Elena Azarenkova
Born in 1963 in Kharkov.In 1981 has finished Secondary Art School of B.V.Ioganson. Graduated from the Decorative Art Department of the V. I. Mukhina Higher School of Industrial Design, St. Petersburg, in 1990. Majored in art ceramics and glass.Works with ceramics and skin, and favourite themes are ornaments and folk painting.
Zoya Kolesnikova
Yevgenia Makhova
A member of the fourth generation of lace-makers. Lace-making is a way of life for her. She is keen on designing new patterns and restoring old ones from surviving pinhole templates. Yevgenia is a genuine folk artist-craftswoman, who keeps up and develops the tradition of the only type of Russian lace-making that retains traces of peasant art.
Valery Kruglov
Julia Pavlova
- a graphic designer. A practicing graphic artist and book illustrator. I make individually designed postcards and decorate details of the interior. St. Petersburg born and bred. Participant in a number of Russian and international exhibitions. My works have entered private collections in Russia, Sweden, Holland and France.
Tamara Romanova
Born in the town of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast. Graduated with honours from the Art School and the Graphic Art Department of the I. Ye. Repin State Academic Institute in St. Petersburg. Majored in book illustration. Studied under Professor V. G. Starov and Professor A. A. Pakhomov.
Boris Voronin
Born on May 7th, 1947. A resident of Veliky Novgorod. A photographer by profession. Has been keen on birchbark work since 1998. Works with layered birchbark in the cutting and stamping techniques; uses elements of braiding. Makes tuyes baskets, jewel boxes, jewellery, small icons, etc. A regular participant in folk art and craft exhibitions. Works to individual orders.
Inna Petrova
Ekaterina Tokareva
-a member of the Russian Artists’ Union. Born in Leningrad in 1959. Got a degree from the V. I. Mukhina Higher School of Industrial Design (now the Stieglitz Industrial Design Academy). Worked at the Leningrad Art Crafts Association as wood painter. Produces ceramics and graphic works; runs a children’s studio.
Tatiana Kosurina
- a member of the Russian Artists’ Union. Comes from a family of several generations of artists. Graduated from the K. A. Savitsky Art School in Penza, Got a degree from the Stieglitz Industrial Design Academy (formerly the V. I. Mukhina Higher School of Industrial Design) in St Petersburg.A postgraduate student at the Stieglitz Industrial Design Academy. Teaches painting at the university level in St. Petersburg.
