New Media

I'm a filmmaker working on movies about the European Late Palaeolithic. In the past two years, I have worked on a short film inspired by the eight-legged bison of the Chauvet cave. This short film was shot in May 2024 and is being edited now.

I am a historian, media manager and science journalist. I had been working as a TV and radio host, producer, director and editor-in-chief in Russia for a lot of years. I film documentaries on archaeology and take interviews with historians. I created the journal Proshloe (the Past).

I have recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture at University College Dublin. My background is quite varied and goes from I.T. through to Graphics Arts and onto Archaeology.

Ancient painting techniques are my field of interest - everything from scribbling on things and walls to high art. I started the exploration in 2009 with humble tempera experiments, probed into encaustic techniques in 2014, painted a ship with pliny-style wax paint in 2018.

As an archaeologist and researcher, I am interested in understanding and explaining the technical traditions, human interactions and the socio-economic structure of prehistoric societies through the study of ceramic technology.

I am a post-doctoral researcher managing project CUMAN - "Current understanding of medieval artefacts of late nomads" at Institute of Archaeology of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

As working on many heritage sites for many years I got an experience in the – analogue and digital – reorientation and staging of historical architectural heritage.

As a teenager, I was spending most of my free time digging near Poitiers and Angouleme in France (did it for over 10 years). 
Student: BA & Master in Medieval History ( Université de Poitiers) - Sciences Po IEP Bordeaux
Then adult life in corporate communication.

Past President ICOMOS-UK
Visiting Professor Historic Building Conservation
FSA, FRGS, MIfA, CGeog, BA
UNESCO Specialist in the science of in situ preservation of archaeological remains

Museum education professional with over ten years of experience