Affect, 2019

Polina Zhadko  

Biography

Zhadko Polina Vladimirovna was born in Moscow on April 21, 1998. 

After graduating from secondary school, entered the Intercultural Institute of Japan and left for Japan, Tokyo in October 2016 to study Japanese. Polina has always been interested in painting, so in Tokyo in addition to the language she studied contemporary art. Started working as a model in Tokyo in 2017. In September 2017 came back to Moscow for skills improvement at the model school of Vyacheslav Zaitsev, signed a contract with the modeling Agency Z's model in 2018.

Entered Seoul National University for the Korean language study program in February 2019. Seoul was the starting point for the artistic career. The first work was done in March 2019. Having never studied painting before, participated in the "St. Petersburg art week" exhibition-competition in June 2019 and presented 2 works, which were awarded the winning places. Was a consistent participant of international exhibitions, taking prizes, most of which were the top ones. During the art week in China, held in August 2019, Polina's paintings took the 1st and the 2nd places. The result of participation in the exhibition in November 2019 were 9 prizes in five categories, of which four paintings received the first places. Joined the Eurasian Art Union in the same year. In 2020 Polina returned to Moscow and entered the Russian Academy of Crafts as a sculptor-modeler, and also continued her study of Academic Drawing on a course at the Art Matita School of Arts. In 2020 she participated in many exhibitions, including the Art Shopping Paris, which was held at the Louvre.

At the moment Polina continues studying foreign languages, makes her paints and participates in exhibitions.