Dr Stanislav Shmelev is an award winning British photographer (Honorary Colour Master, 2011; Premier Selection of Le Plus Grand Concours Photo du Monde, PHOTO Magazine, France, 2010; 3rd prize in Environmental Photography, British Council, 2005), painter, environmentalist and art historian.
Educated in art history and drawing and holding a PhD in Ecological Economics supported by European Commission PhD Fellowship (2003), and an MA in Photography from Falmouth University (UK) (2019), as well as TRIUM Global Executive MBA from the London School of Economics and Political Science, New York University Leonard Stern School of Business and HEC Paris (2021), Stanislav combines his interest in fine art and sustainability and expresses his admiration for the natural world through oil paintings and photographs, printed on aluminium plates.
Passionate about green economy, nature protection and sensitive ecosystems, Stanislav creates evocative environmental landscapes inspired by his travels in Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, UK, France and the countries of the Mediterranean.
Formerly a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, Senior Researcher at the Oxford University, and Visiting Professor at Universities of Geneva, Paris and Versailles, National Universities of Colombia and Kazakhstan, Stanislav devotes all his energy to the promotion of sustainability ideas both through the language of art and of science.
Stanislav has been a Member of the St Ives Arts Club and exhibited at United Nations (UNFCCC COP23, Bonn; UNFCCC COP24, Katowice; UN HABITAT World Urban Forum 9, Kuala Lumpur; UN HABITAT World Urban Forum 10, Abu Dhaibi; UN Conference on Landlocked Countries, Vienna), Royal College of Art (London), Oxford University (Ecosystems'2018; Brazilian Tales and Other Stories'2013; Environmental Improvisations'2012), STITCH ‘Art for the Earth’ auction in London (with Marc Quinn and Vivienne Westwood), STITCH & OCEANA show at PHILLIPS (London), Global Landscapes Forum (Lima, Peru), Prince Galitzine Library (2015; 2016; 2018, St Petersburg), British Council (St Petersburg), Brighton Photo Biennial 2014 (Brighton), Brighton Photo Fringe 2014 (Brighton), Swiss Cottage Gallery (2014 and 2015, London), O3 Gallery (Oxford), OVADA Gallery (Oxford), Studio 44AD (Bath), Fotonoviembre de Tenerife International Photography Festival (Spain), The Other Art Fair (Saatchi Art: Bristol'2018 and London'2019), INDEX (Dubai, 2018), The Club of Rome (2018, Vatican), Global Landscapes Forum (Lima, 2014), Format Festival (Derby, 2018), Guardian (London), Rencontres d'Arles (2019), Arte Laguna Prize (Venice, 2021).
His images were used on book covers and published in magazines and newspapers like Resurgence, Guardian, Oxford Times, National Geographic. Stanislav is an author and editor of multiple books. His photographic album 'Ecosystems: Complexity, Diversity and Nature's Contribution to Humanity' (Environment Europe Press, 2018) received letters of acknowledgement and support from HH Pope Francis, HRH Prince Charles, HE President Macron, HE Prime Minister Rutte, HE Prime Minister Modi, former head of European Commission DG Environment Janez Potocnik, former head of IUCN Julia Marton Lefevre, Honorary President of the Club of Rome Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Nobel Prize-winning climate economist Prof. Mohan Munasinghe, Past Presidents of the International Society for Ecological Economics Prof. Peter May (Brazil) and Prof. Joan Martinez-Alier (Spain), distinguished systems scientist Prof. Fritjof Capra (USA), Honorary Editor of Resurgence Magazine and the Founder of Schumacher College, UK Satish Kumar and many others. Dr Stanislav is an author and editor of ‘Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice’ (Springer, 2012); 'Sustainability Analysis: an Interdisciplinary Approach' (Palgrave, 2013); 'Green Economy Reader: Lectures in Ecological Economics and Sustainability (Springer, 2017); 'Sustainable Cities Reimagined: Multidimensional Assessment and Smart Solutions' (Routledge, 2019). Dr Shmelev has given multiple keynote and invited lectures at the United Nations Rio+20 conference; UN Habitat World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur and Abu Dhabi; Astana Expo; UNFCC COP23 in Bonn and COP24 in Katowice; Singapore Sustainability Symposium, World Resources Forum, IUCN, and many distinguished universities: Princeton, University of Maryland, George Washington University, Cambridge, UCL, Oxford, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, University of Rotterdam, National University of Colombia, Wirtschafts Universitat Wien, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro and many other venues. His image ‘Complex Systems. Dorset’ is published by National Geographic in an edited volume and will be published by Patagonia in a special album in 2021. Falmouth University recently published an interview with Dr Stanislav on their website: https://flexible.falmouth.ac.uk/resources/photographer-and-artist-stanislav-shmelev-reveals-how-a-masters-benefited-his-career
CV
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2021 'ARCADIA', Prince Galizine Library, St Petersburg, 5 Jan 2022
2020 'ECOSYSTEMS', United Nations World Urban Forum 10, Abu Dhabi
2019 'Magical Realism of Ecosystems': The Other Art Fair, 4-7 July 2019, London, http://www.theotherartfair.com/site
2018 'ECOSYSTEMS', British Pavilion, United Nations UNFCCC COP24, 10-14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland ECOSYSTEMS_PRESS RELEASE
2018 'ECOSYSTEMS', Mathematical Institute of Oxford University, 12-30 November 2018, Oxford, UK: ECOSYSTEMS ECOSYSTEMS_PRESS RELEASE
2018 'ECOSYSTEMS' book presentation, 50th Anniversary Conference of the Club of Rome, Italy
2018 'Magical Realism', The Other Art Fair, Bristol, UK
2018 'Magical Realism', Index 2018, Dubai, UAE
2017 'Magical Realism', Press Conference, United Nations UNFCCC COP23, Bonn: UNFCCC Press Conference COP23 Bonn 2017
2017 'Climate Change Complexity', British Pavilion, United Nations UNFCCC COP23, Bonn
2016 ‘Poetics of the Desert’, Prince Galitzine Library, St Petersburg
2015 'Objects Found on the Beach', Fotonoviembre de Tenerife: UNFCCC ART COP21
2015 ‘Magical Realism’, Prince Galitzine Library, St Petersburg
2014 ‘The Search of the Exotic: An Ecological Art Approach’, Prince Galitzine Library, St Petersburg
2014 ‘Ecosystems’, OVADA Gallery, Oxford (March, 2014)
2013 ‘Brazilian Tales and Other Stories’, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of
Oxford, Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival, (May-June 2013): Cherwell Review 2013
2013 Vaults and Garden, St Mary’s Church, Oxford, UK (February-March, 2013)
2012 ‘Environmental Improvisations’, Said Business School, University of Oxford (Jan 2012)
2010 ‘Colour and Light at Play’, Summertown Wine Cafe, Oxford, UK (May-August 2011): Oxford Times Review 2010
2010 Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival, Oxford, UK (May 2010)
2009 Vaults and Garden, St Mary’s Church, Oxford, UK (March-May 2009)
2008 Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival, Oxford, UK (May 2008)
2003 St Petersburg Physics and Mathematics Lyceum, St Petersburg, Russia (October 2003)
Group Exhibitions
2021 'Arte Laguna Prize', L'Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (2 Oct - 30 Nov 2021).
2019 'Ecosystems' Album: Prix du Livre, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles (1 Jul - 22 Sep 2019): https://www.rencontres-arles.com/fr/prix-du-livre/
2019 'Deep Water', Falmouth University MA Photography Graduate Show, 21 June - 2 July 2019, theprintspace Gallery, London: https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/events/falmouth-flexible-ma-photography-graduate-show
2018 FORMAT Festival Portfolio Reviews, QUAD, Derby (21 April 2018)
2016 Open Open Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (August-September 2016)
2015 Atlantica Colectivas, PHOTONOVIEMBRE de Tenerife 2015, St Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (Nov-Dec 2015): Fotonoviembre de Tenerife 2015
2015 Open Open Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (August-September 2015)
2014 Global Landscapes Forum, Parque Kennedy, Centro de la Imagen, Lima, Peru: Global Landscapes Forum, 2014
2014 Second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, Vienna, Austria
2014 OPEN Brighton Photo Fringe 2014, Brighton (Launch Party, 4 October 2014): Oxford Mail Review 2014
2014 Night Contact, Brighton Photo Biennal 2014, Brighton: Oxford Mail Review 2014
2014 Open Open Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (August-September 2014)
2014 Eco Art Exhibition with STITCH & OCEANA, PHILLIPS, London (March 2014): 3 works: Tatler Oceana Junior Council Launch 2014 Exhibition Guests
2014 ART TEACHERS EXHIBITION, O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle, Oxford (February 2014)
2013 DEBUT Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London (December 2013)
2013 DEBUT Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London (November 2013)
2013 Atlantica Colectivas, PHOTONOVIEMBRE de Tenerife 2013, St Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (Nov-Dec 2013)
2013 DEBUT Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London (October 2013)
2013 DEBUT Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London (September 2013)
2013 EIGHTHWONDER Open Summer Show at 44AD Gallery, Bath, UK (August 2013)
2013 DEBUT Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London (August 2013)
2013 Open Open Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (July-August 2013)
2013 DEBUT Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London (July 2013)
2012 St Ives Arts Club Members Exhibition, St Ives, UK (September 2012)
2011 ‘Art for the Earth’, STITCH, London, UK (November 2011) with Marc Quinn, Vivienne Westwood et al
2011 St Ives Arts Club Members Exhibition, St Ives, UK (September 2011)
2010 St Ives Arts Club Members Exhibition, St Ives, UK (September 2010)
2010 Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK (September 2010)
2004 British Council, St Petersburg, Russia
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2018 University of St Gallen, Switzerland
2015-2018 University of Edinburgh
2015 National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
2013, 2012, 2008 University of Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
2013 National Research University ITMO, St Petersburg, Russia
2012 European University in St Petersburg, Russia
2012-2016 Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
2010-2011 University of Buckingham, United Kingdom
2009 University Paris Dauphine, France
2007 University of Geneva, Switzerland
2005-2006 University of Essex, UK
2001-2002 St Petersburg State University
2000-2001 St Petersburg University of Humanities, St Petersburg
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
2013-2015 Visiting Fellow, University of East Anglia, UK
2008-2011 Associate, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University
2004 -2007 The Open University, UK
2003-2004 Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
2002 University of Gloucestershire, UK
2000-2003 Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
EMPLOYMENT
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2011 – 2013 Senior Visiting Research Associate, School of Geography and the Environment
2010 – 2011 Research Associate, Oxford Department of International Development,
2008 – 2009 Senior Researcher, Environmental Change Institute
Environment Europe, United Kingdom
2004- present Director, Environment Europe Ltd
EDUCATION
ART & ART HISTORY EDUCATION
FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY, UK
2017-2019 MA Photography
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, USA
2013 Sensing Place. Photography as Inquiry: Course with Dr Anne Whiston Spirn
DEBUT CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2013 Contemporary Art Practice
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2008-2013 Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford: Life Drawing Class
2009-2010 Wolfson College, University of Oxford: Life Drawing Class
CHELTENHAM SCHOOL OF ART, UK
2002 – Independent studies in Photography (Visiting Researcher at University of Gloucestershire)
HERMITAGE HISTORY OF ART CLUB, St Petersburg
1988-1993 Ancient World, Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance, Dutch Art, English Art, Russian
Art, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Eastern Art
ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC EDUCATION
EMBA London School of Economics and Political Science, 2019-2021
EMBA New York University Stern School of Business, 2019-2021
EMBA HEC Paris, 2019-2021
PhD in Ecological Economics supported by the European Commission INTAS PhD Fellowship Grant YSF 2001-1/234.Saint Petersburg State University, October 2003
MSc in Economics (Ecological Economics)Saint Petersburg State University, June 2000
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL –ECONOMIC EDUCATION
Institute for New Economic Thinking, 2013
LEAD International, 2007: LEAD Europe Fellow
Autonomous University of Barcelona, June, 2006: Summer School in Ecological Economics
Santa Fe Institute, Budapest, Hungary, 2001: Complex Systems Summer School
Schumacher College, South Devon, UK, July-August 1998: International Course
AWARDS
2014 Associate Member, OVADA, Oxfordshire Visual Arts Development Agency
2011 Honorary Colour Master, International Color Awards PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP Nominee http://www.thecolorawards.com/gallery
2011 PHOTO, France (The image “Complex Systems Dorset” named in Premiere Selection de le Plus Grand Concours Photo du Monde)
2008 PHOTO, France (The image “Moonlight” chosen as a Finalist of the 2008 World Photo Competition)
2004 British Council St Petersburg (Venice in Snow – 2nd Prize in Environmental Photography)
INVITED ART LECTURES
2020 'Cities, Ecosystems and Climate Change: the Role of Environmental Photography in Facilitating a Transition towards Sustainability' a panel selected out of 800 contributions by the United Nations World Urban Forum 2020 in Abu Dhabi.
2016 'Poetics of the Desert', Prince Galitzine Library, St Petersburg
2015 ‘Magical Realism’, Prince Galitzine Library, St Petersburg
2014 ‘The Search of the Exotic: An Ecological Art Approach’, Prince Galitzine Library, St Petersburg
2014 ‘Ecosystems’, OVADA Gallery, Oxford (March, 2014)
2013 “Ecological Economics: The Middle Way”, Royal College of Art, London, 22.10.2013
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Shmelev S.E., ed. (2019) Sustainable Cities Reimagined: Multidimensional Assessment and Smart Solutions, Routledge, 335pp.
Shmelev S.E. (2018) Ecosystems: Complexity, diversity and nature's contribution to humanity, Environment Europe Press:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ecosystems-photobook#/
Shmelev S. E., ed. (2017) Green Economy Reader, Springer: Buy Green Economy Reader on Amazon
Shmelev S.E. (2012) Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice, Springer: Buy Ecological Economics on Amazon
Shmelev S.E. and Shmeleva I.A. (2012) Sustainability Analysis: an Interdisciplinary Approach, Palgrave: Buy Sustainability Analysis on Amazon
Articles
Shmelev S.E. (2017) On the Beach, Resurgence: Read Resurgence
Shmelev S.E. (2014) Paris by Night, DEBUT Contemporary
Shmelev S.E. (2013) The East and West of Fauvisme, DEBUT Contemporary
Images
Shmelev S.E. (2017) Cartagena, Guardian
Shmelev S.E. (2017) Complex Systems Dorset, Guardian
Shmelev S.E. (2014) Complex Systems Dorset, National Geographic
Shmelev S.E. (2011) Complex Systems Dorset, PHOTO
