About me
- Full name: Sofiia Dmitrievna Stiazhkina
- Date of birth: November 3, 1999
- Place of birth: Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia
- sophiastyazhkina@gmail.com
Education
- 2020 – Present – Ilya Repin St. Petersburg Academy of Arts
- 2016 – 2020 – Cheboksary Art School (Graduated with honors)
Awards and Achievements
- 2016 – 2nd Prize, First Selection Round of the XVI Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Chuvash Republic)
- 2016 – 2nd Prize, VI Republican Forum “Gifted Children of Chuvashia”
- 2018 – Winner of the Remote Round of the II All-Russian Open Art Competition “Young Artist of Russia”
- 2018 – Grand Prix of the All-Russian Open Art Competition “Young Talent of Russia”
- 2023 – 3rd Place in the Art Nagrada openCalls Competition “Creative-2023 (Best of the Year)”
Exhibitions
- 2017 – First Youth Exhibition, Novocheboksarsk Museum Complex
- 2018 – Autumn-2018, Center for Contemporary Art, Union of Artists of Chuvashia, Cheboksary
- 2019 – Solo Exhibition at Children’s Art School No. 1, Yoshkar-Ola
- 2021 – Painting. Methodical Exhibition, Italian Hall, Repin Academy of Arts
- 2021 – First Impression, Scientific and Cultural Center, Pushkinskiye Gory
- 2021 – Mari Land, Republican Museum of Fine Arts, Yoshkar-Ola
- 2021 – Neva on the Volga Banks, Center for Contemporary Art, Cheboksary
- 2022 – Plein Air Exhibition at the Academy’s base in Alupka, Crimea
- 2025 – Painting Department. Second-Year Students, Nicholas Roerich School of Art, St. Petersburg Union of Artists
- 2025 – Painting. Composition. Methodical Exhibition, Italian Hall, Repin Academy of Arts
Residencies and Forums
- Art Residency “Tavrida-Art”
- All-Russian Youth Educational Forum “Tavrida”
Collections
- 20 works held in the Methodical Fund of the Ilya Repin Academy of Arts
- Private collections in Moscow, St. Petersburg, France, and China