Ustinova Vera

Biography

Artist Vera Ustinova was born on March 13, 1971 in a small town in Siberia. Vera's mother was a mathematics teacher, and her father was a mechanic. A great influence was her father, who was a naturally creative person and felt the nature of his native land. At every opportunity, Vera created paintings and sculptures. She studied at art school.
After graduating from high school, she decided to connect her life with art and entered an art school in the Kemerovo region. In 1991 she received a specialty as an artist-teacher and received a diploma with honors. She began her professional career teaching at an art school in her hometown.
In 1999, the artist moved to the Vologda region and continued to work as a teacher at an art school. Her students took an active part in various regional and interregional exhibitions and events, many of them were awarded. Vera Ustinova also has diplomas for training competition winners and documents on participation in seminars and conferences:
1999 Certificate for participation in the regional seminar "Main aspects of preparing applicants for admission to art colleges"
Diploma in 2000 for creative activity and the high level of training of talented children at the Interregional Creative Arts School for genius children.
2001 Diploma for preparing the winner of the Interregional Children's Drawing Competition "Light and Warmth in Your Home"
2002 Diploma for preparing the winner of the open city competition of children's creativity. Competition "Glory of the Motherland - Honor of the Soldier"
2002 Certificate for participation in the regional conference "Methods of teaching composition in children's art school"
In 2003, he was awarded the highest qualification category of teacher for a period of 5 years.
2003 Diploma for preparing the winner and diploma holder of the regional competition of children's fine arts "World of Childhood" in the category "Still Life for Schoolchildren"
2003 - Certificate of advanced training at the Interregional Creative School of Arts "Pastoral".
2003 Diploma for preparing a participant in the final stage of the international exhibition project "St. Petersburg in Children's Art"
2003 Diploma for 3rd place in the second regional competition of cultural workers "Star Lace of the North" in the nomination "Reasonable, kind, eternal"
2004 Diploma "Best in Profession" 2003
Also during this period, Vera improved her individual creative activity and participated in various art exhibitions:
2002 Diploma of participation in the regional exhibition "Modern Handmade Toy"
2003 Diploma of the winner of the interregional competition "Master - Golden Hands 2003" in the category "Children's Toy"
2004 Diploma for participation in the interregional competition of masters "4th Peter's Interregional Fair"
Diploma of 2004 for participation in the 5th All-Russian competition of folk art, crafts and gifts within the framework of the project "Veliky Ustyug - the Homeland of Father Frost"
2005 Diploma for 1st place "Best Work of Art"
2005 Diploma for the decorator of a museum exhibition for the highest award in the 4th regional competition of cultural workers "Starry Lace of the North"
2006 Diploma "For creating highly artistic souvenirs for the New Year and Christmas" - in the project "Veliky Ustyug - The Homeland of Father Frost"
In 2009, Vera Ustinova moved to St. Petersburg to develop her talent as an artist. In her new residence, she began collaborating with museums and art galleries.
From 2009 to 2020, she worked as a ceramic artist, creating clay souvenirs on the theme of St. Petersburg. Many of her works are in private collections both in Russia and in other countries.
In 2015 he became a member of the International Guild of Craftsmen.
Diploma of the International Guild of Craftsmen in 2015 for the author’s exhibition of ceramic panels “Constellation of St. Petersburg”, exhibited at the Russian Lefty Museum.
Diploma of the International Guild of Craftsmen for 2015 for a master class on ceramics, organized on Russia Day at the Russian Left-Handed Museum. Collectively, with the participation of museum visitors, a ceramic map of Russia was created.
Diploma of 2016 for participation in the 6th Republican exhibition of folk art and crafts "Pearl of the North"
Diploma 2018 for participation in the exhibition of folk art crafts "Nevskaya Box"
Certificate 2018 on the topic "Fundamentals of Marketing and Advertising in the Craft Industry"
Diploma 2019 for participation in the exhibition of folk arts and crafts.
Diploma 2019 for participation in the arts and crafts competition "World of the Passionate" in the category "Souvenir with the symbols of St. Petersburg"
2019. Diploma of laureate of the humanitarian award "Your Majesty Talent"
In 2017, Vera opened a workshop for the production of ceramic souvenirs, but in 2020, due to the pandemic, she closed the production of ceramic products and devoted herself to a new project, the results of which are presented on the pages of the website.
The master develops new working techniques and creates unique ceramic paintings. Each work is a reflection of her inner world, her thoughts and feelings.