DSc in Art History, Professor
Education: Graduated from Moscow (former Stroganov) Higher School of Art and Industry in 1976, specialized in “industrial art (artistic construction)”. DSc in Art History (“technical aesthetics and design”).
PhD thesis:
The Main Trends in the Development of Soviet Artistic Design in the 1920s and 1930s (1982)
DSc (Habil.) thesis:
Traditions and Experiment in Russian Design of the 1920s–1990s (1996)
Research interests:
History and theory of design and photography, the history of the Russian avant-garde
Professional service:
Editor-in-Chief of academic analytical journal Decorative Art and Environment. Bulletin of the RGHPU
Honorary titles and awards:
Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Award in the field of education (2010); medal “For Impeccable Work and Distinction” of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (2025)
Other information:
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Vice President of the National Academy of Design, Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (Criticism Section), Creative Union of Artists of Russia (Decorative Arts Section); Member of the Editorial Board of the journals: Bulletin of the RGHPU, Burganov's House. Cultural Space, Aesthetica Universalis, Design. Art. Industry, Culture and Civilization
Teaching activity:
Since 1994, subjects: design history, photography, design, methodology of research work
Academic publications (239 in total, including 16 monographs):
Monographs:
- Crossroads of the Russian Avant-garde. Rodchenko, Stepanova and Their Circle. Moscow, AST Publ., 2024. 252 p.: ill.
- Alexey Gan. Moscow, Ad Marginem Press Publ., 2023. 192 p.
- The Fabric of the Avant-garde. Moscow, Publishing house “RIP-Holding”, 2020. 336 p.: ill. (Co-authored with N.P. Beschastnov)
Collective works (editor):
- Collections of materials of academic conferences of Russian State University of Design and Applied Arts (Stroganov University) (10 in total)
Articles:
- The Concepts of the Theater of Things And Scenography in Design in the Context of the Aesthetics of Meaningfulness. Decorative Art and Environment. Bulletin of the RGHPU, no. 4, part 1, 2025, pp. 298–307. https://doi.org/10.37485/1997-4663_2025_4_1_298_307 (Co-authored with S.V. Kurasov, V.F. Ziva, I.V. Smekalov)
- Design Centers in Post-war Europe and Professional Design Infrastructure. Burganov's House. Cultural Space, no. 4. 2025, pp. 86–91. https://doi.org/10.306340/2071-6818-2025-214-4-79-91 (Co-authored with A.N. Sankova)
- The Role of the Stroganov School in the Development of Industrial Art Education in Russia. Strategies and Tactics of the Formation of the School. Decorative Art and Environment. Bulletin of the RGHPU, no. 2, part 1, 2025, pp. 14–32. https://doi.org/10.37485/1997-46632025211432 (Co-authored with .V. Kurasov, V.F. Ziva, А.А. Kiriniuk)
- Towards the Problem of the Mutual Influence of Digital Technologies and Traditional Chinese Culture in Modern Media Design. Actual Problems of High Musical Education, no. 2 (77), 2025, pp. 89–99. http://doi.org/10.26086/NK.2025.77.2.012. (Co-authored with Li Weizheng)
