Alla Dzhigirey

Alla was born in Leningrad in 1964. Her first teacher was her professional artist father. Later on she graduated from the Boris Ioganson Leningrad Secondary Art School and the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Following graduation, Alla worked on architectural projects, including the reconstruction of Paul I of Russia’s rooms at the Gatchina Palace. She currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.

In the course of time, Alla Dzhigirey settled on her preferred visual art media: painting, drawing, and printmaking. A versatile talent, she creates lithographs, dry point etchings, gouaches, watercolours, tempera paintings, and illustrates books. Her goals as an artist are purity of form and emotions conveyed through colour.