Sacred Murals Studio. Christian frescoes and icons; Individual Church Decoration with sacred images.

Sacred Murals Studio address:
Russia, St. Petersburg, Sadovaja 122 - 4H
phone +7-950-00-58-293,
e-mail: phildavydov@yahoo.com ; web-site: www.sacredmurals.com

Portfolio

Iconographer's working palette

Note: This page is just a short list of our truefresco mural decorations and icons. The visual portfolio, presented as Sacred Icons Gallery and Sacred Murals Gallery, looks better. Here we have just posted a short list of our fresco wall paintings and icons.

Work Experience

  • 1991 - 2001: Collaboration in Icon Painting Laboratory of St. John the Baptist cathedral in Pskov (North-West of Russia).

  • 1991 - 1997 : Assistance at every-year July senior class course of icon-painting at Andrey Rublev Association, (Trento, North Italy).

  • 1998 - 2005 : Assistance at every-year August course of third senior class of icon-painting in Abbazia di Praglia (near Padova, Italy).

  • 1997 : Mercury gilding with fire heating - New Valaam Monastery (Finland)

  • 1997 – 2004 : Study at St. Petersburg State Academy of Fine Arts. Specialization: History and Theory of Art.

  • 2000 : Collaboration in fresco painting in St. John the Baptist cathedral in Pskov.

  • 2001 July. Sacred mural decoration above the southern entrance in St. John the Baptist cathedral in Pskov.

  • 2001 September. Sacred mural decoration above the main entrance to St. John of Kronshtadt church in Saint Petersburg.

  • 2002 August- September: Sacred mural decoration in the monastery hotel in Valaam Monastery. (Valaam isle on the Ladoga Lake, - North-West of Russia, about 300 km to the North from Saint Petersburg).

  • 2002 August-September: Church-dedication icon for a church in Durham, Hatfield College Chapel, England.

  • 2002 September-October: Sacred mural decoration over the main entrance of St. Nicholas Church near Railway Depot. (Saint Petersburg, Russia).

  • 2003 April. Church-dedication icon for St. Michael's Chapel in Piscataway, (NJ, USA) ( http://stmichaels.rutgers.edu/ )

  • 2003 April-May. Church-dedication icon of The Holy Virgin Iverskaya Portaitissa with saints for new Iverskaya Orthodox Church in Maly', (Izborsk district, Pskov Region, North-West of Russia).

  • 2003 May-June. Sacred mural decoration Holy Virgin of Sign over the western entrance to the Assumption church in Lez'je-Sologubovka village in St. Petersburg Region.

  • 2003 September-November. Sacred mural decoration on cupola of Assumption church in Lez'je-Sologubovka village (St. Petersburg region, Russia).

  • 2004 April-May. Sacred mural decoration painting in the dome of St. John the Evangelist church in New Brunswick (New Jersey, USA) .

  • 2004 June. Teaching at Icon Painting Workshop at St. Bartolomeo all'isola church, (Rome, Italy).

  • 2004 June. Projecting iconostasis for St. Peter and Paul church in St. Petersburg (Russia).

  • 2005 October. Teaching Icon Painting Workshop in St. Petersburg (Russia).

  • 2005 October. Teaching Truefresco workshop in Santa Rosa (California, USA).

    2006 - Present. Teaching professor of Monumental Sacred Art in St. Petersburg University of Religion and Sacred Art.

    2005 October. Teaching Truefresco workshop in Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA), USA.

    2005 October. Teaching Icon Painting workshops in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Chicago (USA).

    2006 Royal gates, Communion of Apostles for St.Peter And Paul church in St. Petersburg (Russia).

    2007 - Present. Two central icons in "Mestny Ryad" (Local Row) for St.Peter And Paul church in St. Petersburg (Russia). Work in process.

    Mass Media

  • 2002 November 4, 22.10. "Radio Russia" live broadcast "Wind to the Window". "Veneration of icons" - interview with Philip Davydov.

  • 2003 March, Newsletter of St. John the Evangelist church in New Brunswick, (NJ, USA) (On Eagle Wings). (www.ForMinistry.com/08901sjtee2).

    2003 April, Home News Tribune article about the dome fresco decoration by Philip Davydov in St. John church in New Brunswick.

    2003 St. Petersburg Times article about the dome fresco decoration by Philip Davydov in St. John church in New Brunswick.

    2004 "Svete Tihiy" Satis edition newspaper. Article about the fresco decoration works by Philip Davydov and Sacred Murals Studio.

    2006 February, 18. "Grad Petrov Radio" broadcast. "Key Questions Of Contemporary Sacred Art". Philip Davydov and Olga Shalamova interviews by Janna Sizova.

    Works

    In total, there are more than one hundred icons, frescoes and metal works by Philip Davydov, located in churches and individual property in Russia, USA, Italy, Belgium, Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, and other countries of the world.

    Exhibitions

  • 1997 July – Exhibition at Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow.

  • 1999 December – Exhibition “Orthodox Russia” in St. Petersburg.

  • 2001 March – Exhibition in Sirmione parish church (Italy).

  • 2001 December - Exhibition "Orthodox icon of North-West of Russia".

  • 2002 April - Exhibition of Lions’s Club in Cremona (Italy).

  • 2002 November - Exhibition "Image in Sacred Church Space.

  • 2005 November - Exhibition in Russian-Italian Cultural Association "Dialog Of Cultures".

  • 2006 January - Exhibition in Russian-Italian Cultural Association "Dialog Of Cultures".

  • 2006 April- Annual exhibition of St. Petersburg Union of Artists.

    Miscellanous

    See also Home News Tribune and St. Petersburg Times articles about fresco mural in St. John The Evangelist church in New Brunswick (NJ, USA).

    More Christian frescoes - in our Mural Gallery, icons - in Icon Gallery.

    Read more about Christian iconography>>

    To see more medieval sacred icons, frescoes, mosaics and miniatures, visit the Internet Gallery of Christian Images at http://iconaantica.spb.ru.

    For ordering or buying any of our sacred icons, commissioning fresco murals, questions or proposals, drop us an e-mail, or call +7 950 00 58 293.

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