akhal-Teke Breed Archive), Vladimir Oblast, Russia (Permanent Collection);
- Japarov Akhal-Teke Stud, Dagestan, Russia (Institutional Acquisition);
- Stavropol Stud Farm No. 170, Stavropol Krai, Russia (Permanent Collection).
2015–Present — Fine art photography prints from scientific expeditions donated to the permanent archives of:
- Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia;
- Great Gobi “A” Strictly Protected Area Headquarters, Govi-Altai, Mongolia;
- Hustai National Park Trust Archive, Töv Province, Mongolia;
- WWF-Mongolia (World Wide Fund for Nature), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Uvs Nuur Basin State Biosphere Reserve, Uvs Province, Mongolia;
- Uvs Nuur Basin State Biosphere Reserve, Uvs Province, Russia.
CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL INSTALLATIONS
2023 — Permanent Art Installation: Fine art photography prints acquired for academic lecture halls and clinical spaces, commissioned by Prof. Vladimir Kozlov and Tatiana Voden (International Academy of Psychological Sciences / Yaroslavl State University), Yaroslavl and St. Petersburg, Russia
SOCIAL PRACTICE & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (Charity)
2019 — Guest Artist & Workshop Facilitator, Save a Life Children’s Cancer Foundation Partnership, Vladivostok, Russia
2018 — Vladislav Tretiak & CERBA (Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association) Joint Charity Auction, Moscow, Russia. (Featured Lot: The Tall Ship Mir Under Full Sail large fine art print; auctioned alongside premier lots including signed memorabilia from NHL icon Alex Ovechkin)
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023 — Abramova, Marina. “Celebrating the New Year and Christmas Holidays: ‘The Mitten’ Collective Exhibition,” Music Seasons Magazine, December 2023, Moscow, Russia
2019 — Invited Artist Panelist, Interfax News Agency National Press Conference: Launch of the III International Expedition Russia-Japan: Human Horizons, Society for the Study of the Amur Region (RGS—Russian Geographical Society Far East Branch), Vladivostok, Russia
TALKS, LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING
2026 — Invited Artist Lecture Year-Round Travel Photography: Framing Nature and Horizon Across Seasons, RGS (Russian Geographical Society) at the Dream Island Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia
2026 — Invited Artist Presentation The Black Sea Tall Ships Races and the Frigate Mir, Maritime Art Society at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia
2026 — Invited Artist Lecture A Cross-Perspective on Russia and International Territories: Cultivating Long-Term Conceptual Projects, Russian Union of Art Photographers (Moscow Branch) at the Nosov Mansion Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia
2026 — Artist Keynote Presentation Stowaway: Fine Art Observations Aboard Russian Tall Ships, Main Stage of the Pristine Russia All-Russian Nature Festival, Moscow, Russia
2026 — Invited Artist Presentation The Akhal-Teke Horse: Capturing Elegance in the Frame, Maritime Art Society at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia
2026 — Invited Artist Lecture Under All Sails: Maritime Training Aboard Russian Tall Ships, Nizhegorodsky Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia
2025 — Invited Artist Presentation Photomarinistics and Tall Ships of Russia, The Most Beautiful Country National Photo Festival (RGS / RGO—Russian Geographical Society), Moscow, Russia
2025 — Lecture & Artist Talk Under the Sails of the Bark Kruzenshtern, Maritime Art Society Headquarters, Moscow, Russia.
2025 — Invited Artist Presentation The Scarlet Sails: Capturing Youth Culture and Maritime Pageantry, Maritime Art Society at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia
2025 — Invited Artist Lecture The Scarlet Sails: Fine Art Documentation of Open-Water Visual Spectacles, Nizhegorodsky Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia
2025 — Invited Artist Lecture The European Bison: Documenting Wild Legacies in Forest Ecosystems, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia
2025 — Invited Lecture, Artist Presentation Forest Inhabitants: The Eurasian Pygmy Owl, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) at Robot Station, All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Visual Presentation: The Roads We Choose, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) at the Belinsky Regional Research Library, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation & Talk Part II: Summer at the Stud Farm, All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation & Talk Part I: Akhal-Teke Horses: Winter at the Stud Farm, All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation In the Realm of Fairy Tales: A Kaleidoscope of Winter Photography, Maritime Art Society Headquarters, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation Under the Sails of the Bark Sedov, Maritime Art Society Headquarters, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation Spring Flowers of Russia, Maritime Art Society Headquarters, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation The Eurasian Pygmy Owl: Russia’s Smallest Owl, Maritime Art Society Headquarters, Moscow, Russia.
2024 — Artist Presentation Eye to Eye with the Snow Leopard, Maritime Art Society at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Artist Presentation The Pallas’s Cat: Untamed and Wild, Maritime Art Society at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Artist Presentation The Two Kruzenshterns: Maritime Photography and Tall Ships, Maritime Art Society at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNH), Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Anniversary Keynote Address The First Russian Circumnavigation, Photographic Presentation & Lecture, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) Headquarters, Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Artist Presentation In the Footsteps of the First Circumnavigation—Special 220th Anniversary Edition, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society), KDC Center, Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Invited Artist Lecture: Future Captains Conquering Oceans, Moscow Academy (under the auspices of the RGS—Russian Geographical Society), Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Artist Presentation Spring Flowers of Moscow and Beyond, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) and the Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
2023 — Invited Artist Lecture The Eurasian Pygmy Owl: Noticing Urban Wildlife, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) at the New Arbat Flagship Cultural & Literary Center, Moscow, Russia.
2021 — Artist Presentation The Pallas’s Cats of Mongolia: Summer Cub Development, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2019 — Artist Presentation Akhal-Teke Horses: The First Months of Life, Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — Artist Presentation: “The North,” Maritime Art Society, Azov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — On-Site Artist Lecture Marine Practice and Tall Ship Festivals aboard the Tall Ship Nadezhda, Sea of Japan (Tsushima Strait).
2019 — Jointly Invited Artist Lecture The Pallas’s Cats of the Mongolian Steppe & The Snow Leopards of Ubsunur Hollow, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) and Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — Artist Presentation Photographing the Pallas’s Cat in Mongolia, Nature Photography Days, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society), St. Petersburg, Russia.
2019 — Artist Presentation Journey Through Mongolia, Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — Author Lecture Four Weeks in a Nenets Chum, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2018 — Artist Presentation Training Tall Ships of Russia: Regattas and Marine Expeditions, Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Invited Panelist & Presenter, Joint Symposium: Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society and the Russian Society of Wildlife Photographers, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2018 — Artist Presentation: Marine Landscape and Sails, Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Invited Artist Lecture Akhal-Teke Horses: A Russian Heritage, RGS (RGO—Russian Geographical Society) at Tsaritsyno Palace and Park Reserve, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Artist Presentation Creative Horizons, Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Author Lectures Przewalski’s Horses of Hustai National Park & Akhal-Teke Horses: A Russian Heritage, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2017 — Artist Presentation Expedition to the Great Gobi Desert, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2016 — Photojournalism Presentation The Tall Ship Races: The 2016 Black Sea Regatta, Moscow Open Photo Society, Moscow, Russia.
2016 — Artist Presentation Under the Sails of the Bark Sedov (Special 95th Anniversary Edition), Moscow Open Photo Society, Moscow, Russia.
2015 — Artist Presentation Sailing Around Europe Aboard Three Tall Ships, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2015 — Artist Presentation Tracking the Snow Leopard in Mongolia, Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2015 — Joint Artist Panel Expedition to Mongolia: In Search of the Snow Leopard (with Valery Maleev and Gennady Yusin), Moscow Open Photo Society, Moscow, Russia.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
- Russian Geographical Society (RGS / RGO), Moscow, Russia
- The Creative Union of Artists of Russia (TSKHR), Art-Photo Section, Moscow, Russia
- The Russian Society of Wildlife Photographers, Moscow, Russia
- Wildlife Photography Division of the LOOiR Society, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Maritime Art Society, Moscow, Russia
- Russian Bird Conservation Union, Moscow, Russia
- Wild Underwater World Nature Photography Festival Collective, Moscow, Russia
- Vremya Creative Arts Association, Moscow, Russia