LIST OF STUDENTS
Forumak Leto Students (bios and links)
Алина Белишкина/Alina Belishkina--a graduate of Smolny college's Spectator Arts department where she wrote a top graded diploma on the topic of phenomenology and Deleuze in 2008. Alina is an artist and has also worked as a curator in the city, recently curating at the Foto Department in St Petersburg. She makes a living as editor of the magazine "Zagorod".
Ольга Житлина/ Olga Jitlina--a graduate of the St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts in Art History and a current student in Smolny's Magistratura in Art Criticism with an emphasis on practicing arts, Olga has shown her work extensively in Russia and has also worked as a journalist and curator.
Кульков Влад/Vlad Kulkov Vlad graduated in 2008 from the Mukhinskoe Academy, department of Art History. He also studied at the ProArte institute, ending in 2006. He has exhibited extensively in St Petersburg, Moscow and further abroad.
Голант Евгения/Evgenia Golant--Evgenia is a 2001 graduate of the Mukhinskoe Academy of Fine Arts, department of Painting. Since then she has exhibited her work internationally as well as having taken part in educational programs for young artists around the world.
Айдынян Александра/Alexandra Aidinyan-- finished at the Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation Department of Economics in 2007. She is currently enrolled at Smolny Institute taking courses in psychology. She participated in a Spring, 2008 course “creativity & self-expression” in Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London.
Голощапов Артем/Artyom Goloshapov Artyom studied photo-journalism at St Petersburg State University, finishing in 2009. He currently works freelance and exhibits his work in a fine art context.
Басырова Маша/Masha Basyrova- currently enrolled in Smolny's Magistratura in Art Criticism with an emphasis on film and video.
Megan Snowe graduated from Oberlin in 2008, she majored in Fine Art and Russian Studies and is currently living and working in St Petersburg on a Summer grant from Oberlin. She has exhibited works on paper in Russia and the US.
Sarah Gerats received her MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine arts in 2009. She has exhibited broadly across the world and participated in many international programs for young artists.
Anastasia Kizilova/Анастасиа Кизилова currently studies painting at St Petersburg's Mukhinskoe Academy. She has exhibited her works wide
Anya Kravchnya/Аня Кравченя graduated from Smolny in 2006. Since then she has worked freelance as a photographer as well as at independent contempoary art organizations in St Petersburg such as the Kuryokhin center.
Ольга Джола/Olga Djola graduated with a Magistratura in Art History from Smolny in 2009 having written a thesis work on Photography and Psychoanalysis. She has worked curatorially on the Open Studio project and at the Foto Department. She has exhibited her own photography in St Petersburg and elsewhere.
Титова Юлия/Julia Titova received a degree in Arts Management from St Petersburg State University in 2007. She currently is involved in a number of public art projects across Russia.
Henna Hyvarinen is currently enrolled in the BFA program at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.
Lauri Kolttola is currently enrolled in the BFA program at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.
