MARGARITA SIOURINA
Born in 1969, Bangkok, Thailand.
1981 Started to study painting in the studio of Valentina Tsvetkova, People’s Artist of the Ukraine.
1987 Graduated from the Moscow Art School affiliated to the Surikov Institute.
1994 Graduated from the Moscow Surikov State Academic Art Institute in the studio of Tair Salakhov, People’s Artist of the USSR.
1999 Member of the Russia Creative Union of Artists.
2001 Member of the International Arts Fund.
2010 Corresponding member of the International Academy of Culture and Art.
2010 Holder of the SERVICE TO THE ART Silver Order.
2012 – Silver Medal of The Creative Union of Russian Artists for Contribution to Russian Culture.
2012 г. – Certificate of Honour awarded by the Central Committee of the RF Culture Workers’ Trade Union.
2013 г. – Letters of Thanks from the Minister of Culture of Saratov Oblast’, Saratov Department for Culture, Volgograd Regional Department of the Creative Union of Russian Artists.
2014 – Silver Medal (second time), and Gold Medal of The Creative Union of Russian Artists for Contribution to Russian Culture.
2016 – Letters of thanks of the Memorial museum of Marina Tsvetaeva in Moscow and the State museum center "Preodoleniye" of N. A. Ostrovsky for the organization and participation in the art project "The Portrait of Russian Fine Word".
Since 1988 Participant of Moscow and International Exhibitions.
1993, 1995, 1996 Solo-exhibitions in France, cooperation with French galleries and exhibition halls.
Since 1999 Participant of exhibitions organized in Moscow by the Moscow Union of Artists, the Russia Creative Union of Artists, and the International Arts Fund.
Winner of Golden Brushcompetition in theCentral House of Artists, the Victor Popkov Competition, exhibitions held in the Academy of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Academy of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kultura exhibition hall in the All-Russian Exhibition Centre, the Cinema Hose, the White House, etc.
2000 – 2001 Participant of the ART-SALON in the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow.
Margarita Siourina works in cooperation with museums, galleries and exhibition halls in Moscow and Saratov: the Central House of Artists, Manezh, New Manezh, Marina Tsvetaeva Memorial Museum, Skryabin Memorial Museum, House of the Russian Abroad named after A.I. Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, N.G. Chernyshevskiy Museum–Estate, Saratov Oblast’ Regional Local History Museum, Saratov Picture Gallery named after V.O. Fomichiov, Museum and Exhibition Complex of Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of Russian Academy of Arts, Arts Gallery affiliated to Fyodor Shalyapin Memorial Museum, Ardena Gallery, ASTI Gallery.
May 2008 Solo-exhibition show, State Exhibition Hall Vykhino, LANDSCAPE WITHOUT A HERO art-project, Moscow.
October 2008 Solo-exhibition show FRAGMENTS, ASTI Gallery & Foundation GRANI, In the Artist’s Studio project.
November 2008 Solo-exhibition show in the International Arts Fund.
2009 Participant of the I Moscow World Arts Way of Unity Fair, Central House of Artists, Moscow.
2009 Participant of the XVI International ART-NOVEMBER Festival of Arts: Solo-exhibition show in theMarina Tsvetaeva Memorial Museumand Moscow International House of Music.
February 2010 Solo-exhibition show of 100 works Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Ardena Gallery, Moscow.
Participant of the XII Moscow International Art Fair Central House of Artists – 2010, ECHOSPHERAS Integration, Moscow.
Participant of V International Fair of Graphic Arts HUDGRAF-2010, Novy Manezh, Moscow.
Participant of XV Moscow Art Fair ART-MANEZH-2010, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, ASTI Gallery, Moscow.
December 2010 – January 2011 Solo-exhibition show STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, ASTI Gallery, Moscow.
Participant of VI International Fair of Graphic Arts HUDGRAF-2011, ASTI Gallery, Novy Manezh, Moscow.
Participant of Exhibition YE.N. TROSHEV AND HIS DISCIPLES in Moscow Academic Art Lyceum at Russian Academy of Arts, September–October 2011.
Participant of International Festival of Arts: ART-NOVEMBER 2011, “Eternal Spirit of the Chainless Mind” at the Marina Tsvetaeva House Museum in Moscow.
December 2011 – January 2012 –personal exhibition of graphic works LEONARDO’S SCRIPT; the ASTI Gallery, Moscow.
March 2012
International Fair of Graphic Arts HUDGRAF-2012, ASTI Gallery Stand, Moscow.
April – May 2012
One-man exhibition METAMORPHOSES OF STYLE, a part of LEONARDO’S SCRIPT PROJECT at the House of the Russian Abroad named after A.I. Solzhenitsyn, Moscow.
July –August 2012
One-man exhibition METAMORPHOSES OF STYLE, a part of LEONARDO’S SCRIPT PROJECT at the Marina Tsvetaeva Memorial Museum, Moscow.
Since December 2011
Launch of a large-scale project IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST to commemorate the centennial of the outstanding Russian sculptor, People’s Artist of the USSR, Alexandr Pavlovich Kibalnikov. Exhibitions held in the context of the Project:
November 2012
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST A.P.KIBALNIKOV exhibition at the Museum and Exhibition Complex of Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of Russian Academy of Arts, with Moscow, Saratov and Volgograd artists participating.
December 2012
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST A.P.KIBALNIKOV exhibition at Creative Art Studio of sculptor Alexander Ryabichev, Moscow.
February 2013
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST A.P.KIBALNIKOV exhibition at the Central Library named after N.A. Dobroliubov, Moscow.
July – August 2013
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST A.P.KIBALNIKOV exhibition at the N.G. Chernyshevskiy Museum–Estate, with Moscow, Saratov and Volgograd artists participating, Saratov.
July – September 2013
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST A.P.KIBALNIKOV exhibition at the Saratov Regional Local History Museum, with Moscow and Volgograd artists participating, Saratov.
August – September 2013
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST A.P.KIBALNIKOV exhibition at the Picture Gallery named after V.O. Fomichiov, with Moscow, Saratov and Volgograd artists participating, Saratov.
Since 2014 Margarita Siourina was the organizer of the exhibition project "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" devoted to the Russian literature. Within the project the following exhibitions were held:
- August, 2014 – "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in Marina Tsvetaeva's Memorial museum in Moscow, with participation of artists, sculptors and poets of Russia.
- September, 2014 – "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in the creative studio of the Ryabichevs in Moscow, an exposition of "A word metamorphosis in the fine arts", with participation of artists, sculptors, designers and poets of Russia.
- October, 2014 – "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in the exhibit hall "KOLORIT" in Moscow, the exposition "No, I am not Byron, I am another …", devoted to the 200-anniversary of M. Yu. Lermontov; with participation of artists, sculptors, designers and poets of Russia.
- August, 2015 - "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in Marina Tsvetaeva's Memorial museum in Moscow, an exposition "War and Peace" devoted to the 70-anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War; with participation of artists, sculptors and poets of Russia.
- September, 2015 - "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in the exhibit hall "KOLORIT" in Moscow, an exposition "War and Peace"; with participation of artists, sculptors and poets of Russia.
- October, 2015 - "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in the creative studio of the Ryabichevs in Moscow, an exposition "War and Peace", with participation of artists, sculptors, designers and poets of Russia.
- August, 2016 - "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in Marina Tsvetaeva's Memorial museum in Moscow, an exposition "The Russian Literature and the Crimea"; with participation of artists, sculptors and poets of Russia.
- August, 2016 - "The PORTRAIT of RUSSIAN FINE WORD" in the state museum center "Preodoleniye" of N. A. Ostrovsky in Moscow, an exposition "The Russian Literature and the Crimea"; with participation of artists, sculptors and poets of Russia.
Works of the artist are in M. I. Tsvetaeva's Memorial museum in Moscow, in the Saratov regional museum of local lore, in N. G. Chernyshevsky's Memorial estate in Saratov, in the collection of the House of the Russian abroad named after A.I. Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, in galleries and private collections of Russia, in municipal and private collections of France, the USA, Switzerland and Sweden.