Vitalii Zherdiev

Vitaliy Zherdev (born 1971, Ukraine).
Candidate of art criticism (PhD). Associate Professor of the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, Department of Academic Drawing.
Honorary Professor of the Sichuan Normal University, College of television and cinematic arts (China).
Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
1997-2002 — Art and design executive director at the local TV company Tonis-Center.
2000 — Design of St. Nicholas the Thaumaturge chapel (Kharkov), supervision of the construction, execution of icons painting.
Since 2002 — Teaching at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts.
2005-2019 — Research and scientific work in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland and other. Participation in the international conferences of the European League of Institutes of Arts in Berlin (2005) and Budapest (2006).
2005 — Visiting Professor at the Higher School of Arts and Design Burg-Giebichenstein (Hochschule für Künste und Design Burg-Giebichenstein (Halle, Deutschland)).
2013-2014 — Visiting Professor at the Sichuan Normal University, Yunnan Arts University and other universities of arts in China.
2010 — Thesis defense for the degree of a candidate of art criticism (PhD). The name of ...

1986-1990 — Student at the Kharkov State Art College.
1991-1997 — Student at the Kharkov Art - Industrial Institute: six years Restoration and Conservation Pieces of Arts Master Diploma course (MA), artist-restorer.