Although she was born and raised in a family of scientists in Moscow, science was not in the cards for Tatiana Romanova Grant. Instead, she let her love of art become her calling. A collection of icons and other works by Grant is now on display at the University of Dayton Marian Library gallery, located in the Roesch Library on campus. The library, which houses the world's largest collection of printed materials about the Virgin Mary outside the Vatican, is located on the seventh floor of Roesch Library on campus.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Grant grounds her work in the stylistic elements of a variety of artistic periods, most notably those of the ancient Byzantine, Middle Age and Renaissance eras. The materials that she uses to create her pieces, from wood to 24-karat gold leaf, reflect her roots in these historic periods. Grant currently lives and works in San Francisco. Since 1974 she has been commissioned to create new works for collectors and churches throughout Russia, France, England, South America and the United States.