Kseniya Simonova

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Kseniya Simonova Biography

Sand artist who became known when she was the winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent in 2009. She has performed her work in over 70 countries and in front of countless royal families and political offices.

She studied at the Artistic School of Yevpatoria and the School of Fine Arts.

In 2018 she participated in America’s Got Talent: The Champions. She received the golden buzzer from Terry Crews.

Her mother Irina Simonova is an artist, and her father, Alexander Simonov, is a former military officer. She married theatre director Igor Paskar in 2007. They had Dmitry on November 27, 2007, and Serafim on July 20, 2014.

In 2011 her sand animation was a staging act for Ukraine during the Eurovision Song Contest, helping Mika Newton come 4th place in the Grand Final.

Simonova was born on April 22, 1985 in Yevpatoria, a town on the Crimean peninsula, in Ukraine, which was then a part of the Soviet Union. Her mother, Irina Simonova, is an artist, a theatrical designer and teacher of fine arts. Her father, Alexander Simonov, is a former military officer who runs a business in furniture design. Since she was a child, Kseniya painted, drew and designed with her mother.

Simonova graduated from the Artistic School of Yevpatoria and studied at the School of Fine Arts where she wrote research papers on English folk poetry and 15th and 16th century English folk songs and ballads. She also translated folk poetry and great poets like William Shakespeare, Robert Burns and George Gordon Byron. For her research work Simonova has access to all of the Ukraine’s universities with English philology departments. In 2002 Simonova pursued a major in psychology and graduated from the Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University in 2007 with honors and a scientific specialization in psychophysiology.

While studying the sciences, Simonova also entered the Ukrainian Academy of Printing in 2003 where she studied graphic design. She graduated in 2008, six months after giving birth to her first son.

Aside from her sand animation, Simonova works as a graphic artist since 2005. In 2006, she founded her own style in graphics “Psychoanalytic line graphics”, which united her knowledge of the psychologist and the artist. The essence of art is complete freedom of conscience and hands when an artist can draw, closing his eyes, fine lines, gradually sinking into a state of freedom, reaching depths of archaic consciousness. Simonova works in this style from 2006 to the present day.

Since 2006 Simonova has worked for the magazine Crimean Riviera as an artist. In 2007 Simonova and her husband Igor Paskar launched a bilingual magazine Chocolate in English and Russian, which ceased production a year later due to the financial crisis.

In 2007 Simonova married Igor Paskar, a theatre director, journalist and magazine editor. They have two sons.

In June 2008, Simonova and her husband Igor Paskar founded a local open charity organization “Live, my Sun!” («Живи, Солнышко!»). The organization provides assistance to ill children in need of treatment, material and information support of cancer patients. Most of the work done by it is creating films in sand animation about the people who need treatment and sharing the films in networks. The purpose of these short animated films is to tell others about those who need help, who can not afford expensive treatment or rehabilitation. In the period from 2009 to 2016, Simonova was created over 50 charity films.

In 2009, Simonova opened her first personal exhibition «Sand Personality» which included over 300 pictures in sand art and graphics. The exhibition was presented in different cities of the Crimea from 2009 to 2010.

Since 2009, Simonova has created over 500 sand animation pictures. The method she used is photography of what she has drawn on the glass with the sand.

Limelight magaizne: “In Sydney, Simonova created one of her signature, free-flowing sand animations in real time as the backdrop to music performed by Richard Tognetti and members of the orchestra». In 2009, Simonova performed her sand animated improvisation with Djivan Gasparyan in the air of the Channel One Russia.

Since 2009 sand artist Simonova has been invited as a special guest with her performances at important events all over the world. In the end of 2009, she performed her sand story “Planet of Childhood” in the capital of Malta, Valletta, at live charity marathon L’Istrina. Simonova received invitation to perform from the President of Malta George Abela. Marathon collected €2.5 million for treatment of children and adults suffering with cancer. After Simonova performed her sand animation, the President accepted her and thanked her for participation in the marathon.

Since 2009, Simonova has been performing her sand animation stories in different countries of the world, in particular in Ukraine, Russia, Norway, Japan, Poland, Austria, China, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Qatar, India, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Malta, Monaco, Australia, Greece, Thailand, Bhutan, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Chile, Croatia, Morocco, Bahrain and others, including presidents, heads of states and royalty. She has appeared with her sand stories in more than 40 countries around the world, from London’s Royal Albert Hall to the Sydney Opera House, became a special guest of international global ceremonies – from the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Athens in 2011 to the gala concert YouTube Symphony Orchestra. She introduced her art at various events – from Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 to Champion League Final Gala in Milan in 2016. Simonova has performed in the presence of presidents and royalty in different countries. Among her audience were President of Malta George Abela; Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand, Princess Marie of Denmark; Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco; Members of British Royal Family and others. From 2009 to 2016 she has created and shown more than 300 sand animations, more than 200 of which are presented in YouTube.

Kseniya Simonova (Ukrainian: Ксенія Симонова ; married name: Kseniya Paskar, Ксенія Паскар) is a Ukrainian sand animation performance artist who also works in the mediums of graphic design, illustration, as well as cinema and literature. She holds the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine and in 2009 rose to international prominence when after winning the Ukraine’s Got Talent television contest. Her act is the only act who received two Golden Buzzers on two different “The Champions” series of the Got Talent franchise (America’s Got Talent: The Champions and Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions, both in 2019).

In 2010 she shot a sand animation adverticement film for The Sunday Times.

Since 2010, Simonova has created over 20 advertisement films in sand animation for big international companies, among them Ferrari, Lincoln, Volkswagen. In fashion sphere Simonova created films and live performances in sand animation for Dior, Ermenegildo Zegna, Puma. In April 2011 Simonova created a sand story «Lady Dior Moscow» for Christian Dior and performed it in real-time, at gala opening of Dior-themed exhibition in Moscow, having received appreciation by the fashion expers and Russian top-model Natalia Vodianova. In 2013, the film appeared in the 15 best fashion short films according to Paste Magazine.

From 2010 to 2013, Simonova helped Simferopol city orphanage house until its disbandment in late 2013.

In 2010, she collaborated with Japanese female singer-songwriter Fuyumi Abe, featuring in the music video of the single “Sora Ni Mau” performing sand animation.

In 2010, Kseniya Simonova performed at Victory Day Gala in Royal Albert Hall as a special guest with her sand animation “You Are Always Nearby” and its continuation “I remember” having received standing ovations of the international audience.

In 2011, she returned to television competition in another form, performing on stage at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, during the performance of Ukrainian entry by Mika Newton.

Simonova had a set of performances in Tokyo having presented there her sand animation story “Life Always Wins” devoted to the tragedy of tsunami on March 11, 2011 in Japan, and her other sand stories.

In July 2011 Russian top-model Natalia Vodyanova has invited Simonova to become a special guest with her sand animation performance at charity «Love Ball» of Natalia Vodyanova and Naked Heart Foundation in Paris where Kseniya Simonova performed a specially created sand story about life and charity impact of Natalia Vodyanova.

Kseniya Simonova became a special guest with her performance at Special Olympic Games Closing ceremony in Athens (2011) where she visualized in sand history of Greece.

In 2011, Simonova became a special guest at a number of big galas with symphony orchestras where she visualized in sand the music pieces – YouTube symphony orchestra (March 2011, Sydney opera house), «The Four Seasons of Vivaldi» (June 2011, Florence), Gergiev fest where she performed sand animation stories based on the opera «Les Troyens» conducted by Valery Gergiev.

In April 2011 Simonova created a sand story «Lady Dior Moscow» for Christian Dior and performed it in real-time, at gala opening of Dior-themed exhibition in Moscow, having received appreciation by the fashion experts and Russian top-model Natalia Vodyanova. In 2013, the film appeared in the 15 best fashion short films according to Paste Magazine.

In 2011 in Monte Carlo her sand story “Chess” has opened the Amber chess tournament – annual invitation-only event for some of the world’s best players, having received appreciation of the guests, especially, Russian chess Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik. The art of Simonova was appreciated with Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

In 2012, Simonova supported by Puma created series of sand animation short films called Dreamcatcher about live and early dreams of prominent football players – Cesc Fàbregas, Tomas Rosicky, Giorgio Chiellini and Gianluigi Buffon. For this, she met these players in their native places and interviewed them. During the interviews, she sketched their faces and expression, portrayed their childhood dreams in her sketchbook, and after that brought their stories into sand. Simonova and Puma presented these films during UEFA Euro 2012 in Ukraine at national TV channels and in Internet.

In 2012, Simonova supported by Puma created series of sand animation short films called Dreamcatcher about live and early dreams of prominent football players – Cesc Fàbregas, Tomas Rosicky, Giorgio Chiellini and Gianluigi Buffon. For this, she met these players in their native places and interviewed them. During the interviews, she sketched their faces and expression, portrayed their childhood dreams in her sketchbook, and after that brought their stories into sand. Simonova and Puma presented these films during UEFA Euro 2012 in Ukraine at national TV channels and in Internet.

Simonova became a special guest of the international cultural fest Wadden Sea in Denmark under the patronage of Her Highness Princess Marie of Denmark where Danish government organized a set of concerts of Kseniya Simonova. She was accepted by the Princess during the festival (2012). In 2014 Simonova performed her sand animation with a symphony orchestra in the presence of Queen Margarethe II of Denmark in Aalborg.

During UEFA Euro 2012 in Ukraine, she performed her sand animation concert live at the St. Sophia Square in Kiev supporting the Ukrainian national football team at the championship.

In January 2012 Simonova became a special guest of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thailand anniversary ceremonies in Bangkok, where she performed live the sand animation story «Long Live the King!» about life and impact of the king, the first performance of the four was in front of the Royal family and Princess Sirindhorn. After that Simonova was accepted by the Princess and received her appreciation and presents. In turn, Simonova presented Her Royal Highness two discs with the sand animation film «Long Live the King!» she shot in her studio together with Thai Ovation TV. The film “Long Live the King!” was viewed 1,5 million times on YouTube.

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