Artist, collagist, illustrator, designer, and writer.

 

 

 

I was born and raised in Almaty (Kazakhstan), currently live and work in Saint Petersburg.

My professional journey began with design — this experience shaped my attentive approach to the structure of visual space.

Later, illustration was added to this, and now it is the main focus of my commercial activity.

A humanities education at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (majoring in cultural studies) gave me tools to analyze cultural processes and work with meanings. This is reflected in my approach to creating literary stories and free verse: I pay special attention to semantic multilayering, striving to combine different levels of meaning and associations.

My interest in painting and classical traditions led me to study at the St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy named after A. L. Stieglitz, specializing in oil painting restoration. Studying the techniques of old masters and gaining experience in restoration became the foundation for my unique approach to collage and painting with collage elements.

In my works, I explore multilayering — both visual and semantic. I am drawn to combining fragments, creating complex compositions where each element retains its own meaning but also becomes part of a whole. This approach allows me to freely work with abstract and narrative compositions, blending different meanings and images to build multilayered stories open to personal associations and interpretations.

Today, I work as an illustrator and designer, while also developing my own artistic and literary projects.