| 2009 | Master of Fine Arts, California State University, Long Beach | - emphasis on fine art and art history (1400s-1700s, technical art history); biomedical illustration |
| 2003 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts | - character animation |
| 2000 |
Associate of Arts, Honors Transfer Program, El Camino College | - art history |
Articles and translations on the personal website and blog
* "An Introduction to the General Art of Drawing" by W. Goeree (1674, full text transcript) (Link)
* Roger de Piles on drawing technique (my translation) (Link)
* Jombert's drawing treatise (excerpts in my translation) (Link)
* Preparing to draw (excerpts from treatises of 1400s-1700s) (Link)
* Hatching and shading (excerpts from treatises of 1400s-1700s) (Link)
* Copying a Rubens drawing - materials, techniques (Link)
* Copying a Rubens painting - materials, techniques (Link)
* Copying del Sarto drawings – materials, techniques (Link)
* Rubens's palette, painting techniques, with bibliography (Link)
* 1400s-1700s drawing treatises online - a directory (Link)
Artwork and writing featured online
See LINKS
Languages
English – fluent, native level
Russian – fluent, native level
Italian – fluent
French – reacing comprehension
German – reading comprehension
Spanish – reading comprehension
Dutch – basic reading comprehension
Research Interests (Art History)
Technical art history (conservation, pigments, vehicles, supports, stratigraphy, drawing and painting
materials and techniques, etc.);
Art treatises, drawing books, art textbooks before 1800s, history and theory of drawing;
Flemish art, Venetian Renaissance art, Baroque art, Bellini, Titian, Veronese, lo Schiavone, Guardi, Rubens, Snyders, Jan Brueghel I, Jan van Kessel;
Iconography from Ancient to Baroque; materiality of art; prints and drawings; artists and art collections; the influence of the Antique on Renaissance and Baroque art;
History of scientific illustration; history of glyptics and jewellery; Ancient art.
Skills
Gem engraving, intaglio carving (carving hard precious and semi-precious stones)
Representational drawing and painting (pencils, pen and ink, chalks, oil, watercolour, pastel, pixels)
Art instruction: teaching drawing, painting, scientific illustration, drawing classes based on renaissance drawing manuals (For selected class details see http://www.lalaragimov.com/classes)
Technical art history: research, application to art practice and teaching (for examples see
https://independent.academia.edu/LalaRagimov ); Old Master reconstructions (oil paintings, drawings created with period materials and techniques, based on current restoration literature)
Illustration: Scientific, Botanical, Product, Fashion, Lifestyle, Children's Book, Stationery, Commercial
Printmaking (woodcut, drypoint, etching)
Figurative sculpture (clay), gem carving
Jewellery skills (fusing, basic soldering, chain-weaving)
Character design, classical animation, storyboarding
Computer/Web: Knowledge of text editing programs, Photoshop (digital painting and retouching); administration of blogs, Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, basic website administration.
Honors, Awards
2007 Achievement award for for academic work in Italian. Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures Department, CSULB
2006 CSULB Student Research Competition Award (Art History)
2001-2003 California Institute of the Arts Merit Scholarship
2001 Beverly Alpay Award (Fine Art)
2000 El Camino College Academic Award (Art Department)