“Following Mr Putin’s criminal invasion of Ukraine, I left The Repin Academy of Fine Art and the Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, (where I have been painting for the last six years) and I have spent my time painting between Ukraine and the UK. I have bought an apartment in Chelsea, which is now my studio. I am looking forward to exhibiting at the Old Stoic Art Exhibition in March, as well as my solo exhibition in New York, called War in Ukraine through the eyes of an artist.”
