"ALL PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS
ARE INTRINSICALLY ROOTED IN THE ARTISTIC SPIRIT..." M.S.N.F.

SOFIA FEDOROV-POLONSKY
FINISHED HER FINE ART STUDIES AT
THE SURIKOV INSTITUTE OF ARTS,
MOSCOW, IN 1985

SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE MOSCOW THEATER
AS AN ART DIRECTOR AND SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
AT THE THEATER MHAT, THEATRE OPERETTA AND TEHNO COMPANIES
IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL

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SIMULTANEOUSLY,
SOFIA PARTICIPATED IN ANIMATED FILM PRODUCTIONS
WITH A VARIETY OF FILM STUDIOS INCLUDING:
THE MOSFILM COMPANY,
TATARSKY (PILOT) STUDIOS
AND THE SOYOUS MULTFILM STUDIOS

ANIMATED PRODUCTIONS
WHICH SOFIA PARTICIPATED IN, WITH
IVAN MAXIMOV,
WERE AWARDED SPECIAL PRIZES THROUGHOUT RUSSIA AND EUROPE INCLUDING:
BEST ANIMATION FILM AT DEBUTE FESTIVAL, MOSCOW,1991.
KROKPRESCI PRIZE AT KROK FESTIVAL, 1991.
FIPRESCI PRIZE IN OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY, 1991.
NIKA PRIZE FOR BEST CARTOON ANIMATION AT THE NIKA FESTIVAL, MOSCOW, 1993.
LUMIERS PRIZE AT HANZHONOKOV FESTIVAL, MOSCOW,1993.
GOLD BEAR PRIZE, BERLIN, 1993.
BEST CARTOON PRIZE IN MEDIAWAVE FESTIVAL, GYOR, 1994.
CUP OF MONTECATINI PRIZE, ITALY, 1994

COMPLIMENTING HER ANIMATION AND DESIGN WORK,
SOFIA ALSO ILLUSTRATED & DESIGNED BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOR:
UNOST,
KRIK,
OGONEK
AND A HOST OF OTHER PUBLISHERS IN MOSCOW

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IN 1994, SOFIA MOVED TO ISRAEL
AND CONTINUED HER DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION CAREER WITH
ISRAEL EXPORT MAGAZINE,
SABRA MAGAZINE,
IGERET MOREH PUBLICATIONS,
KIND ON KAIT MAGAZINE
AND ACHAI PUBLISHERS,
AMONG OTHERS

IN ISRAEL,
SHE ADOPTED THE COMPUTER
AS A DIGITAL IMAGING AND ANIMATION TOOL
AND HER WORK SOON PROLIFERATED
INTO THE MULTIMEDIA AND WEB DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS, INCLUDING:
2AM DEVELOPMENT LTD,
STUDIO MEDIA ART,
VERSAWARE,
AND A HOST OF
OTHER DEVELOPERS

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SOFIA CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE
IN PERSONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS WORLDWIDE.
HER EXHIBITS IN MOSCOW INCLUDE:
CENTRAL ART HOUSE,
MANEGE,
ARBAT GALLERY
PLUS EXHIBITS IN:
UAR,
USA (NEW YORK),
SOUTH AFRICA,
GERMANY,
ARTIST'S HOUSE (ASHDOD, ISRAEL),
AND BEIT ALIA (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL)
AMONG OTHERS

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IN JANUARY, 2000
SOFIA TEAMED UP WITH
MICHAEL NETZER
TO ESTABLISH THEIR CURRENT STRONGHOLD,
NETZART FEDOROV MEDIA
IN HER CITY OF RESIDENCE, JERUSALEM,
WHERE THEY'VE FORGED A CREED
OF APPLYING THEIR FULL ARTISTIC SPIRIT
TO EVERY PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR
THEIR PATHS MEET

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FOLLOW THIS LINK
TO VIEW SOFIA'S EXHIBIT IN THE
FINE ART GALLERY

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Sofia Polonsky (Fedorov)