ARTIST

• Alexandra Semenova was born in 1984 in Moscow.
• 2020 - 2021 Ortega y Gasset Research Institute, Madrid, Spain. MA in Contemporary Culture.
• 2019 - 2020 IADE School of Design, Madrid, Spain, MA in Professional Illustration.
• 2002-2008: V. I. Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, Graphics Department, Easel Graphic Studio. Studied with A. I. Teslik, A. A. Lyubavin, A. B. Yakushin, M. N. Avvakumov, and B. F. Bel'sky.
• Thesis: Print series "Old Havana" (silkscreen, 2008).
• 1995-2002: Moscow Academic Art Lycée, Painting Department. Studied with Z. N. Korotkova, V. E. Elizarov, I. V. Elizarova, A. E. Smirnov, and V. A. Ivanov.
• Member of Moscow Union of Artists since 2009.
• Works in graphic art and book illustration.
• Her works are included in collections in Russia, Europe, the USA, and Latin America.
• Based in Madrid, Spain.

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS:

• 2019 – Jerome Klapka Jerome, "Three Men on a Bummel", Publishing House "Nigma", Moscow;
• 2018 – Makhotin Sergey, "Five Peters", Publishing House "Egmont Russia", Moscow;
• 2017 – O. Henry, "Sixes and Sevens", Publishing House "Nigma", Moscow;
• 2017 – Dashevskaya Nina, "Vivaldi. The four seasons". Publishing House "Detgiz", St. Petersburg;
• 2016 – Jerome Klapka Jerome, "Three Men in a Boat". Publishing House "Nigma", Moscow;
• 2016 – Prokofieva Sofia, "Amazing adventures of a boy without". Publishing House "Nigma", Moscow;
• 2015 – Shakespeare William, "Romeo and Juliet". AST, Moscow;
• 2014 – Marshak Samuil, "The Cat's House". AST, Moscow;
• 2012 – Lipatova Elena, "Cats-Dogs". "Octopus", Moscow;
• 2010 – Veleyko Olga, "Unprecedented animals". Publishing House "Foma", Moscow;
• 2010 – Matveenko Andrey, "Penguin sailor". Publishing House "Foma", Moscow;
• 1995 – Kipling Rudyard, "Thy servant a dog". "Sabashnikov Publishers", Moscow.

EXHIBITIONS

• 2019 – exhibition project "Anverso & Reverso", FaveLab art residency, Athens, Greece;
• 2019 – exhibition project "Auto-Tauromaquia" , Residencia Corazón, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
• 2018 – «Shakespeare/mania», group exhibition, Moscow Academic Art Lyceum, Moscow;
• 2017 – «Book illustration project» group exhibition at Non/Fiction 2017, Central House of Artist, Moscow;
• 2017 – «In forma Barocca» personal exhibition, Cultural center «Pokrovskie vorota», Moscow;
• 2017 – «The four seasons. Spring.» personal exhibition, Turgenev library exhibition hall, Moscow;
• 2016 – «A year with Shakespeare» personal exhibition, Turgenev library exhibition hall, Moscow;
• 2015 – «Book illustration project» group exhibition at NON/Fiction’17, Central House of Artist, Moscow;
• 2015 – «The artist and the book», group exhibition, Moscow House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow;
• 2013 – «Concerto Barocco» personal exhibition, «Studio 11 Gallery», Moscow;
• 2013 – «The annual exhibition of teachers», group exhibition, Moscow Academic Art Lyceum;
• 2012 – «City of Safed», personal exhibition, Moscow Academic Art Lyceum;
• 2012 – «Israel through the eyes of young artists», group exhibition, Central House of Artist, Moscow;
• 2012 – «The heirs of the great masters», group exhibition, the «Tsereteli Art Gallery», Moscow;
• 2012 – «Russia in the Holy land» group exhibition in honor of the 130 anniversary of of Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow;
• 2012 – «The artist and the book», group exhibition, Moscow House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow;
• 2011 – The 31th youth exhibition of the Moscow Union of artists, group exhibition, Kuznetsky Most, Moscow;
• 2009 – The 30th youth exhibition of the Moscow Union of artists, group exhibition, Kuznetsky Most, Moscow;
• 2008 – «Teacher and the student», group exhibition, «Mars gallery», Moscow;
• 2007 – «ARTographs», group exhibition, «Small Manege», Moscow;
• 2007 – «The girl in Cuba». Personal exhibition, Embassy of Republic of Cuba in Moscow;
• 2005 – «Culture and Development», international congress and exhibition, Havana, Cuba.

AWARDS

• 2020 – A laureate diploma of the annual International contest "Image of the Book"
• 2017 – A diploma of the annual International contest "Image of the Book";
• 2016 – A diploma of the annual All-Russian contest "Image of the Book";
• 2013 – A medal of Russian academy of Arts "For merits in front of the Academy";
• 2013 – A silver medal of the Russian Academy of Arts;
• 2011 – A diploma of the 31th youth exhibition of the Moscow Union of artists;
• 2009 – A diploma of the 30th youth exhibition of the Moscow Union of artists;
• 2006 – A medal of Russian Academy of Arts "For successes in study";
• 2004 – A diploma of the All-Russian contest "New Names of Russia";
• 1995 – A diploma of the All-Russian contest "Art of the Book".