About

I’m a Melbourne-based fine art photographer. My work centres on hand-constructed botanical still lifes and compositions featuring Australian birds.

Working with Australian flora, shells, branches and other natural forms, I create intricate compositions by hand before photographing them in the studio. My bird works combine my own wildlife photography with constructed and hand-gilded natural elements.

I also photograph landscapes in which nature itself appears to have arranged the scene. Across both approaches, my work begins with close observation and an interest in the moment when familiar forms become strange, theatrical or suspended between the real and imagined.

Originally from Almaty, Kazakhstan, I now live and work in Melbourne, Australia.

Awards

Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award 2026 | Finalist
Lethbridge Gallery

Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award 2025 | Highly Commended Prize
Lethbridge Gallery

Mornington Art Show 2025 | Best Photography at the Show

Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award 2024 | Finalist
Lethbridge Gallery

Unearthed Art Prize 2024 | Finalist
Art2Art Gallery

The ‘Bluethumb ArtPrize 2023’ | Finalist
Categories: Still-life, Founders Award.

The EPSON International Pano Awards | 2020 Bronze
Categories: Landscape/Travel.

International Photography Awards | 2020 Honourable Mention
Categories: Fine Art, Still Life; Landscape; Travel / Wanderlust; Panorama / Panoramic. 

Photographer of the Year | TOP-10 list
Categories: Black and White; Travel

The Mono Australian Photography Awards
Highly Commended and Top-20/Top-30 Lists
Categories: Places; People.