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SOFIA PERINA-MILLER
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Leningrad, USSR, 1974
Education:
University: Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University. Qualification: Microsoft Certificate in Publishing Design (1998-1999).
University: Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. Qualification: Honours Degree in Art and Clothes Design (1992-1996).
University: Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. Basic Certificates in Art and Clothes Design (1991-1992).
Pre-University: State Entrance Exam Certificate For Entry into Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design.
Specialist Schools/Institutes: State Mukhin Institute. Qualification: Certificate from B. Kazakov’s Master Class of Drawing (1989-1991).
Specialist Art School. Qualifications: Russian State Comprehensive Certificates in Painting, Drawing and the History of Art (1989-1991).
Russian State Comprehensive Certificate in Textile Design (1989-1991).
Employment History:
Artist/Designer/ Private art tutor (1996-2004). Since late 2002 I have been concentrating on my career as an artist. I have become a member of the Glasgow Society of Women Artists, Paisley Art Institute and Helensburgh Art Club and have taken part in the annual exhibitions of these organisations. My work has been exhibited in various Galleries, including the Mall Galleries in London, John Green Fine Art, The Collins Gallery, The Art Exposure Gallery and the Home Gallery in Glasgow and the Torrance Gallery and the Tartan Gallery in Edinburgh. In addition, I have exhibited at the Glasgow Art Fair and the Paisley Art Institute.
Exhibitions/Achievements:
“Art in the Life of Banks”, an exhibition of clothes designed for “Alpha Bank” (St Petersburg, 1992).
“Three and a Half” exhibition on silk and batik at the International Smirnovskii Fashion show (St Petersburg, 1992).
“MTC-74”, exhibition of graphic work for a jazz club (St Petersburg, 1994).
“Variations on a Russian Theme”, exhibition of a collection of costumes based on handweaving (St Petersburg, 1994).
Winner of the international exhibition “Women’s Secrets”, based on the design of underwear for a mass production company (Saint Petersburg 1995).
“Ukhazher”, exhibition of linen, knitted and hand weaved costumes at the international symposium of artistic and industrial textiles (St Petersburg, 1995).
“Journey”, exhibition of costumes made from artificial fur, kapron and silk at International Premier Design Smirnoff-95 (Moscow, 1995).
“Collection of Women’s Blouses”, an exhibition at the model’s salon (St Petersburg, 1997).
Exhibition of wedding dresses (Degree work) at St Petersburg State University of Textile Design (1997).
Winner of the International Smirnoff-98 Competition “Veter”, based on a collection of leather, wood, cotton, sezal and sibori (Sochi 1998).
Glasgow Art Fair Exhibition 2004
Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition 2004
Glasgow Society of Woman Artists Edinburgh Festival Exhibition 2004, The Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh
The Singer and Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries Exhibition, London 2004
The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, Roger Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, 2004
Glasgow Society of Woman Artists Exhibition, Lillie galleries, Milgavie, Glasgow, 2004
Solo exhibition, Helensburgh Library, Helensburgh 2004
Christmas Show, Tartan Gallery (in the Solo Gallery), Edinburgh 2004
Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley 2005
GSWA Spring Exhibition, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow 2005
Tolquhon Gallery Spring Exhibition 2005
Tartan Gallery Spring Exhibition 2005
Federation of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2005
British Society of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London 2005
Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition, Paisley 2005
Save the Children Exhibition, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 2005
Glasgow Society of Woman Artists Edinburgh Festival Exhibition 2005, The Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh
Solo Exhibition at the Charles Rennie MacKintosh Hill House, National Trust for Scotland, June-October, 2005
The Singer and Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries Exhibition, London 2005
CHAS exhibition, University of Glasgow, 2005
RGI Christmas exhibition, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, 2005
Christmas Show, Tartan Gallery (in the Solo Gallery), Edinburgh, 2005
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London, 2006
Royal Botanical Art Society, Westminster Halls, London, 2006
Glasgow Group Exhibition, RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, 2006
House of Bruar Art Gallery Collection, Blair Atholl, 2006
Helensburgh Art Club Annual Exhibition, Helensburgh, 2006
The Singer and Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries Exhibition, London 2006
L’Arche Charity Exhibition, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, 2006
RGI Kelly Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow, 2006
John Green Fine Art Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow, 2006
Tartan Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2006
Solo exhibition, Helensburgh Library, Helensburgh 2006
Atholl Gallery, Spring Exhibition, Dunkeld, 2007
Royal Botanical Art Society, Westminster Halls, London, 2007
Glasgow Art Fair Exhibition, 2007
GSWA Spring Exhibition, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, 2007
John Green Fine Art Spring Exhibition, Glasgow, 2007
Tartan Gallery Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2007
Helensburgh Art Club Annual Exhibition, Helensburgh, 2007
“New Art” solo exhibition by Sofia Perina-Miller at The Hill House,
For The National Trust for Scotland, Helensburgh, 2007
