{"id":36,"date":"2025-01-10T20:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:09:39","slug":"academia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"BACKGROUND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-transform:none\">Born and raised in <em>Russia<\/em>, I graduated High School in <em>Moscow<\/em> <strong>with honors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:none\">While in school, I took part in <strong>foreign excanhge programs<\/strong> to <em>New Deli, India<\/em> and <em>Hanoi, Vietnam<\/em>. Both turned out to be some of the most important experiences to day, which led to forming <strong>lasting<\/strong> <strong>connections<\/strong> and broadening<strong> my cultural awareness<\/strong>, as cliche as it may sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:none\">Around the same time I took two short courses in <em><strong>UAL<\/strong><\/em> on <strong>Fine Art<\/strong> and <strong>Oil Painting<\/strong>. The latter is another big passion of mine that helps drive my visual storytelling further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:none\">After graduation followed a gap year, before finally moving to Ireland to start my <strong>BA in Film and TV Production<\/strong>. While currently in Moscow ready and eager to contribute to it&#8217;s creative scene, I am preparing to embark on my next adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:none\">Hover over to my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/?page_id=38\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"38\">work<\/a><\/strong> to see some of the pieces I created during the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1374\" data-id=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CPE-C2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1374\" data-id=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IELTS-8.5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1374\" data-id=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ASEF-Exchange-2019.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1374\" data-id=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ASEF-GA-2017.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1374\" data-id=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UAL-Fine-Art.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1374\" data-id=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godsavebaldcats.com\/gsbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UAL-Oil-Painting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born and raised in Russia, I graduated High School in Moscow with honors. 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