Maria Kononov is a unique artist. She was born in 1997, in New Jersey, USA. Maria started drawing when she was three and her first personal exhibition took place in Brussels when she was only eight.

Today, Maria's works appeared at the art shows in London, New York, Brussels, Paris, Vienna, Moscow, St. Petersbourg, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Milan, Rome. Besides paintings, Maria works on stage decorations and costumes for theaters, produces light shows and fashion designs, illustrates books, creates original sculptures. During her career, she appeared in newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV, and was involved in many charitable events for the benefit of sick children.

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Alexandre Haulet is a 32 years old parisian artist. Son of an opera singer and a conductor, he and his Brother have been following their parents all around the world, the opera stage will be their playground and artistic awakening for many years. Being in contact with incredible artists, as varied as Pier Luigi Pizzi and Peter Sellars, for example, gave him a strong desire to be part of this sublimation of life and influenced his orientation for plastic research and finally sculpture. In the mean time, from the age 7, he developed his drawing and modeling skills at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. In 2014 Alexandre met Philippe Jourdain, a Parisian sculptor known for his work on the monumental sculptures of Charles de Gaulles, Churchill, and Jefferson around the Grand Palais in Paris. Convinced of the need to discover all the subtleties of the practice of portrait and nude for the rest of his artistic journey, he will spend five years working alongside him. It is thanks to his Master that Alexandre will become a life member of the renowned Taylor Foundation in Paris. Since 2017 Alexandre has had great success with his thematic workshops in Paris, lived as a very intense and rewarding experience by more than 700 participants so far. He recently set up his workshop in the South West of France, a region still very preserved where he can fulfill his need for nature and find there an essential source of inspiration. Alexandre regularly exhibits his work in France and the United States and devotes several weeks a year to his workshops which welcome students from all over the world.

• 2018 Exhibition with Philippe Jourdain at the « beaux de paris site Glacière », nude and portraits
• 2017 Creation for Airbnb of a guide on art and sculpture in Paris as well as a sculpture experience "Feel & Create"
• 2017 “désillusion fantastique”, personal exhibition at the Cognac-Jay Foundation in Paris
• 2017 Role of Rodin's assistant in the film "Rodin" by Jacques Doillon
• 2017 Creation of a voluntary sculpture workshop at Necker Hospital with the association "Espace Plein Ciel" which takes place on Thursday evenings.
• 2016 Collaboration with TV France 5 and the Louvre museum as part of the film “Un Pygmalion et sa muse”, reproduction of several sculptures made by Aristide Maillol as well as the “role” of Maillol's hands.
• 2015 "SWIRL” Solo show, Santa Fe, Heidi Loewen Gallery, USA
• 2015 "Instinct" Solo Show, 21 rue de Saintonge Paris
• 2014 "Au fil de l'air" Group Show Médiathèque La Garenne Colombes
• 2013 Personal exhibition during the Paris Ball, "La nuit de Chine", at the Hôtel Marois, Paris
• 2013 “Contemporary spirituality” Collective exhibition, Chapelle Saint Louis La Salpêtrière, Paris

Olga Minnibaeva was born in Yekaterinburg. In 1983 she graduated from the Sverdlovsk Art School. In 1991 she graduated from VGIK, the department of animation and animation production. 1997-2004 Participation in "Art Salons" and "Art Manege" as part of the authors of the galleries "Visit" and "Zero", exhibitions in the Central House of Artists. Olga Minnibaeva's paintings are in private and corporate collections in Russia and abroad. The painting of Olga Minnibaeva can be called "nostalgic" primarily because her view is turned towards the past. The whole range of paintings made in recent years - architecture, images of old European masters, page of musical notebooks and musical instruments, costumes of heroes, dishes, etc. - all indicate a keen interest in the Long life noisy, to its enigmatic mysteries and mysteries.

Born 31.10.1952 in Odessa. In 1973 he graduated from Odessa State Art School. In 1986 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema as a stage designer. He has designed more than 60 productions in the theatres of Russia, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Israel.

The participant of group exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

1991 - personal exhibitions in Germany, Israel, USA. Works in museums:

• Theatre Museum. Bakhrushina, Moscow, Russia;
• Music Museum. M. I. Glinka, Moscow, Russia;
• The Tchaikovsky Museum, Klin, Russia.

In private collections:

Russia, USA, UK, Israel, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, The Netherlands, Monaco.

Sculptor, artists, engraver and printmaker, Igor Kononov was born in Moscow, Russia in 1931. He received his first formal art training studying with Kravchenko, then at the Moscow Art Institute.

While still a student, Igor married Natalya Prager, a daughter of the famous Russian painter Vladimir Prager. A few years later, they had their first and only son.

Igor's early exhibitions (1960-1970) were not limited to the Soviet Union, but spread across to Canada (Montreal), and even Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto). These precipitated in diplomas (best book illustrator, best painting, etc.).

In 1975, Igor was deprived of his Soviet citizenship and emigrated to the United States with his family. After living a few years in New York City, they finally settled across the Hudson river in New Jersey.

The most prominent exhibitions:

• 155th Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York
• ARTEXPO-NY (multiple years), New York Coliseum
• Somerset Art Association, Bedminster
• Dow Jones & Co., Inc. (The Wall Street Journal), Princeton
• Raphael Gallery, Newton
• Winsor Gallery, Warren
• Jane Richards Gallery, Fort Lee (joined exhibit with Salvador Dali).

Kononov's works can now be found in private collections in Switzerland, France, Japan, Italy, Canada, England, and Belgium.