testpage 2002 Grand Prize in Portrait Competition of the American Society of Portrait Artists (ASOPA) at Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA 2004 Best of Show Award inInternational Portrait Competition of the Portrait Society of America (PSA), Boston, USA Workshops in The Taos Art Museum and Fechin House February – March 2010 – Russia, St. Petersburg, Central Exposition Halls of The State Museum of The Russian Academy of Arts April – May 2010 – Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod State Exhibition Hall May – June 2010 – Russia, Kazan, The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan June – July 2010 – Russia, Moscow, Central House of the Artist July – August 2010 – Russia, Voronezh, The Kramskoy Regional Museum of Fine Arts August – September 2010 – Russia, Saratov, The Radischev Museum of Fine Arts May – June 2011 – Russia, Samara, Gallery “Babilon” December 2011 – February 2012 – Russia, Ekaterinburg, The Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts January 2012 – LA Art Show 2012 – Los Angeles Convention Center October 10 – 13, 2019 – Art San Diego 2019 at San Diego Convention Сenter February 5 – 9, 2020 – LA ART Show 2020 at Los Angeles Convention Center