Ilya Pashnin

Born in the Russian city of Syktyvkar in 1994.
At the age of 9, after the death of his father, he moved to the city of St. Petersburg, in search of answers to questions that people cannot answer, he went to study, with dreams of spiritual dignity, in an Orthodox seminary at the age of 13, having become disillusioned with Orthodoxy, he left the seminary. At the same age, having searched for a new temple, he found a theater for himself. From 13 to 17 he was lost to the whole world in the mezzanine theater club, whose residents were such underground theaters as the DEREVO theater, the AKHE theater. From 20 to 24 he worked as a lighting designer at the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. I have been working as a lighting designer on projects since 24 years. Started painting during covid as a hobby. After February 24, 22, the paintings became my salvation from the horror that surrounds us, and the lack of projects.