Anna Shchegoleva

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

"In her works, Anna Shchegoleva frequently engages with themes actively explored by contemporary art. Seemingly harmless subjects and motifs, under her brush, acquire
the power of grotesque, penetrating allegory, and even formidable satire that truly strikes
a nerve...

Thus, a large collection of animalistic motifs has been transformed by the artist into sharp irony aimed at the "articles of faith" of consumer society, where cute little creatures willingly mimic far from the best traits of their owners. Meanwhile, the genre of the parable,
of the contemplative painting, allows the author — through the absurdity and illogic
of the presented situations — to create her own version of the immortal "In Praise of Folly."

Anna Shchegoleva seems to remind us that many delusions and vices, alas, are perennial
and ineradicable. It is important for us to heed the perceptive talent of this master, who, through the power of plastic and figurative generalization, reveals the typical within
the individual and the sharply characteristic."

"In her works, Anna Shchegoleva frequently engages with themes actively explored by contemporary art. Seemingly harmless subjects and motifs, under her brush, acquire the power of grotesque, penetrating allegory, and even formidable satire that truly strikes a nerve...

Thus, a large collection of animalistic motifs has been transformed by the artist into sharp irony aimed at the "articles of faith" of consumer society, where cute little creatures willingly mimic far from the best traits of their owners. Meanwhile, the genre of the parable,
of the contemplative painting, allows the author — through the absurdity and illogic
of the presented situations — to create her own version of the immortal "In Praise of Folly."

Anna Shchegoleva seems to remind us that many delusions and vices, alas, are perennial and ineradicable. It is important for us to heed the perceptive talent of this master, who, through the power of plastic and figurative generalization, reveals the typical within
the individual and the sharply characteristic."

"In her works, Anna Shchegoleva frequently engages with themes actively explored by contemporary art. Seemingly harmless subjects and motifs, under her brush, acquire the power of grotesque, penetrating allegory,
and even formidable satire that truly strikes a nerve...

Thus, a large collection of animalistic motifs has been transformed by
the artist into sharp irony aimed at the "articles of faith" of consumer society, where cute little creatures willingly mimic far from the best traits of their owners. Meanwhile, the genre of the parable, of the contemplative painting, allows the author — through the absurdity and illogic of the presented situations — to create her own version of the immortal "In Praise of Folly."

Anna Shchegoleva seems to remind us that many delusions and vices, alas, are perennial and ineradicable. It is important for us to heed the perceptive talent of this master, who, through the power of plastic and figurative generalization, reveals the typical within the individual and the sharply characteristic."

Anna was Born in 1964 in Moscow.
1981-1985 - studied at the Ryazan State Art College under the guidance of honored teacher, Professor Kurakin V.E.
1988 - 1994 - studied at the Far Eastern State Institute of Arts under the guidance
of honored Artist of Russian Federation, Litvinov S.A.
Anna became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia in 2000
She has been living and working in St. Petersburg since 2011
Since 1997, Anna has been a regular participant in city, regional, national
and international art exhibitions.
Her works are presented in the collections of state museums:
- The Museum of Art of St. Petersburg of the XX-XXI centuries (MISP)
- Primorsky State Art Gallery
- Primorsky United Museum named after Arsenyev
- Novosibirsk Regional Art Museum
Anna’s artworks belong to private collections in Russia, Japan, China, Germany,
France, the USA, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and the Great Britain.

Anna was Born in 1964 in Moscow.
1981-1985 - studied at the Ryazan State Art College under the guidance
of honored teacher, Professor Kurakin V.E.
1988 - 1994 - studied at the Far Eastern State Institute of Arts under
the guidance of honored Artist of Russian Federation, Litvinov S.A.
Anna became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia in 2000
She has been living and working in St. Petersburg since 2011
Since 1997, Anna has been a regular participant in city, regional, national
and international art exhibitions.
Her works are presented in the collections of state museums:
- The Museum of Art of St. Petersburg of the XX-XXI centuries (MISP)
- Primorsky State Art Gallery
- Primorsky United Museum named after Arsenyev
- Novosibirsk Regional Art Museum
Anna’s artworks belong to private collections in Russia, Japan, China, Germany, France, the USA, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Australia,
and the Great Britain.

Anna was Born in 1964 in Moscow.
1981-1985 - studied at the Ryazan State Art College under the guidance of honored teacher, Professor Kurakin V.E.
1988 - 1994 - studied at the Far Eastern State Institute of Arts under the guidance of honored Artist of Russian Federation, Litvinov S.A.
Anna became a member of the Union of Artists
of Russia in 2000
She has been living and working in St. Petersburg since 2011
Since 1997, Anna has been a regular participant
in city, regional, national and international art exhibitions.
Her works are presented in the collections
of state museums:
- The Museum of Art of St. Petersburg of the XX-XXI centuries (MISP)
- Primorsky State Art Gallery
- Primorsky United Museum named after Arsenyev
- Novosibirsk Regional Art Museum
Anna’s artworks belong to private collections
in Russia, Japan, China, Germany, France,
the USA, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and the Great Britain.