Education:
THE NEW SCHOOL – Bachelor of Science of Liberal Arts | 2017 - 2019 | NYC, USA
KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL - Academic Year English Course | 2016-2017 | LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
FILM & TV SCHOOL IN PRAGUE (FAMU) – Academic Year Course in Documentary | 2015 - 2016 | PRAGUE, CZ
THE EARTH – A Gap Year & Backpacking Across The Globe | 2013 - 2014 | LATVIA, GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN, CAMBODIA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, LAOS, BURMA, NEPAL, SIKKIM, INDIA, TURKEY
Work:
2022 - currently | INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT at the Faculty of Information, the University of Toronto | TORONTO, ON, CANADA
2021 - currently | AUTHOR and CREATOR of JannaSlow.com (The Slowing Down Podcast, Slow News, Slow Blog) | MONTREAL, QC, CANADA
Summer 2020 | RESEARCH ASSISTANT at The New School Summer Term | NYC, USA
2011 - 2017 | FOUNDER and DIRECTOR of the cultural video production KinoinStudio | MOSCOW, RU | ODESSA, UA | JERUSALEM, IL | VENICE, IT
Volunteering, Educator, Internship:
Summer and Winter 2022-2023 | FILM EDITING MENTOR for Ukrainian teenagers at Kinocourse.online | Online
July-August 2022 | YOGA TEACHER at HitTheBooks | Montréal, QC, Canada
02/2020 | HOSPITALITY at CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors | Wappingers Falls, NY, USA
2019 - 2020 | PROJECT INTERN (library, photography) at NPO Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm | Pembroke, ME, USA
Since 2005 | INVITED ASPIRATIONAL SPEAKER for teenagers at The School of Self-Determination #734 | Moscow, RU
2013, 2014, 2015 | INVITED TEACHING ARTIST and author of the Video Art Course For Teenagers | Tuapse, RU | Nikola-Lenivets, RU | Koltsovo, RU
Spring Term 2012 | ASSISTANT TEACHER for the class Citizen Journalism at the Contemporary Art Institute | Moscow, RU
Publications & Expositions:
2020 | Observatory Latin America | NYC, USA | New School International Affairs | New York City, USA
"HAVANA STUDIO 2018-2020" – Visual Analysis, Online Group Presentation
2019 | Ludwig Foundation | Havana, Cuba
"APPRECIATION OF CUBAN FACADES" – Printed collages, Solo Exhibition
2019 | Practices of Observation | NYC, USA
"WHAT IS YOUR GRAMMATICAL GENDER?" – Printed workshop. Group Publication
2015 | MyStreetFilms.cz | Prague, CZ
"3 MINUTES 12 HOURS" – Experimental 16MM short. Group exposition
2013 | Delaifilm Festival | Moscow, RU
"ANOTHER LIFE OF TREES" – Short documentary. Group exhibition
2008 | Art Parade Festival | St. Petersburg, RU
"REVISIO" – Experimental short documentary. Solo screening
Awards:
DEAN’S MERIT SCHOLARSHIP at The New School
TAU SIGMA HONOR SOCIETY for transfer students with a GPA above 3.5
BodyMind Practices:
2021 | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | Online Course – Engineering Health: Introduction to Yoga and Physiology
2014 | Sikkim, India – 200H SIVANANDA YOGA TEACHER
2012 | Moscow, Russia – 24H VEDIC THAI BODYWORK
2009, 2013, 2014, 2018 | Russia, Thailand, Nepal, India, USA – MEDITATION RETREATS (in various ashrams and centers)