Svetlana Mekhnina

Born November 29, 1966, Russia, Arkhangelsk region

1974 - 1984, graduated from high school and at the same time graduated from a music school in the piano class.

1984 - 1991, graduated from Arkhangelsk State University and received a master's degree in pedagogical and Mathematical education.

1992 - 2006, engaged in teaching at a high school in Murmansk.

2006 - 2013, moved to Luga, Leningrad Region, where she continued to teach at a high school

2013 - 2015, entered an Art Studio in the city of Luga, which in 1992 was awarded the title of People's Studio of Fine and Decorative Arts. The following disciplines were taught in the studio: drawing, painting, sculpture and small plastic, porcelain painting, tapestry, artistic forging under the guidance of Vladimir Rychkov.
Vladimir Rychkov was engaged in scientific and pedagogical activities - he was the head of the Department of Fine Arts of the KSU. Kirill and Methodius had the academic title of associate professor at the Department of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture.

2015 - present time, moved to St. Petersburg and to the, where I continued painting classes and improved my level, and studied different styles of paintings. Now as a full-time artist, I started exhibiting my paintings at the beginning of 2021.

"I am interested in studying nature and the relationships between people and transmitting this with the help of paints on canvas." by Svetlana Mekhnina