Vladimir Yachmenev jewelry art
Vladimir Yachmenev jewelry art
Born in 1960, Vladimir Viktorovich Yachmenev, a talented jeweler, creates jewelry inspired by Russian mythology and Egyptian motifs. According to the artist’s biography, he began to study jewelry at the art school in Sverdlovsk in 1975. After graduation, Vladimir continued his studies at the Krasnoselsky School of Artistic Metalworking in the Kostroma Region. Noteworthy, the Krasnoselsky School is the most famous and oldest institution in Russia with more than a hundred years of history, and Kostroma is the jewelry mecca of Russia.
Vladimir graduated from college in 1987 with a diploma as a master artist and began his career at the Sverdlovsk Jewelry Factory.
In 1990, Vladimir Yachmenev moved to Nizhny Novgorod, where he graduated from the State University with a degree in art engineering.
Living and working in Nizhny Novgorod, the artist is a permanent participant of regional, national and international exhibitions of jewelry art. A member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1995, Vladimir has created unique pieces of jewelry that have received many prestigious awards. One of the latest, in particular, is the victory at the contest “Russia. 21st century”, with the set “Assyria” in the nomination “Jewellery Techniques: Traditions in Craftsmanship”.