- I graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in 1993 where I had studied under a well-known artist May Miturich- Khlebnikov. I <!xx pagebreak xx>got a degree in Graphic Arts. I worked in various publishing houses as a designer of magazines and books. I have been working as an illustrator and cover designer for one of the children's magazines for a long time. I mainly paint in watercolors and draw using different kinds of materials.