LEONID
SCHETNEV
artist-graphic
(Vologda)
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BIOGRAPHY
Leonid Nikolaevich
Schetnev was born in 1942 in the town of Sokol in the Vologda region. He
graduated from the Graphic Arts Faculty of the
Kostroma Pedagogical Institute in 1981. His diploma was devoted to the
bookplate, his passion for the bookplate began in 1967. Since then Leonid Schetnev has been a participant of numerous national and foreign
exhibitions, about 10 personal ones, the last
exhibitions were in Vologda (1997), in the Museum of
Bookplate in Moscow (1999),
Schetnev participated in the International Exlibris Congresses in Linz (Austria)
– 1980, in Saint-Petersburg – 1998, in Boston (USA) – 2000 and in Frederickshawn (Denmark) – 2002.
Since 1982 he is a member of the Artists Union of Russia.
The artist has created more about 400 bookplates, about 80 easel
engravings, more than 30 complimentary postcards.
Leonid Schetnev has designed several books.
All works are executed in the technique engraving – letterpress printing.