Born in Perm' (Urals). Art historian, specialist in folk arts and culture. Graduated from the faculty of Theory and History of Arts, I.E.Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Academy of Art of the USSR. From 1972 till 1983 worked at the Research Institute of Arts Industry, from 1983 till 1993 - at the Russian Research, Methodological and Educational Centre of Folk Art. In 1990 she participated in realisation of the international project - organisation of the first exhibition "Naive Artists of the World" in Moscow. From 1993 till 1999 worked at the State Republic Centre of Russian Folklore. At present time - working at the Museum of the Naive Art in the Eastern Municipal District in Moscow. Member of the editorial board of the journal "Narodnoye tvorchestvo", curator of the "Russian Naive Art" division. Connoisseur of the naive art.





Main publications on naive art

1. Naivnye hudozhniki Rossii // Naivnye hudozhniki mira: Katalog vystavki M., 1990
2. Naivnye hudozhniki mira // Yuny hudozhnik. 1990. N 11
3. Akvarel'nye memuary Ivana Nikiforova // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1995. N 5
4. Narodny prazdnik v kartinah P. Leonova // Yuny hudozhnik. 1995. N 11-12
5. Osobennosti proyavlenija fol'klornogo soznaniya v naivnoy zhivopisi (na materiale tvorchestva sovremennyh naivnyh hudozhnikov Rossii) // Fol'klor kak osnova gumanitarnogo i ekologicheskogo obrazovaniya: nauchnaya metodologiya i problemy. M., 1995
6. "Dusha svoi ne pomnit gody, tak po-mladencheski chista..." // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1996. N 6
7. Zhivopisnaya letopis' Vladimira Sivtsova // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1996. N 2
8. Kartinnye zabavy Vasiliya Grigor'eva // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1996. N 3
9. Problema tipicheskogo i individual'nogo v tvorchestve naivnyh hudozhnikov Rossii // Yazep Drazdovich - asoba, tvorchasc' mastatstva - Insitus. Minsk, 1997
10. Hudozhnikom nado rodit'sya // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1997. N 4
11. "Ya, hudozhnik Pavel Leonov, vsyu zhizn' strany i prirodu nanoshu na polotno" // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1997. N 1
12. Hudozhnitsa iz Pereslavlya-Zalesskogo Maria Timoshina // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1998. N 1
13. Vserossiiskaya vystavka kak model' vyiavleniya i otsenki naivnogo iskusstva // Sovremennoe naivnoe iskusstvo Rossii. M., 1999
14. Gorodskaya i derevenskaya linii v naivnom iskusstve Rossii // Marginal'noe iskusstvo. M., 1999
15. "Ya byl rozhdyon dlya zhizni mirnoy". Pushkiniana naivnyh hudozhnikov // Narodnoe tvorchestvo. 1999. N 3


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