I was born in a family of artisans, and my grandfather was a builder. He was a carpenter and was engaged in the manufacture of furniture, I followed their path and graduated from the architectural institute. But all my life I was surrounded by art, not construction.
My grandfather had vineyards and a workshop in Central Asia, and on weekends he spent all his time in it, and he took me with him. He painted pictures and made decorative items and furniture. He showed me and taught me how to work with my hands, instilled a taste for color, shape and material.
It was a very different time, a time without smartphones, tablets and laptops. My father created posters for movie theaters. At that time, people did not print them, but drew them every time a new film was released. I was madly fascinated by watching a piece of paper turn into a movie poster. I spent my entire childhood and youth in this atmosphere.
Times have changed and people's needs have followed in their wake. After graduating from college, a hobby appeared in my life that carried me away for ten years. I have mastered the profession of a restorer. I loved bringing antiques and art back to life. As the vase took shape again in my hands, the picture that had faded for decades regained the colors of life. I met a huge number of people and was able to take part in major restoration projects. I restored the marble portals of fireplaces in the Bolshoi Theater, advised the Pushkin Museum, restored art objects such as the statues of Antonio Canova, worked with famous brands Louis Vuitton, Marriott, Hilton, and participated in the reconstruction of manors and castles. Access to works of art delighted me, I could spend hours enjoying the works of Dutch artists, the French school, Johannes Vermeer, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet all of them were so close. At that moment I realized that for ten years I was returning life to art but not creating it!
I decided that my life should change dramatically, that it was time to do not restore and create.
Creating is my meaning of life!
