Sergey Ulyanovsky, artist

Sergey Ulyanovskiy is a Soviet and Russian artist, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia. Born in 1956 in Altai, in the city of Biysk. Since 1977, he has been living in Moscow. For six years, from 1977 to 1983, he studied at the studio of Afanasiy Efstafiyevich Sukhinin, a notable Moscow artist and disciple of academicians N.M. Romadin, P.N. Krylov, A.M. Gritsai, N.N. Zhukov, A.A. Deineka, and portraitist K.D. Kitayka. Under his mentor, he underwent training in landscape and portrait painting, composition, color theory, and other specialized disciplines.

Starting from 1980, he participated in group exhibitions in Moscow. His first solo exhibition took place in Moscow at the AZLK Cultural Center in 1989. Since the early 1990s, he has been participating in exhibitions abroad. He has painted hundreds of works, most of which are housed in museums and private collections in Russia, France, the USA, Turkey, Sweden, Hong Kong, Malta, and Germany, where there are about 40 works. He has decorated apartments, offices of foreign companies' representations.

From 1996 to 2013, he worked in advertising companies, progressing from a designer to chief artist and art director. He won the "Brand of the Year" competition and received awards at outdoor advertising festivals.

Since 2013, he has been working at the "Marka" publishing house, being one of the leading artists in postal miniature art. Sergey Ulyanovskiy has created over 200 Russian postage stamps. His stamps have participated in Russian and international exhibitions, often being recognized as the best in Russia. The postal block dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius of Radonezh received the grand prize at the WIPA competition for the best stamp of 2014. He is a regular participant in the exhibition project "Art of the Stamp." The mobile exhibitions of this project move to many cities across Russia. Under Sergey Ulyanovskiy's guidance, the "Marka" publishing house operates a painting school-studio to enhance artists' skills.

Since 2016, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, honored with diplomas and medals from the Union of Artists of Russia, the "Grekov Artist" medal from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and honorary diplomas from the President and the Government of the Russian Federation.

Actively engaged in painting, Sergey Ulyanovskiy is a representative of the Russian realistic school. He paints landscapes, portraits, interiors, and still lifes. He regularly travels for plein air studies to various locations in Russia, including the Moscow suburbs, Crimea, Solovki, Suzdal, Vladimir, Kizhi Island, and Pereslavl-Zalessky. He has also conducted plein air studies abroad, including Venice, Rome, Verona, Florence, Athens, Naples, Capri, Liechtenstein, and other places.