Svetlana Grigorievna Ryazanova
Born on December 5, 1927.
Graduated from the Theater and Art School in 1948.
Graduated from the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry named after V.I. Mukhina in 1955.
Awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1980.
Works in collections
Her works are housed in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Museum of Ceramics and the Kuskovo Estate of the 18th century, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied, and Folk Art, the Ministry of Culture of Russia, the 'Art Modern' gallery, and the 'STANBET' gallery in Moscow.
Exhibitions and auctions
1987 Personal exhibition. Moscow;
1988 Exhibition of European Glass Sculpture. Liège, Belgium;
1989 Glass sculpture and graphics. Personal exhibition. Lima, Peru;
1989 Russian and Soviet glass. Glass Museum. Corning, USA;
1992 1st exhibition of the 'STANBET' gallery. Hall of the Exhibition and Auction Directorate of the International Cultural Foundation. Moscow.
Author about himself
My focus is glass sculpture; the unique qualities of the material dictate its own features, and I find great interest in the interaction between pure structural elements and the decorative aspects of glass.
Bibliography
E. Rachuk 'Soviet Sulphide Glass', 1975, Moscow, pp. 108-109;
Rozhankovsky 'Glass and the Artist', 1971, Moscow, 'Nauka', pp. 76, 106;
N. Voronov, E. Rachuk 'Soviet Glass', 1972, Leningrad, 'Aurora', pp. 71, 78, 108;
V. Perfiliev 'Svetlana Ryazanova's Glass Sculpture', 'Decorative Art of the USSR' Journal, No.9, 1983, pp. 13-14;
L. Kramarenko 'Two Handwritings in Glass', 'Decorative Art of the USSR' Journal, No.2, 1988, pp. 20-23;
E. Rachuk 'Soviet Colored Glass', 1982, Moscow, 'Soviet Artist', pp. 30, 85.
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