Alex Goldfinch

Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor
at the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists,
diploma recipient of the Russian Academy of Arts

Ruslan Anatolyevich Bakhtiyarov

Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor at the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, member of the St. Petersburg Union
of Artists, diploma recipient of the Russian Academy of Arts

Ruslan Anatolyevich Bakhtiyarov

"The art of Alexandra, who carries on a dynastic tradition of deeply engaged and sharp, often severe art, is always an invitation to an open dialogue about that which concerns the author and which must awaken a similar engagement in the viewer. This worldview is saturated with the complex impulses of the new millennium, which eliminates certain contradictions in human life only to immediately replace them with new ones, more sophisticated and intractable.

Alexandra Shchegoleva's works form a remarkable mosaic of diverse techniques
and themes — ranging from ready-mades, collage, and kinetic art objects to graphic series dedicated to the immortal creations of Shakespeare and paintings with multi-layered narratives and complex subtexts.

Here, gentle irony can at any moment give way to tragic insight, while skepticism
and total irony — hallmarks of postmodern credo — are directed toward awakening
the viewer's capacity for reflection and empathy. The artist playfully reinterprets
the figures of well-known mass culture heroes, touches upon themes of childhood
and feminism, or searches within the pinnacle achievements of past culture
for an "Ariadne's thread" capable of leading us out of yet another existential dead end."

"The art of Alexandra, who carries on a dynastic tradition of deeply engaged and sharp, often severe art, is always an invitation to an open dialogue about that which concerns the author
and which must awaken a similar engagement
in the viewer. This worldview is saturated with
the complex impulses of the new millennium, which eliminates certain contradictions in human life only to immediately replace them with new ones, more sophisticated and intractable.

Alexandra Shchegoleva's works form a remarkable mosaic of diverse techniques and themes — ranging from ready-mades, collage, and kinetic art objects to graphic series dedicated to the immortal creations of Shakespeare and paintings with multi-layered narratives and complex subtexts.

Here, gentle irony can at any moment give way
to tragic insight, while skepticism and total irony — hallmarks of postmodern credo — are directed toward awakening the viewer's capacity
for reflection and empathy. The artist playfully reinterprets the figures of well-known mass culture heroes, touches upon themes of childhood
and feminism, or searches within the pinnacle achievements of past culture for an "Ariadne's thread" capable of leading us out of yet another existential dead end."

"The art of Alexandra, who carries on a dynastic tradition of deeply engaged and sharp, often severe art, is always an invitation to an open dialogue
about that which concerns the author and which must awaken a similar engagement in the viewer. This worldview is saturated with the complex impulses of the new millennium, which eliminates certain contradictions
in human life only to immediately replace them with new ones, more sophisticated and intractable.

Alexandra Shchegoleva's works form a remarkable mosaic of diverse techniques and themes — ranging from ready-mades, collage, and kinetic art objects to graphic series dedicated to the immortal creations of Shakespeare and paintings with multi-layered narratives and complex subtexts.

Here, gentle irony can at any moment give way to tragic insight, while skepticism and total irony — hallmarks of postmodern credo — are directed toward awakening the viewer's capacity for reflection and empathy.
The artist playfully reinterprets the figures of well-known mass culture heroes, touches upon themes of childhood and feminism, or searches within the pinnacle achievements of past culture for an "Ariadne's thread" capable of leading us out of yet another existential dead end."

1994 – was born in Vladivostok (Russia) in a family of artists.
2010 – studied at the Vladivostok Art College.
2011 - 2015 – studied at the N.K. Roerich Art College in St. Petersburg, Russia.
2015 - 2021 – studied at the I. E. Repin Academy of Fine Arts (studio of easel painting
by Professor H.V. Savkuev).
In 2021, Alex graduated from Academy of Fine Arts with honors, with her diploma painting "House of Culture".
In 2023, she was awarded by the medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts for her diploma painting "House of Culture" which was exposed in the Museum
of the Academy of Arts (Russian Museum Funds).
In 2022, Alex became a member of the Union of Artists (St. Petersburg).
Since 2013, she has been a regular participant in city, national and international art exhibitions, competitions and plein airs. Her works are presented in private and museum collections in Russia, China, France, England, and Mongolia.

List of awards:
2023 – medal of the Russian Academy of Arts for the diploma painting
"House of Culture"
2019 – victory in the nomination "Public recognition" in the XIV competition for the prize of philanthropist I. Minakov (Poetic Petersburg)
2018 – victory in the nomination "Public recognition" in the XIII competition for the prize of philanthropist I. Minakov ("Family values")
2015 – prizewinner of the Russian Festival of Young Talents in the field of fine arts
and decorative arts "Spring of Victory", Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute, Krasnoyarsk
2013 – first prize in the nomination "Painting" in the III International Exhibition-competition "Art Vladivostok", Vladivostok

1994 – was born in Vladivostok (Russia) in a family of artists.
2010 – studied at the Vladivostok Art College.
2011 - 2015 – studied at the N.K. Roerich Art College in St. Petersburg, Russia.
2015 - 2021 – studied at the I. E. Repin Academy of Fine Arts (studio of easel painting by Professor H.V. Savkuev).
In 2021, Alex graduated from Academy of Fine Arts with honors, with her diploma painting "House of Culture".
In 2023, she was awarded by the medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts for her diploma painting "House of Culture" which was exposed
in the Museum of the Academy of Arts (Russian Museum Funds).
In 2022, Alex became a member of the Union of Artists (St. Petersburg).
Since 2013, she has been a regular participant in city, national
and international art exhibitions, competitions and plein airs.
Her works are presented in private and museum collections in Russia, China, France, England, and Mongolia.

List of awards:
2023 – medal of the Russian Academy of Arts for the diploma painting "House of Culture"
2019 – victory in the nomination "Public recognition" in the XIV competition
for the prize of philanthropist I. Minakov (Poetic Petersburg)
2018 – victory in the nomination "Public recognition" in the XIII competition
for the prize of philanthropist I. Minakov ("Family values")
2015 – prizewinner of the Russian Festival of Young Talents in the field of fine arts and decorative arts "Spring of Victory", Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute, Krasnoyarsk
2013 – first prize in the nomination "Painting" in the III International Exhibition-competition "Art Vladivostok", Vladivostok

1994 – was born in Vladivostok (Russia) in a family of artists.
2010 – studied at the Vladivostok Art College.
2011 - 2015 – studied at the N.K. Roerich Art College in St. Petersburg, Russia.
2015 - 2021 – studied at the I. E. Repin Academy
of Fine Arts (studio of easel painting by Professor H.V. Savkuev).
In 2021, Alex graduated from Academy of Fine Arts with honors, with her diploma painting "House
of Culture".
In 2023, she was awarded by the medal
of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts for her diploma painting "House of Culture" which was exposed
in the Museum of the Academy of Arts (Russian Museum Funds).
In 2022, Alex became a member of the Union
of Artists (St. Petersburg).
Since 2013, she has been a regular participant
in city, national and international art exhibitions, competitions and plein airs.
Her works are presented in private and museum collections in Russia, China, France, England,
and Mongolia.

List of awards:
2023 – medal of the Russian Academy of Arts
for the diploma painting "House of Culture"
2019 – victory in the nomination "Public recognition" in the XIV competition for the prize of philanthropist I. Minakov (Poetic Petersburg)
2018 – victory in the nomination "Public recognition" in the XIII competition for the prize of philanthropist I. Minakov ("Family values")
2015 – prizewinner of the Russian Festival of Young Talents in the field of fine arts and decorative arts "Spring of Victory", Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute, Krasnoyarsk
2013 – first prize in the nomination "Painting"
in the III International Exhibition-competition
"Art Vladivostok", Vladivostok