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(b. Odessa, Ukraine)
Education
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2005 - 2007
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Schuylkill Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
PA
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2003 - 2006
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
PA (P.A.F.A.)
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1999 - 2003
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Georgetown University, BA Magna Cum Laude,
Washington, DC
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Honors and Awards
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2011
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Presentation of three editions of "The Way Home" (The
Immigrant) sculptures at the Eugeen Van Mieghem museum in Antwerp,
Belgium.
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2010
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Walter and Michael Lantz Prize in Figure Modeling,
National Sculpture Society (NSS)
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"The Way Home" (The Immigrant), commissioned
by the Eugeen Van Mieghem museum in Antwerp, Belgium, and the American
Friends of the Red Star Line in Philadelphia, PA
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2009
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“Girl in the War” (St Joan of Arc), 3/4
life size, commissioned by the Catholic Church
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (P.A.F.A.) permanent
collection
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Hillary Hawley Award, Fellowship of the P.A.F.A.
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Honorable Mention, Grand Central Academy of the Fine
Arts (GCA) Figure
Modeling Competition, New York, NY
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Edward Fenno Hoffman Prize for creating work that
uplifts the human spirit, NSS
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2008
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Walter and Michael Lantz Prize in Figure Modeling,
National Sculpture Society (NSS)
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The Gloria Medal for meritorious body of work, NSS
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Honorable Mention, Grand Central Academy of the Fine
Arts Figure Modeling Competition
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Mary Butler Trust Award, P.A. Fellowship Academy of
Fine Arts
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2007
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Bronze portrait commission, private collection, Paris,
France
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2006
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Elisabeth Gordon Chandler Award in Figure Modeling,
National Sculpture Society (NSS)
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2005
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Walter and Michael Lantz Prize in Figure Modeling,
NSS
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Edward Fenno Hoffman Prize for striving to uplift
the human spirit by means of sculpture, NSS
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NSS Academic Scholarship
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Perez and Mary Epstein Prize for Figurative Sculpture,
P.A.F.A., Philadelphia, PA
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2004
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Stimson Prize in Figurative Sculpture, P.A.F.A., Philadelphia,
PA
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1999
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Medal for Excellence
in Fine Arts, New York, NY
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Exhibitions, partial listing
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2010
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Solo exhibition of sculpture and drawings, Artists’
House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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Solo exhibition, Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster,
PA
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2008-2009
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Exhibition of finalists’ proposals for the monument
to author I.E. Babel, Odessa, Ukraine
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Juried group exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolf
Art Club, New York, NY
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110th and 111th Annual Invitational Exhibition of
the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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2007 - 2008
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Juried group exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia,
PA
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Group exhibitions, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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Group exhibitions, Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ
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2007
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Solo exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
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2005 - 2006
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Two-person exhibition, Tagliareni-Anderson Fine Arts
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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2003 - 2005
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Juried and group exhibitions, P.A.F.A. Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
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2003 - 2004
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Juried exhibitions, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia,
PA
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2002
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Group exhibition, Atelier Poussin, Paris, France
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Professional Experience
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2006 -present
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Freelance moldmaker and bronze caster, Philadelphia, PA
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2009 - 2010
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Resident sculptor/philosopher, Figure Modeling and
Phenomenology, P.A.F.A.
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2008 - 2009
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Assistant Instructor, Portrait Modeling, Studio Incamminati,
Philadelphia, PA
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2003 - 2005
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Wood/metal shop and foundry monitor at P.A.F.A., Philadelphia,
PA
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