Olga Denisenko

Member of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Senior Assistant Professor of Saint Petersburg State University, Arts Faculty, Fine Arts Chair Member of The Peter’s Academy of Arts and Sciences (St Petersburg)

Education: St. Petersburg Repin Institute of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Faculty, Monument Painting Workshop. Postgraduate education: Creative workshop of Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
Creative areas: easel painting and graphics, monumental painting, murals , icon, mosaic and stained glass.
Author’s personality:
Artist, Assistant Professor in Russian and foreign higher educational institutions of arts, laureate of Russian and international festivals and contests. She has taught for 10 years in the St. Petersburg Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Since 2006 she has been teaching in The Repin Institute in Kymenlaakso postgraduate University, (Kotka, Finland), conducts different master-classes in Russia and Europe. Her easel works concern Russian history; they remind a viewer and interlocutor of spiritual and moral principles. Ethnographic motifs in her works bring home the eternal subject of the Good and the Evil, touch on the issues of a link between generations, family, fidelity to high moral ideals, beauty and harmony of the world around.

The author’s works are exhibited in Russian and foreign museums, including
the State Museum of the History of Religion, Saint Petersburg; in the State Pushkin Museum Preserve “Mikhailovskoe”, Mozhaisk Museum of Local Lore, the Beijing World Art Museum, Creative Workshops Fund of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
and in private collections in Russia, Finland, Sweden, China and the USA.

Creative development:

Awards:
1998 – Laureate of “Muses of Saint Petersburg” Contest of Young Artists
2000 – Memorial Medal of the Academy of Fine Arts for participation in recreation of wall paintings in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow

2010-2012 was awarded with diplomas and certificates of honor by the Russian Orthodox Church for contribution in rehabilitation and beautification of churches
2014- – Chairman of the State Qualifying Commission at defense of qualification works in the I. Shadr Art College (EHU), Yekaterinburg. Letter of gratitude from EHU administration.
Personal exhibitions:
2002-03 – State Museum “Mikhailovskoe”, Pushkinskie Gory
2004 – Gallery Hornstgatan-64, Stockholm.
2014 – Art Centre “Antares” Sippola, Finland
2015 – Art Hotel “Trezzini”, Saint Petersburg

Group exhibitions:
Since 2001 – Participation in the “Spring Exhibitions” of teaching staff of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
2003 – Participation in the project “Jubilee Portrait of Saint Petersburg” commemorating the 300th anniversary of the city
2005 – Exhibition in the Central House of Artist, Moscow
2007 – Trip to open air and participation in exhibition of artists of countries of Shanghai Organization of Cooperation, Hangchow, China

2013 – “Tampereen taidemessut” – participation in the largest annual exhibition of arts of Finland and in the conference concerning the issues of teaching fine arts.
September 2013 and October 2014. Participation in joint Russian and Chinese landscape exhibitions organized by Consulate General of P.R.C. in Saint Petersburg: “Nevsky Palace” and Rumyantsev’s Mansion
2014 – Exhibition “Vremya, kotorogo net” (The Time of No-time) in Helsinki in Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre
2014 – Chairman of the State Certifying Commission at defense of qualification works at Yekaterinburg Art College
2015-2016- “Solstice” Exhibition of 4 authors at the Exhibition Centre of the Union of Artists, Saint Petersburg
2016 – Exhibition in Saint Petersburg Governor’s Residence and City Administration (Smolny).

Monument works:
1999 – Participation in wall painting in the recreated Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow
2002 – Creation of 2 mosaics for the first cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in SAR, Johannesburg
2002-2003 – Participation in wall painting in Znamensky Cathedral in Kursk
2004-2007 – Creation of 21 icons for the left iconostasis of Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir Icon, Saint Petersburg
2009-2011 – Participation in recreation of wall painting of St. Peter’s and Paul’s Church of Great Peterhof Palace Museum
2014 – Wall painting in Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Saint Petersburg.

Teaching activity:
From 2001 till 2011 she taught in Painting Faculty of I. Repin Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Since 2011 she has worked as the Senior Assistant Professor in the Arts Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University.
From 2006 till present she has been teaching in The Rein Institute in Kotka , Finland, and presented master classes in towns of Finland, Estonia and Spain.
2013-2015 – Master classes of painting in the framework of project “Valery Gergiev’s Centre of Arts for Russia’s Talented Youth” in Yekaterinburg and Saint Petersburg.

Olga Denisenko. Saint Petersburg

1968 – Born in Leningrad
1986 – Graduated with Honours from Joganson Secondary Art School under I. Repin Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts.
1989-1996 – Studied at Painting Faculty of I. Repin Institute

1996 – Defended the qualifying work “Bell. XVII century” with the excellent mark in the Monument Painting workshop and continued working in the Creative workshop (1997-2001)
1998 – Laureate of “Muses of Saint Petersburg” Contest of Young Artists
From 1998 – Member of the Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg
1999 – Participation in wall painting in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.Creation 2 murals 500 x450.
From 2001 till 2011 she taught in Painting Faculty of I. Repin Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts
Annual participation in the “Spring Exhibitions” of teaching staff of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts2002 – Participation in wall painting in Znamensky Cathedral in Kursk

2002 – Creation of 2 mosaics for the first cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in SAR, Johannesburg.
2003 – Personal exhibition in the State Pushkin Museum Preserve “Mikhailovskoe”
2003 – Participation in the project “Jubilee Portrait of St Petersburg” commemorating the 300th anniversary of the city
2003-2004 – Exhibitions in Stockholm and Avradsberg, Sweden
2004-2007 – Creation of 21 icons for the left iconostasis of Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir Icon, Saint Petersburg
2005 – Exhibition in the Central House of Artist, Moscow
2007 – Trip to open air and participation in exhibition of artists of countries of Shanghai Organization of Cooperation, Hangchow, China

2006-2015 – Taught in "Repin Instituutti" – joint project of the Academy of Fine Arts and Kotka Town Hall, and Department of Culture of Kymenlaakso in Finland, presented master classes in towns of Finland, Estonia, and Spain
2009-2011 – Participation in recreation of wall painting of St. Peter’s and Paul’s Church of Great Peterhof Palace
Since 2011 till present she has working as the Senior Assistant Professor of Arts Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University
March-April 2014 – Participation in the Exhibition “Vremya, kotorogo net” (The Time of No-time), Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland.

November – Participation in exhibition with the same name in Saint Petersburg, Exhibition Hall at Liteiny 55
2014 – Wall painting in the building of Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Saint Petersburg
June 2014 – Chairman of the State Certifying Commission at defense of qualification works at Yekaterinburg Art College
2014 – Participation in the Exhibition in the Institute of History of Art (Zubov’s Mansion, St. Isaak’s Square 5)
2014 – Personal exhibition at the Centre of Arts “Taidekeskus Antares”, Sippola, Finland
October 2014 – Participation in the exhibition of artists of St. Petersburg and China in Rumyantsev’s Mansion organized the Consulate General of P.R.C., St Petersburg

2014 – Participation in “Autumn Exhibition” in the Union of Artists
April 2015 – Personal exhibition in “Trezzini Art Hotel” in Saint Petersburg
June 2015 – Participation in the exhibition “China in Painting”. Exhibition of Russian and Chinese artists dedicated to the 70th anniversary of victory in 1945 organized by Consulate General of P.R.C. in St Petersburg
2015 – Master classes of watercolor in Kotka (Finland), Mijas (Spain), Petrozavodsk (Russia)
2015-2016 – “Solstice” Exhibition of 4 authors at the Exhibition Centre of Union of Artists, Saint Petersburg.
2016 – Exhibition in Saint Petersburg Governor’s Residence and City Administration (Smolny).
2016-2 Group exhibitions «Outlook. The 10- th anniversary of Repin Institute in Kotka» Maritime Centre Vellamo and in Krypta gallery in the Helsinki Cathedral (Helsingin Tuomiokirkko)
2017-participation in the «Salon d’Automne-2017», Paris.Grand-Palais des Champs-Elysees
2018-participation in the open air from S-Petersburg Centre of Humanitarian Programs in Italy (Taggia) &Germany (Badenvailer) with some final exhibitions
2019-solo exhibition in S-Petersburg State University 2019-membership in the Peter's Academy of arts and Sciences
2019 –participation in the exhibition of art “China is here” it was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and China –Russian-Chinese business park. S-Petersburg
2019-one of the winner of competition-exhibition project "Family is the soul of Russia" dedicated to the celebration of the Day of family, love and loyalty in the Museum-Reserve “Tsaritsyno” .Moscow