Mikhailov, Vladimir Anatolyevich

Vladimir Mikhailov was born on June 15, 1960 in the city of Borovichi, Novgorod Region.

In 1978 he graduated from the Borovichi Industrial College, majoring in milling . After graduating from a 2-year course in mechanics , Vladimir went to the Comet military factory, where he mastered working with material.

From 1978 to 1980, he served in the army on the Kola Peninsula . He entered the service as a driver, but the last year passed as a regimental graphic designer in the officers' house, and, returning to the factory, he also transferred to the position of graphic designer. He began to attend workshops for original artists. Vladimir curator was Moscow master N.M. Rotanov , who instilled in future artists a taste for art, taught them composition and artistic technique.

In 1983, at one of the seminars, Vladimir Mikhailov created his first stone cross.

Vladimir Mikhailov gave 25 years to work at the plant, and having worked as a pensioner, he was fully engaged in applied art.

Since 2004, Vladimir Mikhailov began working with precious metals . In his products, he is trying to revive the Pskov and Novgorod art technique transmitted from generation to generation depicting Orthodox spiritual images that originated in the 12th-13th centuries. Now the collection has more than 400 jewelry .

Many years of friendship and joint work connects Vladimir Mikhailov with his father Fedor Konyukhov . Inspired by the courage and strength of spirit of Father Fyodor, Mikhailov created for the traveler a priestly “sea” cross and a tabletop composition, including a fragment of a stone brought by Konyukhov from Cape Horn. Later, Vladimir Mikhailov was entrusted with the manufacture of a stone Orthodox cross for the traveler’s expedition to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, as well as a cross and panagia for the monument to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Mysgornovsky, installed by Fedor Konyukhov in the city of Murmansk. In 2019, Mikhailov presents the traveler with a 40-kilogram work, made of dolomite stone. The master depicted on it the boat Akros, dissecting the globe with the initials of FC, the Russian tricolor flying over it and spreading the wings of a double-headed eagle.

In 2007, Vladimir created a miniature calendar of Orthodox holidays the size of a five-ruble coin. The master took 4 months to create a calendar of 7 pages, a salary, a binding, a lock and a stand made of pure gold. Calendar size: 25x27x10 mm. Calendar weight: 123.73 g. The smallest letter: 0.4 × 0.8 mm. ^{[1] [2] [3]} .

In 1983, Vladimir Mikhailov received the blessing of the Metropolitan of the Leningrad Diocese , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II . Among the fans of Vladimir’s work are Queen of Spain Sofia ^{[4] [5]} and American film actor Mickey Rourke ^{[6] [7]} . Vladimir's works are kept in churches and private collections around the world.

In 2019, Vladimir Mikhailov was elected an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts .

Participation in Russian and international exhibitions:

• February 2009 - Venice festival as part of the Cultural Mission. Saint Petersburg - Venice »
• March 31 - April 3, 2011 - the annual largest European contemporary art exhibition ART MONACO'11.
• May 13-21, 2011 - the court exhibition of the Cannes Film Festival ART AFFAIR Cannes'11.
• July 19-24, 2011 - exhibition "Artistes du Monde" ("Artists of the World"). Cannes , France ^{[8] [9]} .
• September 26-30, 2011 - “Russian Evening in Milan” within the framework of the program “Partner Cities. St. Petersburg - Milan. "
• December 15, 2011 - Christmas evening at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Switzerland , Bern .
• December 2011 - Christmas party at the Otto von Bismarck estate. Stendhal , Germany .
• March 8-15, 2012 - BaselWorld 2012, a global jewelry and watch exhibition. Basel , Switzerland ^{[10] [11]} .
• April 5-8, 2012 - the annual European art exhibition ART MONACO'12.
• April 14-19, 2012 - Days of Russian Culture, Russian Cinema Festival, Presentation of the International Tree of Life Award. Baden-Baden , Germany .
• May 17-22, 2012 - Festival of Russian Art "Summer Garden of Arts". Bari , Italy .
• September 25, 2012 - “Russian evening in Milan” within the framework of the program “Cities-partners. St. Petersburg - Milan. "
• September 27-29, 2013 - Suvorov days dedicated to the anniversary of the Swiss campaign of Suvorov . Andermatt , Bellinzona , Lugano , Switzerland .
• December 2013 - the first personal exhibition of Vladimir Mikhailov at the Central House of Artists ^[12] .
• December 2014 - personal exhibition in the Basilica of St. Nicholas Bari , Italy .
• May 16-22, 2015 - IX Festival of Russian Art “Summer Garden of Arts”. Bari , Italy
• September 2015 - II Eurasian Women's Forum, Russia , St. Petersburg
• February 2016 - International exhibition of jewelry and watches Inhorgenta Munich 2016, Germany , Munich
• April-May 2016 - personal exhibition “Orthodox traditions in the XXI century. Vladimir Mikhailov ”at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts , Russia , Moscow
• May 2016 - X Festival of Russian Art, Italy , Bari
• October 2016 - VII International Scientific Conference "Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art", Russia , St. Petersburg
• October-November 2017 - exhibition of masters of Orthodox and decorative arts “Unity and Faith” in the State Kremlin Palace , Russia , Moscow
• March 2018 - HKTDC - Hong Kong International Jewelery Show, Hong Kong
• June 2018 - International Jewelery and Watch Fair JCK Las Vegas, USA , Las Vegas
• January 2018 - Exhibition of Contemporary Orthodox Art “Christmas Traditions” as part of the XXVI International Christmas Educational Readings in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior , Russia , Moscow
• February-March 2019 - 36th HKTDC International Jewelery Show - Hong Kong International Jewelery Show, Hong Kong
• April 2019 - Antique Salon Russian Antique & Art Fair in the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" , Moscow , Russia

Prizes and awards:

• Diploma "Exclusive 2006" in the nomination "The best symbol of spirituality"
• Prize of the XII, XIII All-Russian competition of jewelers “Recognition of St. Petersburg” in the nomination “Objects of a religious cult”, International Jewelery Industry Forum Junwex Petersburg 2007, 2008;
• First place of the IV All-Russian competition of jewelers “Golden Mercury” in the nomination “Canons and Traditions” (All-Russian jewelry exhibition “Peter-Jeweler”)
• Gratitude from the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation for his great contribution to culture at the exhibition of Orthodox art “Patriarch of the Renaissance” 2009
• Special Prize ART Monaco 2011 ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• The Carl Faberge Memorial Fund “150 years to Mikhail Perkhin” Honorary Badge for outstanding contribution to the development of Russian jewelry
• Honorary badge of the Carl Faberge Memorial Fund “Order of Franz Petrovich Birbaum” for his outstanding contribution to the development of jewelry , many years of activity to promote the creative heritage of Carl Faberge , and the education of young jewelers
• The first prize of the XIII All-Russian competition of jewelers “Best jewelry in Russia” in the nomination “Cult works” in the framework of the International exhibition of jewelry and watch brands “JUNWEX Moscow” (2017)
• Order of Memory established by the Montenegrin-Primorsky Church (2018)

• Bible stories plots come to life in gold / Business Petersburg / March 30, 2006
• Pure art / newspaper Kommersant / April 20, 2011
• Jeweler Takes Inspiration From Orthodox Church / The St. Petersburg Times / April, 27, 2011
• Wild jewelry / newspaper "Novgorod News" / July 28, 2011