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Director's BIO

Kseniya Simonova is artist, the 2009 winner of the TV contest Ukraine’s Got Talent which is part of the Got Talent series. She is a performance artist in sand animation, an animation artist in different experimental techniques, a film director and a graphic artist.
She was born on April 22, 1985 in Yevpatoria, a town on the Crimean peninsula (Ukraine) where she is living till today. Though Kseniya’s parents discouraged her from a career as an artist, she decided to follow her way.
She graduated from the Artistic School of Yevpatoria and studied in the School of Fine Arts. In 2002, Kseniya chose a Psychology major and graduated in 2007 from the Tavrida National University with honors. Her scientific specialization was Psychophysiology – a sphere between Psychology and Anatomy. At the same time, in 2003, Kseniya entered the Ukrainian Academy of Printing and studied Graphic Arts. She graduated in 2008, six months after giving birth to her son.
Since 2006 Kseniya has been working in a new graphic technique which she invented herself. It is called “Psychoanalytical line graphic”, the essence of which is total freedom of imagination and hand of an artist. She drew with her eyes closed, with her brain free, and believed that in this case the inner world, the ancient brain, the childish archetypes will be reflexed on the paper. In this technique she used her skills of an artist and a psychologist.
Since the end of 2012 Kseniya is also working in some new animation techniques - animation technique called “Snow Graphics” and “Plastic Graphics”
Her position is a position of a pro-life activist, and a person who is fighting for a pure art. She creates sand videos to raise money for medical needs of children in Crimea. In her interviews, Kseniya says that she feels the greatest pleasure from helping others, much more than from living in comfort and wealth. She is sure that God gave her a very special talent – an ability to tell the stories of those who need help.
In 2009, the opening of the personal exhibition of Kseniya Simonova " The Sand Personality", which presented her graphics , and the new genre - sand pictures. In 2010, the exhibition was invited by Simferopol Art Museum , where it was exhibited a month , and then another six months was exhibited in Evpatoriya.

Honors
• 2009 - the title of the winner of “Ukraine’s Got Talent”.
• 2009 - Winner of the 14th national program " Person of the Year 2009" in the nomination " Breakthrough of the Year” (Ukraine).
• 2010 - the title "Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ."
• 2013 - Winner in the special category " Success of the Year " of the Council of Ministers of Crimea .
• 2013 - The title of Honored Artist of Ukraine .

Contacts

simonovainfo@gmail.com
http://simonova.tv/