Meet our artists
Dmitry Nikolaevich Kolesnikov.
Dmitry Nikolaevich Kolesnikov, born in 1966, is an experienced artist and interior designer based in Mykolaiv. His academic and professional background combines a solid foundation in fine arts with technical expertise in engineering and architecture. Academic Training Early Years: Graduated from the Boris Lukyanovich Kolesnichenko Art Studio in Mykolaiv. Award winner of the "Art for Children and Teenagers" exhibition in 1984. Fine Arts: Graduated from the Grekov Art School in Odessa (now a College), specializing in painting, under the tutelage of Svetlana Grigoryevna Kryzhevskaya. Engineering and Architecture: From 1987 to 1992, he studied at the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (OSACE). He specialized in "Construction and Civil Engineering" (specialty 192) at the Faculty of Technology of Construction Structures, Products, and Materials, under the supervision of Dean Alexey Vasilyevich Rodionov.
Monica Mihali
Monica Mihali is an electrical design engineer and painter, the youngest daughter of renowned artist Gavrilita Mihali. She grew up in Borșa, a town at the foot of the Pietrosului Mountains in Romania, in a multi-talented family where she discovered music, painting, beauty, and friendship. She has been painting since early childhood, and her works cover a wide variety of themes — reproductions, landscapes, portraits, still lifes, interiors, and street scenes — executed in charcoal, watercolor, pastel, oil, and acrylic. Her paintings are sold both in Romania and abroad. (Bio written by Ghita Olteanu, television producer) Received a prestigious award at a Scientific Circles session for achievements in electrical engineering
Sofía Suárez
Sofía Suárez Somohano (Chiapas, 1990) is a visual artist with a background in Communication from Anáhuac University Mexico North and Complutense University of Madrid. She is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (IAVA) and has participated in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. She holds a postgraduate degree in Textile Design from the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBAL). Her work explores symbolism, poetry, and self-discovery, unfolding in painting and textiles. Travel, memories, and the divine serve as guiding threads in her reflections on life and human purpose. Each piece becomes a language of symbols where freedom, virtue, and beauty intertwine, inviting the viewer on an inner journey that connects the intimate with the universal. She has held solo exhibitions in venues such as the Santa María la Ribera Cultural Center, the American Space Benjamin Franklin Library at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has participated in group exhibitions such as those at Casa de Cultura San Rafael and Expone México. Internationally, she has exhibited at the Annual Art Festival in Stuart, Florida; Agora Gallery in New York; Première Vision in Paris—where she was the first Mexican artist to present textile art at this venue—and at IFCO in Turkey. In parallel, she has developed her project, Sofía Suárez Artindumentary, founded in 2016, with a physical store and gallery at Casa Fusión (Mexico City). Her work fuses painting, literature, and textiles to create unique pieces—derived from her original works. She is a graduate of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program, and received scholarships from the U.S. government and the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona.