Vitalii Zherdiev

Artist-restorer, historian of Arts, painter. Professor of academic and contemporary

drawing with the 20+ years professional experience in institutions of higher education.

Lecturer of the course on the Russian Art of 19th – early 20th century) and Old-

Russian iconography with the 15+years professional experience. Expert in Orthodox

Ecclesiastical Architecture and Arts (18th – beginning of 20th centuries) in Europe.

Visiting expert and artist-restorer in preservation of pieces of Arts of Orthodox

Ecclesiastical Heritage in Germany and Italy (Florence).

 

Research work in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, China, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland and other in the field of

Russian Ecclesiastical Art and Architecture. Participant of International conferences of

the European League of Institutes of Arts (ELIA).

 

Awards, Memberships:

2021 – Diploma and Medal of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine.

2013 - Honorary Professor of the Sichuan Normal University, College of Television

and Cinematic Arts (China).2010 – 2020 – Member of the State Commission for Preservation of Cultural Heritage

of Kharkiv Region. Kharkiv State Administration.

Since 2010 - Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Member of the editorial board of the Bulletin of the Kharkiv State Academy of Design

and Arts