Marika Jam

My name is Marika Jam, I'm an artist. I was born in Siberia, in the large city of Irkutsk, near the great Lake Baikal. My whole family is drawing. My father studied at the art school. My uncle, being a resident of the village, was able to enter the Leningrad Academy of Arts - the most prestigious educational institution in Russia for the artists of my homeland - in 1941, but was killed during a raid by fascist Germany bombers near Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). My parents gave me an excellent art education - I graduated from the Central Regional School of Arts. I got a classical education as an artist. My father has an excellent library in the field of art and the largest collection of philokartists in the field of art in our city. I studied the history of fine art, and the history of music and theater. We studied various art techniques, its styles and directions. I studied for seven years. My works were published in publications in Japan and the Czech Republic - which was a huge achievement for the USSR. Also, a documentary plot was shot about me for Regional TV as a talented young artist. I received a diploma with honors and was invited to continue my education already at the Irkutsk College of Arts without exams. However, I dec...

Central Regional School of Arts, Irkutsk, Russia

Personal exhibition in the Historical and Memorial Department of the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum "V.P. Sukachev's Estate" from 08.04.2022 to 29.05.2022, "Changes are inevitable"