Apollinaria Mishina
St. Petersburg, Russia
Calligrapher, graphic artist
Biography
Born in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) in 1987.
2010 ― graduated with honors from the Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts (Saint-Petersburg), Department of Easel Graphics, department chair – O. Yakhnin, Honored Artist of Russia.
Graphic artist, calligrapher.
From 2010 ― member of the Creative Union of Artists of Saint-Petersburg.
2007 ― awarded a 3rd degree diploma at the 3rd International graphic festival in Saint-Petersburg.
2009 ― awarded a 2nd degree diploma in the Book in Moleskin contest, Saint-Petersburg.
2011 ― award in Calligraphy category at the 1st Graphics triennial in Saint-Petersburg.
2011 ― awarded a youth degree Saint Tatiana’s badge of honor for active educational and social work.
Works displayed in collections of: the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow; Irbit State Museum of Visual Art; National Ex-libris and Prints Museum, Saint Nicolas, Belgium; Forum Kultur Youth Graphic Foundation, Wrocław, Poland, and private collections.
Walking along Nevsky Prospekt
Paper, etching, crayons, sharp-pointed nib pen, Chinese ink, 70x24 cm, 2009
I Merged With The Sky
Paper, Chinese ink, broad-nib pen, brush, 50x60 cm, 2005
The Cross
Leather, calligraphy, etching, 35x55 cm, 2009
The Cross
Parchment, calligraphy, color etching, 35x35 cm, 2009
Reading
Paper, etching, calligraphy, watercolor, 28x19 cm, 2009
Secrets of Love
Paper, etching, calligraphy, water-colour, 14x19 cm, 2009
Rose
Paper, color etching, calligraphy, water-colour, 10x20 cm, 2009
Theft
Paper, etching, calligraphy, water-colour, 19x28 cm, 2009
Letters to a Roman friend. Joseph Brodsky
Unique book, etching, sharp-pointed nib pen 9x13 cm, 2007
The Archangel Gabriel
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
The Archangel Gabriel, the black version
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
The Archangel Michael
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
The Archangel Michael; the black version
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
Madonna with Child
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 74x54 cm, 2010
Madonna with Child, black version
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 74x54 cm, 2010
Cross, Circle, Square
Line “4 Gospels”, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
Cross, Circle, Square, the black version
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
Circle, Rhombus, Square
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 42x34 cm, 2010
Circle, Triangle, Line and Cross
“The 4 Gospels” series, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
Circle, Triangle, Line and Cross, black version
Line “4 Gospels”, calligraphy in etching, hot stamping, paper, 54x30 cm, 2010
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living
Paper, etching, calligraphy, watercolor and gilding, 23x32 cm, 2011
Christ Pantocrator
Paper, etching, calligraphy, watercolor and gilding, 23x32 cm, 2012
The Temple Doors. The left side
Author: sculptor Andrei Mishin. Background texts: calligraphy by Apollinaria Mishina.
Bronze, casting, patinating, calligraphy – etching on metal, 90x206x10 cm, 2010
Triptych ‘The Last Supper: Foot Washing, the Twelve, the Eucharist’
Author’s cast medal: bronze, casting, patina, metal etching, 68x36 cm, 2011-2014.
The Gospel According to Mark
A unique calligraphic book with miniature pictures performed with a colour etching technique. The ‘Vita Nova’ publishing house, St. Petersburg. 2014. Handmade binding, leather, tooling, calligraphy, metal etching. The book block: paper, calligraphy, colour etching, poliment gilding, 26x34.5x7 cm, 2010-2014.
The Virgin and Child
Calligraphic etching, gilding, 11х15,5 cm, 2014
The Gospel According to Mark
Printed book
Sketches to the Gospel of St. Mark
Paper, ink, pencil, acrylic and tempera, gilding. Box 15х22х2.5 cm, 34 sheets of 14.5х21.5 cm, 2014
Sketches to the Gospel of St. Mark
Paper, ink, pencil, acrylic and tempera, gilding. Box 15х22х2.5 cm, 34 sheets of 14.5х21.5 cm, 2014
Sketches to the Gospel of St. Mark
Paper, ink, pencil, acrylic and tempera, gilding. Box 15х22х2.5 cm, 34 sheets of 14.5х21.5 cm, 2014
The Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus of Perivleptos
Gilded etching, 19х25.5 cm, 2014.
Application to the National Union of Calligraphers
Brush calligraphy, metal, etching, patinated form, 14х15 cm, 2014.
