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This week I was part of a significant event: the “TOP-100” awards ceremony run by “Business Petersburg”. It is the paper’s annual project, held in 2025 for the 22nd time. It brings together the best senior executives of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, heads of companies with outstanding economic results in their fields. The people everyone talks about.
In that room of formal suits and high ambition, an island of quiet appeared — a pop-up show of my work.
The pop-up format is like a breath of cold northern wind: quick, bright, leaving a mark. I showed paintings with tender subjects, where the main message sounds simple and honest:
“Be like children, but do not be children.”
They hold the warmth of family moments, the quiet of touch, the clarity of emotion that leaves you lighter inside. Each of my works is a small story that speaks to the viewer openly, like a child who has not yet learned to hide their feelings.
The intimacy of the show shortens the distance between artist and viewer, prints vivid images into the memory for a long time, leads you away from the bustle and into another reality.
That evening, business, strategy and rankings gave way for a while to emotion. And I am happy that it was my paintings that reminded people of what matters: tenderness, attention to one another, honesty with yourself.
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