Xenia (Almetyeva Eleonora) was born in 1963 in the Far East region of USSR near the lake Baikal. She graduated from the Nizhniy Tagil decorative and applied arts college (Ural region) in 1987 as a specialist in metal fabric art painting. Since 1988 the artist is living and working in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In 2001 she graduated from the Department of Fine Art of the Russian State Teacher’s Training Institute. In 2010 she completed her education as an icon painter in the Saint-Petersburg Institute of Religious Studies and Art.
Xenia is the member of the International Federation of Artists (IFA) since 2000.
Xenia has more than 20 personal exhibitions in Russia, Germany, Finland. She took part in the collective exhibitions in Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Hamburg, Strasbourg and others.

One can find Xenia's paintings in private collections in Russia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, China, USA.

2013
Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

2012
Johvi City Gallery, Johvi, Estonia

2012
Ostashkov Regional Studies Museum, Tver region

2011
Kazakhstan Artists Union

2009
Ostashkov, Russia

2008
I. Brodsky museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2008
Art Museum, Severomorsk, Russia

2007
Regional Art Museum, Murmansk, Russia

2007
Centre for Development of Traditional Arts, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia

2007
“Bank Saint-Petersburg”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2006
Centre for Development of Traditional Arts, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia

2004


2004
Gallery “Rosvuzdesign”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2003
Head of the Republic of Karelia Administration, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia

2001
Exhibition hall of Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia

2000
Gallery “Pihla”, Helsinki, Finland

2000
Gallery “Palitra (Palette)”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2000


1999
F. Dostoevsky museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

1999
Private office, Bremen, Germany

1999
“Russian Club”, Hamburg, Germany

1998
“Mercedes-Benz”, Kiel, Germany

1996
F. Dostoevsky museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

1996
City library, Ostashkov, Russia

Awards

2010
ArtPreview 2010 winner

2010
Diploma of St.Petersburg

2010
1-st Diploma of Russian Art Week