Bersenev, Andrian

Bersenev was born in Perm, Russia in 1963. He attended the Perm Art School from 1987 to 1991 and was accepted into the prestigious Repin Institute in St. Petersburg upon his graduation. He studied at the Institute from 1991 to 1997 receiving his diploma from the studio of Professor Eremeev. He was invited to take post-graduate classes at the Institute and to become a highly-respected associate professor. He finished his post-graduate studies in 2001 and, today, is a professor.

 ·  1996, won first prize in "The Muses of St. Petersburg Contest", St. Petersburg

·  1996, participated in several exhibitions at the Arkol Gallery, Paris, France

·  1997, participated in a group exhibition in Munich, Germany

·  1998, participated in a group exhibition in Moscow, Russia

·  1998, invited to join the Russian Artists’ Union

·  1999, participated in a group exhibition in Paris, France

·  2000, participated in a group exhibition in Milan, Italy

·  2000, one-man exhibit at the Repin Institue, St. Petersburg, Russia

·  2001, one-man exhibit at the Hall of the Russian Artists’ Union, St. Petersburg, Russia

·  2001, participated in the "Eremeev and Students Exhibit", Peking, China

·  2004, participated in a group exhibition in Shanghai, China

·  2005, participated in an exhibition at the Spanish Consulate celebrating the 400th anniversary of the  publishing of Cervante’s, Don Quixote, St. Petersburg, Russia

·  2006, participated in the Russian Artists’ Union Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Today, Bersenev paints and teaches in St. Petersburg. He is quickly emerging as one of Russia’s elite, young masters. Gallery Russia, Scottsdale, has carried his works since 2000.