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Dr Stanislav Shmelev 86 Kingston Road Oxford, OX2 6RJ Blog: www.flickr.com/photos/environmentalartist Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Environment_Art E-mail: stanislav.shmelev@gmail.com PhD in Ecological Economics (2003), art historian and photographer, experienced in teaching, research, consultancy and international project management through work with University of Oxford (UK), University of Geneva (Switzerland), University Paris Dauphine (France), University of Cambridge (UK), and international organizations: UNEP, UNDP, IUCN, OECD. Award winning photographer (Honorary Colour Master, 2011; Premier Selection of Le Plus Grand Concours Photo du Monde, PHOTO Magazine, France, 2010; 3rd prize in Environmental Photography, British Council, 2005. Member of St Ives Arts Club (exists since 1890), regular participant of Oxfordshire Artweeks, collaborating with GETTY Images and ALAMY picture libraries. Exhibited with STITCH (London), Said Business School of Oxford University (Oxford), St Ives Arts Club (St Ives, Cornwall).The solo shows Colour and Light at Play of May-August 2011 at Summertown Wine Caf and Environmental Improvisations at Said Business School of Oxford University have been positively reviewed by Oxford Times. In my work I am trying to capture the unique atmosphere and sense of place of different environments. Most attracted by the unique and unusual in the ordinary, I combine my interest in sustainability and visual expression in two series of images that could be called Nature Reserves of the World and Sustainable Cities. Searching for motives, which have been prominent in the history of art (a series Hommage a) and exploring the spirit of music in creation by studying jazz musicians at work, I am inspired by complex patterns in nature, beauty in broad sense, and the art of the past. Colour plays an important role in my work, I try to use only natural sources of light and travel to my destinations in a sustainable and responsible way. Stanislav Shmelev combines his expertise in ecology (he is an ecological economist) with his fine art training to create photographs of natural environments, the impact man and his artifacts have on those environments and the interfaces between the two. In Complete Systems Dorset, the beauty of lacy patterns made by sea and surf are mirrored on the sandy shore where, by contrast, crowds of insistent footprints allude to the pressure man puts on nature. http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/history_heritage/9149864.Stanislav_Shmelev__Summertown_Wine _Cafe/ Photography is the only kind of art that is always in tune with the times. This very formula expresses the first impression of the works by the scientist and photographer Dr Stanislav E. Shmelev if they require any words at all. In fact his photos hardly need any additional comments, they even ask for silence. In a truly amazing way these architectural and natural landscapes combine the harmony of pictorial and geometric forms, absolutely integral and complete in themselves. According to the photographer, the true keys to his works are the colours, tints and tones. They are those basic elements that form the so called sense of space and let any spectator catch it as finely as photography can let it at all. As regards the artistic influences on Stanislav Shmelev, he usually mentions the French impressionistic tradition (Claude Monet and pointillist Paul Signac in the first place) and certain drawing masters from the Renaissance and Baroque periods (such as Jean Clouet). But there is some subtlety we always remember, comparing painting and photography: no matter how the photo resembles the canvas, people inevitably trust it like a mirror. 2

Dr Stanislav Shmelev http://www.summertownwinecafe.co.uk/events/index.html Solo Exhibitions 2013 Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival, Oxford (May 2013) forthcoming 2012 Said Business School, University of Oxford, January 2012 2011 Summertown Wine Cafe, Oxford, UK (May-August 2011) 2010 Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival, Oxford, UK (May 2010) 2009 Vaults and Garden, St Marys Church, Oxford, UK (March-May 2009) 2008 Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival, Oxford, UK (May 2008) 2003 St Petersburg Physics and Mathematics Lyceum, St Petersburg, Russia (October 2003) Group Exhibitions 2012 St Ives Club Members Exhibition, St Ives, UK (September 2012) 2011 STITCH, London, UK (November 2011) 2011 St Ives Arts Club Members Exhibition, St Ives, UK (September 2011) 2010 St Ives Arts Club Members Exhibition, St Ives, UK (September 2010) 2010 Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK (September 2010) 2004 British Council, St Petersburg, Russia Membership 2010 St Ives Arts Club 2009 Hermitage Friends Society 2008 Royal Photographic Society 1988 Hermitage History of Art Club Image Libraries Contracts 2010 GETTY IMAGES 2011 ALAMY Gallery Contracts 2010 White Wall Photographic publications and competitions: 2012 The PHOTO Paper, April Issue, Complex Systems Dorset 2012 The Oxford Times, UK http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/9465280.Environmental_Improvisations__Said_Business_Sc hool/ 2012 The image St Petersburg April Light published on the cover of Shmelev S. E., Shmeleva I. A. (eds) (2011) Sustainability Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Palgrave UK, 288 pp. 2011 International Color Awards PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP Nominee http://www.thecolorawards.com/gallery

Dr Stanislav Shmelev 2011 The Oxford Times, UK http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/history_heritage/9149864.Stanislav_Shmelev__Summertow n_Wine_Cafe/ 2011 Smithsonian Magazine: the image Complex Systems Dorset published as a part of Jurassic Coast, England. A Fossil Treasure Trove, December, 2011 2011 PHOTO, France (The image Complex Systems Dorset named in Premiere Selection de le Plus Grand Concours Photo du Monde) 2008 PHOTO, France (The image Moonlight chosen as a Finalist of the 2008 World Photo Competition) 2007 The image View from Tate Modern published on the cover of a book Shmeleva I.A., Shmelev S.E. (2007) Sustainable Urban Development. Interdisciplinary Approach, St Petersburg State University Press, St Petersburg, 2007- 243 pp. 2006 The image Venice in Snow 2 published on the cover of a book Shmeleva I. A. Psychology of Ecological Consciousness, St Petersburg State University Press, St Petersburg, 2007- 203 pp. 2004 British Council St Petersburg (Venice in Snow 2nd Prize in Environmental Photography) 2003-2006 British Journal of Photography On-line Gallery

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Landscapes

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The Rolex Race, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez, France, 2012 Photograph on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40cm, limited edition of 25, , 499,

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Sable dArcachon, 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Water: Blue Eyes. Corfu. Greece (2012) Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Sunset, Corfu, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Midnight Tatras, 2004, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, limited edition of 25

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Complex Systems Dorset, 2008, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, limited edition of 25

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Frost and warmth Third view of Mountain X, 2011, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Cassis Paradise, 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Lobos Island, 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Paradise Island. Redang. Malaysia, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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The beach. Redang Island, Malaysia, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40
cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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The jungle. Redang Island, Malaysia, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40
cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Exotic nut, Redang, Malaysia, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Night Silhuette, Redang, Malaysia, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25 .

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After the tempest 1 Ipanema. Winter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic

glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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After the tempest 2 Ipanema,Rio 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499,

limited edition of 25

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Fauve Rio, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x60 cm, 599, limited

edition of 25

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Cities

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View from Tate Modern, London, 2002, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Venice in Snow, 2004, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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St Petersburg April Light, 2011, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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St Michaels Mount, Marazion, 2010, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Notre Dame de Paris, 2009 Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Un reve. Paris (2012), Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic

glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Oxford Series

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Oxford in Snow, 2008, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Oxford Moonlight , 2008, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Oxford Full Moon, Exeter College Chapel 2007, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Homage Series

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Homage to Van Gogh, South of France, 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

Van Gogh The Starry Night, 1889

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Homage to Monet, St Marys Church Oxford, 2008, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Homage to Signac, Cap Canaille, Cassis, France, 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under

acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

Paul Signac, Cassis. Cap Canaille, 1889

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Homage to Pissarro, Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris, 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmartre, 1887, National Gallery, London

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Hommage a Cartier Bresson: Aix Life 2009, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass,
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Abstracts

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London Eye, 2010, 90x60 cm, Private Collection, Oxford, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Miracle of Rio, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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Water: Turquoise, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499,

limited edition of 25

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The Seine after 9pm in September, 2012, Photographic print on aluminium plate under acrylic glass, 60x40 cm, 499, limited edition of 25

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