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Location: France
Higher education:
• Graduate of the Florence academy of art, Florence Italy:
1999-2004
• BA (Hons) degree in Illustration. University of art and design,
Swindon, England: 1995-1998
• Foundation Diploma, University of Westminster, London, England:
1994-1995
Teaching experience:
• Florence Academy of art, Florence, Italy: 2003-2010.
• Assistant teacher in the drawing program.
• Director of the sculpture drawing department.
• Principal instructor in the advanced painting program.
• Guest speaker as Art history lecturer.
Current position:
• Member of Explorer’s club NYC.
• Member of the Alpine club, UK.
• Member of “Académie des arts et sciences de la mer”, France.
Awards:
Public collections/ commissions:
Exhibition venues:
• Gladwell & Patterson, London, U.K.
• Ann long fine arts, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
• Eleanor Ettinger gallery, New York, U.S.
• Forbes gallery, New York, U.S.
• Gallerie Michael, Rodeo drive, Los Angeles, U.S.
• Grenning gallery, Sag Harbor NY, U.S.
• Musée Oceanographique, Monaco.
• Richard J. Massey foundation for arts and science, New York,U.S.
• Solomon gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
• Immortal works, Goteborg, Sweden.
• Publication « lessons in classical drawing », 2012 Watson-Gutpill, NYC.
• Art en Capitale 2013, Grand palais, Paris, France.
• Image of Russia, Image or Russia, Ministry of Culture, Moscow.
Painting Expeditions:
• Arctic: Svalbard 83°N, Greenland Scoresbysund, Iceland.
• Antarctic: Antarctic peninsula: Drake passage, Dundee island to
Beascochea bay.
• Mongolia: Gobi desert
• Alps: Massif du Mt Blanc. Dent du géant 4013m, Arête de
Laurence 3500m, Mer de Glace 2000m.
• Himalaya, Gangotri 3100m, Uttarakhand, India.
Lectures.
Venues:
• Explorers club Monday lecture series.
• Florence academy in Italy, Sweden, United States.
• On board Aurora expedition vessel in Antarctica.
• Ca’Foscari university Venice, Italy.
• Utah university, Salt lake city, USA.
• Various locations on invitation: galleries, art studios, online conferences.
A selection of my figurative paintings, oil on canvas, all done from life, NO photography
oil on canvas, 80x60cm.
oil on canvas, done from life, NO photography
oil on canvas, 70 x 50cm
Oil on panel, 30x40cm
oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm