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YELENA PILIAVSKY
Artist, Art Instructor, Illustrator
11 New Whitney Street, apt. 612
Boston , Massachusetts 02115 -6230
phone: 617. 738.5146, mobile: 617.821.2432
email: yelena@piliavskyart.com
www.piliavskyart.com

EDUCATION
• 1992 M.F.A. Odessa Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine
• 1978 B.F.A. Odessa College of Stage Art and Design , Ukraine

WORK IN ART EDUCATION
• 2003-present Massachusetts College of Art, Visiting Professor
  taught: Fashion Illustration, Costume Design, and Drawing, Painting, Sculpture courses
• 1994-present Private Instructor in drawing, painting and composition to children and adults
• 2001-02 Mission Grammar School , Boston , Massachusetts
taught: Drawing, Painting and Composition
• 2002 DeCordova Museum School , Lincoln , Massachusetts
taught: drawing and painting (ages 7-18)
• 2002 Concord Ard Association, Concord , Massachusetts
taught: drawing, painting and composition courses for adults
• 1987-94 Kostandi Children's School of Art , Ukraine
taught: drawing, painting, composition, sculpture, and art history to students ages 5-16
• 1984-87 Odessa Youth Culture Center , Ukraine
taught: drawing and painting to school children of all ages
• 1983-84 School of Music and Fine Arts, Ukraine
taught: arts and crafts (ages 8-12)

• 1978-83 The Ukrainian Theatre Society
designed costumes for theatre, showcase and circus performances

PUBLICATIONS
• Forthcoming, with Sergei Safro. (Illustration). The Chronicles of Sinedrion: Jewish Humor in
Verse [Khroniki Sinedriona]. St. Petersburg : Retro Publications.
• 1993, with L. Lyubarskaya, 'Color as a Factor in the Development of Child Creativity,' in
Problems and Experiences in Art Education and Aesthetic Reasoning. Odessa , Ukraine :
Odessa Regional Editorial Publishing and Press Management Department.
• 1992. 'Specifics of Perception and Display of Color in the Art of Elementary School Children,'
in Elementary Schools: Problems, Experiences, and Solutions. Ismail , Ukraine : Ismail
State Educational Institute.

EXHIBITIONS
2004 Dover Public Library, Dover , Massachusetts
2000 Dover Public Library, Dover , Massachusetts
1999 Perrin Gallery, Brookline , Massachusetts
1997 Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge , Massachusetts
1997 Pepperell Public Library,  Peperell , Massachusetts
1992 Odessa State Museum of Russian Art, Ukraine (oil piece 'Silence' placed in museum's
permanent collection)
1984 Kostandi Children's School of Art , Odessa , Ukraine
1978-81 Odessa College of Stage Art and Design , Ukraine
1977 Odessa City Central Gallery , Ukraine