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olga volchkova

olga volchkova is a russian-born artist currently resident in eugene , oregon .
volchkova was born in tver , russia , in 1970 .
there she took degrees in chemistry , music , art , art restoration , and icon painting .
the grabar institute certified her as a second-degree oil painting restorer .
she worked as a conservator and curator in the tver oblast art gallery , and joined a journeyman team of important early post-soviet iconostasis restorers .
in 1998 , she moved to the united states , where she worked as an all-around art restorer in manhattan .
in 1999 , she moved to downtown palo alto , california , where she found herself in the heart of the first dotcom boom .
she became artistic director for workspot , a now defunct start-up and contracting house near university avenue in palo alto .
there she pioneered the commercial use of scanned watercolors in webpage design , a laborious approach that won her no imitators , but many admirers -- workspot took the 2000 linux journal award for best internet product .
in 2000 she moved to eugene , oregon .
she studied ceramics and figure sculpture at the university of oregon , and her work became a small sensation in eugene 's wood-fired ceramics movement .
she became involved in concluding work in a research project initiated by architect christopher alexander .
in 2002 she began to study at the world-renowned pilchuck glass school , where she discovered cast glass .
one of her first pieces was selected as the only cast glass work for pilchuck 's live auction , passion afire , of emerging glass artists , held at the experience music project in seattle .
within a year , pilchuck also selected her work for their annual live auction , in the company of some of the world 's most famous glass artists .
in 2003 , she co-founded a non-profit dance institute , the tango center , and became its art director .
she managed the hall 's interior design and construction , but also sang russian tangos with the house band , and performed argentine tango , the dance , with various partners in front of live audiences .
she continues to pursue cast glass , painting , public art , photography , and social dance .
in 2013 she appeared on the cover of crime & the city solution 's album american twilight .
she also played the central figure in music videos released by mute records for the album , created by danielle de picciotto .
her latest major series of paintings , original icons known as ` the garden saints ' , were part of two art exhibitions in berlin , and two in hamburg , in 2012 and 2013 .
this series will exhibit from 2015 to 2016 at the university of oregon 's jordan schnitzer museum of art .
