Olga Florenskaya. "Serigraphys"

About

Olga Florenskaya was born in Leningrad in 1960 in a family of artists.

In 1982 she graduated from the Faculty of Ceramics in Leningrad Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design (now - The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design)

She is one of the founder of the group of artists "Mitki" (1985 - 2000).

Engaged in painting, graphics, ceramics, sculpture. Known as the author of numerous collages made of paper and textile. Engaged in printed graphics a lot.

The author of animated films “A Story about a Miracle of Miracles” (1994), “Trophy Films” (with Alexander Florensky, 2004). Participant and winner of many national and international film festivals (1994–2005).

Since 1994 she has been working on large-scale projects together with Alexander Florensky: “Movement towards YYYE”, “Russian patent”, “Local time”, “Mobile bestiary”, “Russian trophy”, “Universal Museum of Wilhelm Winter”, etc.

The works by Olga Florenskaya are in the collections of the State Russian Museum and the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), the Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin (Moscow) and many other museums in Russia, as well as in the Kiasma and City Art Museum (Helsinki) and in the Victoria & Albert Museum (London).

The artist lives and works in St. Petersburg and Tbilisi.

The series of silk-screen printing of Olga Florenskaya - "Stories about Sherlock Holmes", "The Story about Moby Dick" and "Famous Personalities" are presented at the exhibition in the House of Pavel Kuznetsov (The branch of Radischev Fine Arts State Museum).