Olga Vakhonina

Education

2026 Master class «Elven Calligraphy» at the calligraphy school «Figaro», Moscow.  2026 Course by Olga Koryagina at the printmaking art school “Merch4art”, creating an author’s collection of products.  2025 Course «Monotype on an etching press» at Maria Zaitseva’s print graphics school, Moscow 2024 - 2025  Course «Professional Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art» on the «OnStudy» platform by curator, art historian, lecturer and collector Maria Hiltunen  2024 Sasha Robinson School, course «Promoting an Artist through Online Platforms»,  2022 - present  «Rumak Art School», international online school, training and professional development for artists, courses:  «Artist Turnkey», «50 Steps to an Author’s Style». 2021 «Learning Environment», contemporary art school, online,  courses: «Sound Design», «Artist and Institution», «Exhibition with Your (and Not Only Your) Own Hands»  2017  Lecture series by fashion historian, collector, art historian A. Vasiliev «Fashion and Art», Moscow  2013 «Academic Design School on Polyanka», interior design, master A.P. Tyurin, Moscow, Russia.  1995 - 2000  Kosygin Moscow State Technical University, Faculty of Applied Arts  specialty: costume artist-stylist (diploma with honors), Moscow, Russia 1996 Batik courses (silk painting), by artist Anna Butova, Moscow  1994 - 1995  Preparatory courses at Kosygin Moscow State Technical University, led by A.S. Sheboldaev.  (composition, drawing, painting), Moscow, Russia 1993 - 1994 Preparatory department at Kosygin Moscow State Technical University, (composition, drawing, painting), Moscow, Russia.

Achievements (awards, articles, exhibitions)

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2022 Multimedia exhibition «METAPHORICAL PAINTINGS», «Alpert» gallery, Moscow, Russia,  @Drahonkon_bot - virtual exhibition in the app

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, FAIRS 

2026 «Art Russia», fair, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia  2026 «Different Grains», exhibition at an inclusive cafe, Moscow, Russia 

2025 Exhibition «Relevant & Conceptual», «TM» gallery, Moscow, Russia  2025 Exhibition project «New Art Fest», CVZ Tula, Russia  2025 «To-Sho», exhibition, «YAR Gallery», Yaroslavl, Russia  2025 «Next Art Immersion», interdisciplinary exhibition at MBUK «Center for Contemporary Art Artetazh»,  Vladivostok 

2024 «Asian Art Week», Russian Cultural House, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2 prize-winning places 2024 «World Art Dubai», international exhibition, participation from «Rumak Art Gallery» (Turkey),  World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE  2024 «Suburban Art Fair», JVPD, exhibition, Mumbai, India  2024 «Tela International Art Exhibition», (TIAE), Gallery 76, International Art Center, Dubai, UAE 

Works are held in private collections in Russia, Ukraine, Tatarstan, Germany, Hungary, UAE, India.  LOCATION: Moscow, Russia  Works are presented at the international gallery «Rumak Art Gallery», IG: @rumak_art_gallery

RESIDENCIES AND COMPETITIONS

2025 «Nature of the canvas», international art residency, workshop and exhibition, Bidyanagar, India. 

2024 «Nature of the canvas», international art residency, theme: «Exploring the Artistic Heritage of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro», workshop and exhibition, Badyabati, India  2024  «Hashtagkalakar», competition, online  2024 «Manikarnika Art Gallery», 30th international online exhibition and competition 2024  «International Brooklyn Award». National online art competition of India for women artists  2024  «BHARAT ART SOCIETY» Exhibition and competition of visual arts by Indian artists, online