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Tatiana Iliina-Gooden Invites you to witness Art-in-the-Making A career beginning deep in Russia's artistic roots, developing in the Soviet Union's premier schools, traversing the human, political and emotional by ways of poignant and turbulent times, now flourishing amidst the creative energy of Montreal... Tatiana at the Mukhina Higher Art Institute, near The Hermitage Art Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Tatiana's paintings Creator of one of Canada's most viewed pieces of art This enormous, 5,000 sq. ft. mural painted by Tatiana in 1997-98 is located on high-rent Sherbrooke St. in central downtown Montreal and has been seen by thousands of people every day since 1997. TATIANA Iliina-Gooden 20+ Years a Professional Artist in Canada and Russia Studied art in St. Petersburg, in one of Russia's most respected and prestigious faculties Tatiana Iliina-Gooden is fortunate to be blessed with at least three qualities of great artists: Tatiana's gift of natural artistic talent verges on supernatural! Tatiana has 9+ years of specialized art education, (mostly in walking distance from the Hermitage and the Russian Museum), in some of Russia's finest schools, studying under masters of their specialties. Tatiana's passion for and love of art are rivalled only by her passion for her career and love for her family. Art dealers agree that one of the keys to successful art collecting and investing is to select artists who follow through with their careers. In the case of Tatiana Iliina-Gooden, you have a person who has not strayed from her art career since she started working, back in the U.S.S.R. during the Perestroika period. Tatiana Exhibiting at Montreal City Hall Tatiana (left) with Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay and Vandart Gallery owner, Violetta Safarova, beside Tatiana's art, at a 2005 exhibition at Montreal City Hall. Some of the Milestones in Tatiana's Career: - Received certificate to teach art and drafting - Gained admittance to the prestigious Monumental Art Faculty of the Mukhina Higher Institue of Art and Design. Only eight people out of hundreds of applicants, from all over the Soviet Union, were accepted each year. - Completion of four-year program plus thesis year at Mukhina - Numerous monumental projects of all sizes, mostly in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, on the Baltic coast, and Pyatigorsk, the major Russian center of the Caucuses. - Immigrated to Montreal, Canada - Completetion of dozens of monumental projects in Montreal and elsewhere in Canada - Participation in numerous exhibitions, both group and solo in Russia and Canada, from 1985 through 2005 - Hundreds of commissions, involving canvases, portraits, murals, trompe l'oeils The Woman with Russian and Canadian ice in her veins and Passion for Art ablaze in her heart! When power and heat were knocked out by a devastating ice storm in Montreal one January, Tatiana, staying with her family at some friends' house, still completed several canvases to fill a commission for a customer. By the side of her infant son, who was recovering from heart surgery at the Montreal Childrens Hospital, Tatiana signed and numbered hundreds of prints of her work for a corporate commission. While painting a mural on a 12-storey building, she rode out many a windstorm on the swingstage scaffolding, while the men who were painting the rest of the building scrambled for cover in the coffee shop (uh - could it be they were getting paid by the hour?). Dedicated to sharing her art and abilities with the community, Tatiana completed six projects in four different schools last year alone, exposing to and engaging hundreds of students in the creative process. A few years ago, Tatiana conceived and established a mosaic workshop in a special needs school, and trained the staff and students in all aspects of mosaic production, to the extent that the workshop has plans to operate semi-independently. Is It Real or Is It Art-in-the-Making...? When not working on her canvases, Tatiana still accepts commissions and paints some exquisite trompe l'oeils and murals. SHIPPING AND HANDLING INFORMATION Standard Shipping Within Canada Canada Post First Class Mail: Please check the price in each listing. We are open to making special arrangments on request, when possible. Standard Shipping Within U.S.A. Mail First Class Postage: Please check the price in each listing. We are open to making special arrangments on request, when possible. International Europe, Mexico, Asia, Please check the price in each listing. We are open to making special arrangments on request, when possible. Payment We accept PayPal or Major Credit Cards via PayPal, personal checks from U.S. and Canada (clearing time can vary)and Canadian or international money orders Customer Service Please communicate with us by email Return Policy Full refund (excluding shipping) if returned within seven days Shipping Insurance Included Package tracing Tracking number provided   Favorite Links  Creation of a Soviet Artist a new blog that tells my personal story of growing up as an artist in the Soviet Union Co2 Art Our eco art blog Where is My Art? a blog showing some of my work and the places where it is collected Tatiana Iliina Fine Art My personal website - New for 2009

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